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WATCH: Ten Freestyle Finals from #WrestleIstanbul

Sunday, March 6, 2022 - 13:51 By United World Wrestling Press

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ISTANBUL, Turkey (March 5) -- The freestyle competition at the Yasar Dogu Ranking Series event saw Turkey win the team title with three gold medals.

Kyrgyzstan finished second while the USA was third in the team rankings in Istanbul.

Five-time world champion Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) was once again a gold winner at a Ranking Series event while Taha AKGUL (TUR) won the 125kg after bronze medals at the Tokyo Olympics and World Championships.

GOLD: 57kg - Beka BUJIASHVILI (GEO) vs Almaz SMANBEKOV (KGZ)

 

GOLD: 61kg - Ravi KUMAR (IND) vs Gulomjon ABDULLAEV (UZB)

 

GOLD: 65kg - Zagir SHAKHIEV (RWF) vs Shamil MAMEDOV (RWF)

 

GOLD: 70kg - James GREEN (USA) vs Amir YAZDANI (IRI)

 

GOLD: 74kg - Fazli ERYILMAZ (TUR) vs Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR)

 

GOLD: 79kg - Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) vs Chance MARSTELLER (USA)

 

GOLD: 86kg - Osman GOCEN (TUR) vs Fatih ERDIN (TUR)

 

GOLD: 92kg - Ahmad BAZRIGHALEH (IRI) vs Erhan YAYLACI (TUR)

 

GOLD: 97kg - Alikhan ZHABRAILOV (RWF) vs Mohammad MOHAMMADIAN (IRI)

 

GOLD: 125kg - Taha AKGUL (TUR) vs Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL)

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UWW set to host first World Conference September 17-19

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 - 11:35 By United World Wrestling Press

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ZAGREB, Croatia (September 2) --- Mijain LOPEZ (CUB), alongside fellow Olympic legends Erica WIEBE (CAN), Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARG), Sofia MATTSSON (SWE) and Marwa AMRI (TUN) headline the first edition of UWW’s World Conference, which will be held at the Westin Hotel in Zagreb, Croatia, September 17-19. 

The three-day conference will unite leaders from National Federations, members of UWW Commissions, International Olympic Committee, ITA, Rudis, Taishan and partners to exchange expertise, address key challenges, and set the course for the future development of wrestling worldwide.

Other presenters and panelists that you’ll hear from at the World Conference include: UWW President Nenad LALOVIC, Iranian Greco-Roman Head Coach Hassan RANGRAZ, USA Women’s Wrestling Head Coach Terry Steiner, UWW Coach Educators Nevan and Nenad ZUGAJ and many more.

Topics that they'll going to be discussing include: the future of wrestling and sport, athlete career transitions beyond competition, coaching and advancing women’s wrestling,  anti-doping, sports nutrition, and safe training methods, and much more.