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WATCH: 10 freestyle finals from Asian Championships

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 17:19 By Vinay Siwach

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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (May 9) -- Kazakhstan gave its best-ever performance at the Asian Championships in freestyle, winning the team title with ease. It won four gold medals out of 10. Six other nations -- Japan, Iran, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, India and Bahrain -- won a gold medal each at the competition.

Watch the 10 gold medal bouts from the Asian Championships.

GOLD: 57kg - AMAN (IND) vs. Almaz SMANBEKOV (KGZ)

GOLD: 61kg - LIU Minghu (CHN) vs. Taiyrbek ZHUMASHBEK UULU (KGZ)

GOLD: 65kg - Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI) vs. Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL)

GOLD: 70kg - Sanzhar DOSZHANOV (KAZ) vs. Zafarbek OTAKHONOV (UZB)

GOLD: 74kg - Kirin KINOSHITA (JPN) vs. Darkhan YESSENGALI (KAZ)

GOLD: 79kg - Bekzod ABDURAKHMONOV (UZB) vs. Bolat SAKAYEV (KAZ)

GOLD: 86kg - Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ) vs. Alireza KARIMI (IRI)

GOLD: 92kg - Arash YOSHIDA (JPN) vs. Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ)

GOLD: 97kg - Awusayiman HABILA (CHN) vs. Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN)

GOLD: 125kg - Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL) vs. BATIRMURZAEV Yusup (KAZ)

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Iran's visa requests denied for U23 World Championships

Sunday, October 22, 2023 - 21:38 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (October 22) -- United World Wrestling expresses its deep disappointment to announce that Team Iran after sudden diplomatic crisis has been denied visas by Albania for the U23 World Championships in Tirana, scheduled to take place from October 23 to 29.

Both the Albanian Wrestling Federation and UWW worked tirelessly to facilitate the necessary visa issuance for all participating teams, including the Iranian wrestlers. Despite the efforts, the authorities denied Team Iran its right to participate in the tournament.

UWW stands with all wrestlers and remains committed to making the sport inclusive to every country and will take a more in-depth look at the matter going forward.