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WATCH: 10 Greco-Roman finals from #WrestleAlexandria

Thursday, March 2, 2023 - 08:49 By Vinay Siwach

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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (March 2) -- The Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Series finished last week and the Greco-Roman brought out some of the best action in the tournament. Wrestlers from Georgia, Kazakhstan, Iran and Turkey highlighted the competition with most of them winning the gold medal.

The match of the tournament can be credited to Leri ABULADZE (GEO) and Meysam DALKANI (IRI) as both went toe-to-toe before Dalkhani managed to beat Abuladze by one point in the 63kg final. Dalkhani had defeated Abuladze in the 2021 World Championships final as well.

Other finals, too, were of top class and can be watched here

GOLD: 55kg - Marlan MUKASHEV (KAZ) vs. Amangali BEKBOLATOV (KAZ)

GOLD: 60kg - Yernar FIDAKHMETOV (KAZ) vs. Kerem KAMAL (TUR)

GOLD: 63kg - Leri ABULADZE (GEO) vs. Meysam DALKHANI (IRI)

GOLD: 67kg - Joni KHETSURIANI (GEO) vs. Merey BEKENOV (KAZ)

GOLD: 72kg - Otar ABULADZE (GEO) vs. Ramaz ZOIDZE (GEO)

GOLD: 77kg - Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ) vs. Aik MNATSAKANIAN (BUL)

GOLD: 82kg - Akylbek TALANTBEKOV (KGZ) vs. Gela BOLKVADZE (GEO)

GOLD: 87kg - Ali CENGIZ (TUR) vs. Lasha GOBADZE (GEO)

GOLD: 97kg - Mohammadhadi SARAVI (IRI) vs. Roberti KOBLIASHVILI (GEO)

GOLD: 130kg - Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY) vs. Alin ALEXUC CIURARIU (ROU)

Olympic silver medalist Oborududu announces retirement

Saturday, June 7, 2025 - 07:10 By Vinay Siwach

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NIGERIA (June 6) -- Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR) announced her retirement last week, ending a memorable career in wrestling.

The 36-year-old called it quits at the National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, a tournament she made her first appearance as a young wrestler in 2006.

In a career spanning 19 years, Oborududu won the African Championships 13 times, became the first African wrestler to win Olympic silver medal in Women's Wrestling and finished fifth at the Paris Olympics.

Oborududu participated won her first gold at the African Championships in 2010 and maintained her winning streak at the tournament for 15 years. 

“I want to thank everyone who has been part of my journey: the Nigeria Wrestling Federation led by Daniel IGALI, the board members, my teammates, and my family,” Oborududu was quoted as saying by the Nigeria media. "I created a lot of memories, but my most memorable one was the Tokyo Olympics, which ignited hope across Africa. It was the first-ever medal by an African woman in wrestling at the Olympics, and I hope more will come for future wrestlers."

At the sports festival, Oborududu helped Team Bayelsa clinch gold medal in her final bout at the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival. He later received a farewell from teammates, officials and fans.