#WrestleAstana

WATCH: 10 women's wrestling finals from Asian Championships

By Vinay Siwach

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

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

#WrestleTirana

UWW holds 2024 Congress, three women elected to Bureau

By United World Wrestling Press

TIRANA, Albania (October 27) -- United World Wrestling held its Congress in Tirana on Sunday, on the sidelines of the World Championships in Non-Olympic Weight Classes.

The Congress touched upon topics related to the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, the budget, the calendar for 2025 and the prospect of launching a UWW Pro League.

Different commission of UWW presented their reports for 2024 and Amateur MMA and Pankration.

The elections for Bureau and Vice Presidents were also held with at least two new women Bureau members. In the elections held on Sunday in Tirana, five Bureau members were due for re-election, with four being re-elected.

UWWFrom left to right: Peter BASCA, Buyandelger PELJEE, Pedro SILVA, Cholpon SULTANBEKOVA, Natalia YARAGUINA and Zamel AL SHAHRANI. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kadir Caliskan)

Women ruled the elections with one new Vice President and two new Bureau members were elected.

Pedro SILVA, Peter BASCA, Zamel AL SHAHRANI and Natalia YARAGUINA were re-elected in the Bureau. Bruce BAUMGARTNER was the newly elected member of the Bureau.

Since two new Bureau members could not be elected in the first round of elections, a second round was held, in which the two highest-placed candidates earned elections. Buyandelger PELJEE and Cholpon SULTANBEKOVA earned the most votes, collecting their Bureau spot.

UWW Bureau member and President of UWW Associated Styles Rodica YAKSI and Bureau member and President of African Council Fouad MESKOUT were elected as Vice Presidents in the first meeting of the newly elected Bureau.

Mikhail MAMIASHVILI, Natalia YARAGUINA, Theodoros HAMAKOS and Akhroldjan RUZIEV were re-elected as Vice Presidents.

UWW Vice President Stan DZIEDZIC was not eligible for re-election, as he reached his term limit according to the UWW Constitution. However, he was made the Honorary Vice President of UWW on Monday.