#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.

#WrestleVungTau

WATCH LIVE: U23 Asian Championships, Vietnam

By United World Wrestling Press

VUNG TAU, Vietnam (June 18) -- The U23 Asian Championships begins in Vung Tau, Vietnam on Wednesday with seven Greco-Roman weight classes in action.

More than 200 wrestlers are participating in the tournament which will be live on UWW+, streamed exclusively on uww.org and the UWW App from June 18. For full schedule of U23 Asian Championships, click here.

WATCH LIVE: MAT A, MAT B and MAT C

For real time match order for the championships, click here: LIVE MATCH ORDER

The brackets for Greco-Roman: CLICK HERE

For all entries in Greco-Roman, Women's Wrestling and Freestyle: CLICK HERE

For all photos: CLICK HERE