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WATCH: 10 Greco-Roman finals from Asian Championships

Saturday, May 6, 2023 - 07:18 By Vinay Siwach

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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (May 6) -- The Asian Championships in Astana saw Iran and Kyrgyzstan dominate the Greco-Roman competition, sharing eight gold medals among them. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan had a champion each as well.

Watch all the Greco-Roman gold medal bout from the April 9-14 event from Astana, Kazakhstan.

GOLD: 55kg - RUPIN (IND) vs. Poya DAD MARZ (IRI)

GOLD: 60kg - Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ) vs. Hanjae CHUNG (KOR)

GOLD: 63kg - Iman MOHAMMADI (IRI) vs. Shermukhammad SHARIBJANOV (UZB)

GOLD: 67kg - Kyotaro SOGABE (JPN) vs. Abror ATABAEV (UZB)

GOLD: 72kg - Ibragim MAGOMADOV (KAZ) vs. Sajjad Ali IMENTALABFOUMANI (IRI)

GOLD: 77kg - Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ) vs. Amin KAVIYANINEJAD (IRI)

GOLD: 82kg - Dias KALEN (KAZ) vs. Akylbek TALANTBEKOV (KGZ)

GOLD: 87kg - Naser ALIZADEH (IRI) vs. Nursultan TURSYNOV (KAZ)

GOLD: 97kg - U. DZHUZUPBEKOV (KGZ) vs. Mehdi BALIHAMZEHDEH (IRI)

GOLD: 130kg - Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI) vs. Lingzhe MENG (CHN)

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UWW Academy launches new course on Takedown and Control

Thursday, December 18, 2025 - 11:35 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (December 18) -- United World Wrestling has launched a new course for Takedown and Control that will replace the existing one. The course demonstrates various takedowns and controls that occur in wrestling.

The course will follow a similar format to the other rules courses under Programs for Referees. This course covers the specifics of what determines a takedown and control. There are video examples of several situations along with explanations for how each was scored. The participants will also have an opportunity to practice 10 situations before taking a quiz over the course.

To access the course, follow the link -- UWW Academy New Course on Takedown and Control.

Takedown

About UWW Academy

The UWW Academy can found at academy.uww.org. The Academy is an online learning portal designed to provide information, tools and resources to support and develop wrestling. To access all the content including the Takedown and Control course, please go to the website and create your free account.