#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.

#WrestleTokyo

#WrestleTokyo Day Four Preview

By Eric Olanowski

The biggest storylines to follow heading into the fourth day of action:

- Three Olympic champs in action: Hasan YAZDANI ??, KAWAI Risako ?? and Helen MAROULIS ??.
- World champs Maroulis and RONG Ningning ?? meet in round one at WW 57kg.
- No.1 Zaur UGUEV (ROC) will square off against Thomas GILMAN ?? in the first round at FS 57kg.

#WrestleTokyo ?‍♀️ action starts at 11:00am (local time ??).