#ThrowBackThursday

#TBT: Monday Stops Fadzaev From Winning Fifth World Title

Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 14:33 By Eric Olanowski

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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.

Training camp at the Druskininkai Sports Complex

Monday, October 18, 2021 - 12:56 By UWW Development

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 An international training camp took place at the Druskininkai Sports Complex in Lithuania from the 3rd to the 14th of July 2021. The camp was attended by 84 athletes from 11 countries (LTU, NOR, DEN, FIN, GER, SWE, EST, CZE, ROM, POL and MDA). The training took place in the Great Hall with 6 wrestling mats installed. 

LTU_training camp 2021

United World Wrestling donated 4 wrestling mats to the Lithuania Wrestling Federation beginning of 2021, these new mats will be used for expanding the wrestling training capacity in the Druskininkai Sports Center, as well as for organizing future competitions. 


Email development@unitedworldwrestling.org for more information about the UWW support programs.