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UWW LIVE: Netherlands' First European Finalist Jessica Blaszka

By United World Wrestling Press

Jessica BLASZKA (NED) is the most successful Dutch women's wrestler ever. 

In 2015, Blaszka earned a bronze medal at the World Championships competing at 48kg and became the first Dutch women's wrestler to qualify for the Olympics. 

She claimed her first medal (bronze) at the European Championships in 2019, and this past February broke through to reach the gold-medal match at the 2020 European Championships at 53kg, before falling to two-time world champion Vanesa KALADZINSKAYA (BLR). 

Blaszka joined Eric Olanowski to talk about her history-making silver medal performance in Rome, training in @japanwrestling, and her potential path to qualifying for the #Tokyo202ONE Olympics.
 

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