#ThrowBackThursday

#TBT: Monday Stops Fadzaev From Winning Fifth World Title

By Eric Olanowski

In a battle of reigning Olympic champions, Kenny MONDAY ?? defeated Arsen FADZAEV ?? in the 74kg gold-medal match at the ’89 World Championships. At the time of their meeting in Martigny, Switzerland, Fadzaev won world titles in ’83, ’85, ’86, ’87 and a gold medal at the ’88 Seoul Olympic. After the loss to Monday in ’89, he rebounded and went on to win additional world titles in ’90 and ’91 and a second Olympic gold in ’92.

Pakistan Wrestling Federation Hosts a One-Day Workshop

By UWW Development

International and national experts joined this event and delivered lectures on following topics:

•    TDR Model and Updated Teaching Method for Coaches (Mr. Ghulam Farid, Education Director PWF)
•    Injury Prevention & Awareness (Mr. Salman Feroz, Physiotherapist, PWF) 
•    Athlete Development Model (Mr. TJ, Buchanan USA Olympic Committee) 
•    Nutritional strategies /competition phase (Mr. M. Abid Amin, Exercise Science Level 4 UK) 
•    Amended Rules of UWW 2022 (Mr. Carlos Garcia, UWW Refereeing Commission Member) 
•    The Cutting-Edge Performance Testing (Mr. Khawaja Ruhail Ali, S&C Specialist)

The workshop was a great success and received a lot of positive feedback from participating wrestlers, coaches, and referees. ‘This workshop comprises both theoretical and practical sessions that centred on the basics of wrestling, which enabled the participants to increase their understanding of key concepts and be able apply to their daily work with the athletes.’ Farid Ghulam, national coach of the Pakistan wrestling team.

Pakistan Wrestling Federation arranged the closing ceremony at the multipurpose hall of the University of Central Punjab. Mr. Sulman Mustafa, Vice -Chair of the University and Mr. Khalid Mahmood, Secretary General of the Pakistan Olympic Association awarded the certificates to the participants. Muhammad Abdul MOBEEN CH., President of the Pakistan Wrestling Federation and Mr. Muhammad Riaz, Secretary General of the federation hosted the closing ceremony. 

PAK workshop