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WATCH: 10 women's wrestling finals from World Championships

Wednesday, September 28, 2022 - 09:14 By Vinay Siwach

BELGRADE, Serbia (September 28) -- The women's competition was dominated by two nations as they competed for the team title. Japan and the USA went toe-to-toe for the title but ultimately it was Japan that claimed the top honors. Japan won five gold medals the USA won three. Moldova and Turkey won one each.

Watch all the 10 gold medals bouts from the World Championships here.

GOLD: 50kg - Otgonjargal DOLGORJAV (MGL) vs. Yui SUSAKI (JPN)

GOLD: 53kg - Khulan BATKHUYAG (MGL) vs. Dominique PARRISH (USA)

GOLD: 55kg - Mayu SHIDOCHI (JPN) vs. Oleksandra KHOMENETS (UKR)

GOLD: 57kg - Helen MAROULIS (USA) vs. Tsugumi SAKURAI (JPN)

GOLD: 59kg - Grace BULLEN (NOR) vs. Anastasia NICHITA (MDA)

GOLD: 62kg - Nonoka OZAKI (JPN) vs. Kayla MIRACLE (USA)

GOLD: 65kg - Miwa MORIKAWA (JPN) vs. Jia LONG (CHN)

GOLD: 68kg - Ami ISHII (JPN) vs. Tamyra MENSAH STOCK (USA)

GOLD: 72kg - Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ) vs. Amit ELOR (USA)

GOLD: 76kg - Yasemin ADAR (TUR) vs. Samar HAMZA (EGY)

Akgul elected President of Turkish Wrestling Federation

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 - 16:10 By Eric Olanowski

ANKARA, Turkiye (December 18) --- Taha AKGUL (TUR) today was elected the President of the Turkish Wrestling Federation at the 6th Regular and Financial General Assembly of the Turkish Wrestling Federation held at the Anadolu Hotels Esenboğa Thermal in Ankara.

Akgul retired from his wrestling career four short months ago at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after successfully winning his third Olympic medal. The 34-year-old native of Sivas, Turkiye, won Olympic gold in Rio 2016 and then back-to-back bronze medals at the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics. Akgul is also a three-time world gold medalist and 11-time European champion.

"I am very happy to have been elected president by the representatives. Together, with my team, I will do my best for the sport of wrestling with passion and hard work,” Akgul stated to United World Wrestling shortly after the elections.

According to the Turkish Wrestling Federation’s Instagram page, Akgul received 189 out of 288 votes. Former three-time world champion Celcuk CEBI (TUR) received 92 of the remaining 99 votes, while the remaining seven were nullified.

“The full members of the new board of directors of the federation under the presidency of Akgul are as follows: Mesut Ozarslan, Abdullah Şanli, Arslan Narin, Murat Şahin, Huseyin Kaya, Şems Sezal, İsmail Yagbat, İhsan Gurol Guey, İbrahim Demirturkoğgu and Ahmet Yildirim,” stated the TWF.

For more information regarding Akgul's election and other news from Turkiye, see the Turkish Wrestling Federation's Instagram page.