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WATCH: 10 women's wrestling finals from #WrestleBishkek

Sunday, June 11, 2023 - 10:30 By Vinay Siwach

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (June 11) -- Women's wrestling at the Ranking Series in Bishkek was expected to be dominated by China, a powerhouse. However, Ukraine had different ideas.

Ukraine showed by in big numbers and outperformed other nations in the third Ranking Series event, winning three gold medals. China and Kazakhstan won two each while India and Kyrgyzstan won one each.

Watch the 10 gold medal bouts from the third Ranking Series event.

GOLD: 50kg - Meng FAN (CHN) vs. Oksana LIVACH (UKR)

GOLD: 53kg - Khulan BATKHUYAG (MGL) vs. Otgonjargal GANBAATAR (MGL)

GOLD: 55kg - Marina SEDNEVA (KAZ) vs. Karla GODINEZ (CAN)

GOLD: 57kg - Alina HRUSHYNA (UKR) vs. Kexin HONG (CHN)

GOLD: 59kg - Yuliia TKACH (UKR) vs. Solomiia VYNNYK (UKR)

GOLD: 62kg - Ilona PROKOPEVNIUK (UKR) vs. Orkhon PUREVDORJ (MGL)

Round 4: 65kg - MANISHA (IND) vs. Purevsuren ULZIISAIKHAN (MGL)

GOLD: 68kg - Feng ZHOU (CHN) vs. Delgermaa ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL)

Round 3: 72kg - Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ) vs. REETIKA (IND)

GOLD: 76kg - Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) vs. Yuanyuan HUANG (CHN)

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UWW Academy launches new course on Takedown and Control

Thursday, December 18, 2025 - 11:35 By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (December 18) -- United World Wrestling has launched a new course for Takedown and Control that will replace the existing one. The course demonstrates various takedowns and controls that occur in wrestling.

The course will follow a similar format to the other rules courses under Programs for Referees. This course covers the specifics of what determines a takedown and control. There are video examples of several situations along with explanations for how each was scored. The participants will also have an opportunity to practice 10 situations before taking a quiz over the course.

To access the course, follow the link -- UWW Academy New Course on Takedown and Control.

About UWW Academy

The UWW Academy can found at academy.uww.org. The Academy is an online learning portal designed to provide information, tools and resources to support and develop wrestling. To access all the content including the Takedown and Control course, please go to the website and create your free account.