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WATCH: 10 freestyle finals from World Championships

Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 10:13 By Vinay Siwach

BELGRADE, Serbia (September 29) -- The World Championships in Belgrade concluded with freestyle action. The USA lived up to the expectation of winning the team title, outscoring Iran to claim the trophy. Japan finished third with two gold medals. The USA won four gold, Iran won two while Albania and Turkey shared one each.

Watch all the 10 freestyle gold medal bouts from the World Championships.

GOLD: 57kg - Thomas GILMAN (USA) vs. Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB)

GOLD: 61kg - Rei HIGUCHI (JPN) vs. Reza ATRI (IRI)

GOLD: 65kg - Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI) vs. John DIAKOMIHALIS (USA)

GOLD: 70kg - Taishi NARIKUNI (JPN) vs. Zain RETHERFORD (USA)

GOLD: 70kg - Kyle DAKE (USA) vs. Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK)

GOLD: 79kg - Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) vs. Mohammad NOKHODI (IRI)

GOLD: 86kg - Hassan YAZDANI (IRI) vs. David TAYLOR (USA)

GOLD: 92kg - Kamran GHASEMPOUR (IRI) vs. Jden COX (USA)

GOLD: 97kg - Kyle SNYDER (USA) vs. Batyrbek TSAKULOV (SVK)

GOLD: 125kg - Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL) vs. Taha AKGUL (TUR)

Obit

World Grappling Committee President Bochkev passes away

Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 09:25 By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (May 2) -- United World Wrestling's World Grappling Committee's President Rizvan BOCHKEV passed away Wednesday. The sudden passing of the 59-year-old has left the UWW and its family in shock.

Bochkev, vice president of the Russian Wrestling Federation and a coach, was involved with UWW and Grappling for a long time.

Before 2013, Bochkev was an active member of Grappling and promoted it under FILA. He worked tirelessly to reintroduce it as a recognized wrestling style under UWW after it was dropped in late 2013. This gave the right recognition to a wrestling style growing in several countries.

Bochkev was elected as the President of the World Grappling Committee in 2016 and was instrumental in reintroducing the UWW World Grappling Championships. In 2022, Bochkev was re-elected as the President of the World Grappling Committee and remained an active promoter of the sport.

United World Wrestling expresses its deepest condolences to the Bochkev family.