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WATCH: 10 freestyle finals from World Championships

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

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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)

Obituary

Former UWW Vice President Oktay passes away

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 11:53 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (March 27) -- Former United World Wrestling Vice President Kemal OKTAY (TUR) died on Tuesday at the age of 80 years after a prolonged illness.

Oktay, who became the UWW Vice President in 1985, was born in Istanbul in 1944. He remained in that position till 1998 and contributed to benefit wrestling.

A sports enthusiast, Oktay took an interest in wrestling after his son Ali won medals in age-group competitions. Ali has won medals at the age-group European and World Championships.

A recent surgery plus his deteriorating health had kept Oktay away from wrestling.

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