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WATCH: 10 Greco-Roman finals from Zagreb Open

Friday, February 10, 2023 - 11:27 By Vinay Siwach

ZAGREB, Croatia (February 10) -- The Greco-Roman competition at the Zagreb Open was dominated by Iran but it saw Oscar PINO (CUB) win the gold at 130kg, Tamas LEVAI (HUN) reach the final at 97kg and Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI) rolling back the years to win the 77kg gold among other things. The 10 finals of the Zagreb Open provided action and excitement.

Watch all the 10 Greco-Roman gold medal bouts here.

55kg: GOLD - Poya Soulat DAD MARZ (IRI) vs. Ikhtiyor BOTIROV (UZB)

60kg: GOLD - Mehdi MOHSEN NEJAD (IRI) vs. Nihat MAMMADLI (AZE)

63kg: GOLD - Aref Hossein Khoun MOHAMMADI (IRI) vs. Taleh MAMMADOV (AZE)

67kg: GOLD - HUSIYUETU (CHN) vs. Reza Mahdi ABBASI (IRI)

72kg: GOLD - Sajjad IMENTALABFOUMANI (IRI) vs. Selcuk CAN (TUR)

77kg: GOLD - Alexandrin GUTU (MDA) vs. Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI)

82kg: GOLD - Filip SACIC (CRO) vs. Alireza MOHMADIPIANI (IRI)

87kg: GOLD - Istvan TAKACS (HUN) vs. Naser ALIZADEH (IRI)

97kg: GOLD - Tamas LEVAI (HUN) vs. Kiril MILOV (BUL)

130kg: GOLD - Oscar PINO HINDS (CUB) vs. Oskar MARVIK (NOR)

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Meskout elected UWW Africa Council President for third time

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 05:05 By United World Wrestling Press

CASABLANCA, Morocco (April 28) -- Fouad MESKOUT was elected as the President of the UWW Africa Council for a third time after he won the election held Monday.

The UWW Vice President was among the eight candidates who contested to be members of the Africa Council. Meskout won with a thumping majority while six other members of the Executive Board were also re-elected.

The elections, held on the sidelines of the African Championships which begins Tuesday, received eight nominations for seven spots and saw 31 voters with 17 being the majority.

The seven elected members of the UWW Africa Council. (Photo: United World Wrestling Federation / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Elected members

Fouad MESKOUT (MAR)
Mohamed ELSAYED (EGY)
Nestor RAVELOSON (MAD)
Allahjabo OWLO (SUD)
Honore ALLOU (CIV)
Ngom MALICK (SEN)
Urbaine SISSA MBEDY (CMR)

The elected members decided to re-elect Meskout as the President. Sissa Mbedy was elected as the Vice-President while Elsayed was named Secretary General. Raveloson will take the role of Joint Secretary General.