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WATCH: Matteo Pellicone 10 women's wrestling finals

Wednesday, June 29, 2022 - 09:26 By Vinay Siwach

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ROME, Italy (June 29) -- Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series saw women's wrestling stars battle it out to win the gold in Rome. While there were a few obvious, surprises were aplenty in the competition. Ukraine dominated the tournament winning four gold, one silver and one bronze.

Here are the 10 gold medal bouts from Matteo Pellicone.

50kg: Madison PARKS (CAN) vs. Agata WALERZAK (POL)

 

53kg: Mariana DRAGUTAN (MDA) vs. Liliia MALANCHUK (UKR)

 

55kg: Mariia VYNNYK (UKR) vs. Katarzyna KRAWCZYK (POL)

 

57kg: Alina HRUSHYNA (UKR) vs. Elvira KAMALOGLU (TUR)

 

59kg: Grace BULLEN (NOR) vs. Jowita WRZESIEN (POL)

 

62kg: Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR) vs. Ilona PROKOPEVNIUK (UKR)

 

65kg: Emma BRUNTIL (USA) vs. Tetiana RIZHKO (UKR)

 

68kg: Alla BELINSKA (UKR) vs. Irina RINGACI (MDA)

 

72kg: Anna SCHELL (GER) vs. Skylar GROTE (USA)

 

76kg: Yelena MAKOYED (USA) vs. Anastasiya ALPYEYEVA (UKR)

Wrestling Playlist: Rio 2016 Olympics Freestyle Rewind

Monday, January 26, 2026 - 18:34 By United World Wrestling Press

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (January 26) -- A decade since the Rio 2016 Olympics, UWW brings you the epic throwback to the finals of Freestyle. Six gold medals were won in the Brazilian city 10 years ago.

At 57kg, Vladimir KHINCHEGASHVILI (GEO) defeated Rei HIGUCHI (JPN) in a close final while Soslan RAMANOV (RUS) dominated his final against Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) at 65kg.

Hassan YAZDANI (IRI) won the epic final at 74kg against Aniuar GEDUEV (RUS) by one point. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (UWW) won his first Olympic gold in 2016 by beating Selim YASAR (TUR) at 86kg.

Kyle SNYDER (USA) became the youngest American wrestler then to win an Olympic gold as he defeated Khetag GOZIUMOV (AZE) in the 97kg final. At 125kg, Taha AKGUL (TUR) held on for a win against Khomel GHASEMI (IRI).

WATCH THE FULL FINAL MATCHES OF 2016 RIO OLYMPICS HERE