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WATCH: 10 women's wrestling finals from Asian Championships

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 10:27 By Vinay Siwach

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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (May 8) -- Japan once again showed why it is the most dominant country when it comes to women's wrestling. At the Asian Championships, Japan claimed five gold medals out of 10 to win the team title. China finished second while India came third. China and Kazakhstan won two gold medals each and Kyrgyzstan captured one.

Relive all the gold medal bouts from the women's wrestling at the Asian Championships.

GOLD: 50kg -  Jasmina IMMAEVA (UZB) vs. Remina YOSHIMOTO (JPN)

GOLD: 53kg - ANTIM (IND) vs. Akari FUJINAMI (JPN)

GOLD: 55kg - Otgontuya CHINBOLD (MGL) vs. PANG Qianyu (CHN)

GOLD: 57kg - Laylokhon SOBIROVA (UZB) vs. Sae NANJO (JPN)

GOLD: 59kg - ZHUOMALAGA (CHN) vs. Yui SAKANO (JPN)

GOLD: 62kg - Orkhon PUREVDORJ (MGL) vs. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ)

GOLD: 65kg - Jia LONG (CHN) vs. Mahiro YOSHITAKE (JPN)

GOLD: 68kg -  Ami ISHII (JPN) vs. NISHA (IND)

GOLD: 72kg - Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ) vs. Sumire NIIKURA (JPN)

GOLD: 76kg - Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ) vs. Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ)

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Lee re-elected as President of UWW Pan-American Council

Friday, May 9, 2025 - 05:34 By United World Wrestling Press

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MONTERREY, Mexico (May 8) -- Francisco LEE will continue as the President of the UWW Pan-American Council after being re-elected on Wednesday.

The elections, held on the sidelines of the 2025 Pan-American Championships, saw five members being re-elected and two elected as new members.

Re-elected members
Francisco LEE (GUA)
Guillermo DIAZ (MEX)
Fernando RITTNER(ARG)
Fanny ECHEVERRI (COL)
Manuel ESPINOZA (CHI)

Newly elected members
Rich BENDER (USA)
Jose BARRETO (VEN)

After the elections, the council's executive board elected the office bearers with Lee re-elected as the President.

Diaz was given the position of General Secretary of the council while Bender, USA Wrestling Executive Director, was appointed as the Vice-President.