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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)

Kirsty Coventry elected 10th IOC President

Saturday, March 22, 2025 - 21:49 By United World Wrestling Press

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COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (March 21) -- Kirsty Coventry has been elected the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee.

The 41-year-old Zimbabwean was chosen in a secret ballot of seven candidates at the 144th IOC Session being held in Costa Navarino, Greece, on Thursday (20 March), for an eight-year term of office.

President-elect Coventry replaces outgoing President Thomas Bach, who was first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2021. She received 49 votes in the first round, exactly the number required for a majority from the 97 votes cast.

She will be the first woman and the first African to serve as IOC President. "I'm very proud to call myself a Zimbabwean and to have grown up there, for my mum to have been born there, my grandmother," she told Olympics.com afterwards. "And, [my message] to Africa: this is our time."

President-elect Coventry will assume office after the handover from President Bach on Olympic Day, 23 June. President Bach, who remains in the role until then, will also resign as an IOC Member after the transfer of power and will then assume the role of Honorary President.

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