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Women's Wrestling Semifinal Matchups: 57kg, 59kg, 65kg, 68kg, 76kg

By United World Wrestling Press

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BELGRADE, Serbia (December 15) -- The Individual World Cup semifinal matchups are set in women's wrestling at 57kg, 59kg, 65kg, 68kg and 76kg. The semifinals are scheduled to begin at 16:45 local time.

57kg
Veronika CHUMIKOVA (RUS) vs. Anshu ANSHU (IND) 
Mehlika OZTURK (TUR) vs. Anastasia NICHITA (MDA

59kg
Mariana CHERDIVARA ESANU (MDA) vs. Elif YANIK (TUR) 
Svetlana LIPATOVA (RUS) vs. Sandra PARUSZEWSKI (GER)

65kg
Irina RINGACI (MDA) vs. Asli DEMIR (TUR) 
Tetiana RIZHKO (UKR) vs. Mimi HRISTOVA (BUL)

68kg
Khanum VELIEVA (RUS) vs. Adela HANZLICKOVA (CZE) 
Alina BEREZHNA STADNIK MAKHYNIA (UKR) vs. Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ)

76kg
Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) vs. Aline ROTTER FOCKEN (GER) 
Yasemin ADAR (TUR) vs. Erica Elizabeth WIEBE (CAN)
 

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World Championships: Sadulaev forfeits, to undergo scans for neck injury

By Vinay Siwach

BELGRADE, Serbia (September 19) -- Tokyo Olympic champion Abdulrashid SADULAEV (AIN) will undergo medical scans on Tuesday for a neck injury that forced him to end the World Championships.

The 27-year-old flew to Moscow on Monday night soon after his 97kg semifinal retirement against Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) with the Bahrain wrestler leading 9-2 at the World Championships.

The five-time world champion was expected to wrestle for a bronze medal and qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics as an Individual Neutral Athlete but the medical staff decided to not worsen the injury.

Sadulaev is suffering from a neck hernia, towards the end of his spinal cord. Medical scans will determine if it is a tumor or if Sadulaev can return to the mat without surgery.

He became the second Olympic champion to pull out of the World Championships repechage as 65kg champion Takuto OTOGURO (JPN) also pulled out due to a foot injury he has been carrying for one year.