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Russian Referee Educators Organize First National Referee Seminar

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (May 26) -- Russia had than 65 participants attend its first digital national referee course from 6-7 May under the leadership and collaboration of renowned Instructor Noravard ARUSTAMYAN and IS referees Alexey BAZULIN, Sergey KOVALENKO, and Stanislav MOSHOV.

Bazulin stated that the course was a success and participants engaged in the discussion while learning various theoretical and practical content of the refereeing role.

Along with the Development Department webinars on coaching and refereeing, more courses and online education opportunities will take place in the coming months.

For more information, please consult; www.unitedworldwrestling.org

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Nine wrestlers elected to UWW Athletes' Commission

By United World Wrestling Press

ZAGREB, Croatia (September 23) -- United World Wrestling held elections for the Athletes' Commission during the World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia from September 12 to 20.

UWW received 14 candidacies for nine posts in Athletes' Commission which earlier had seven posts. According to UWW guidelines, a minimum three elected members must be women out of the nine posts.

After the elections, which spanned over nine days and nearly 400 accredited wrestlers voting, the nine members elected to the Athletes’ Commission for the 2025–29 term were:

Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARG)
Yui SUSAKI (JPN)
Tamas LORINCZ (HUN)
Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ)
Hassan YAZDANI (IRI)
Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE)
Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY)
Jessica LAVERS-McBAIN (AUS)
Nicolaas DE LANGE (RSA)

The five wrestlers who could not be elected after the votes were:

Anthony WESLEY (CPV)
Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM)
Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ)
Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL)
Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR)

With this election, all continents are represented in the commission with four women elected.

The nine members have now to elect their president after a call for candidates for the presidency. If only one candidacy is put forward, he or she will be elected automatically. The president represents the voice and interests of the athletes at the Bureau and the Congress.

United World Wrestling congratulates all candidates and welcomes the elected members.