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#WrestleOslo Day Seven Finals Preview

Friday, October 8, 2021 - 17:52 By Eric Olanowski

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Friday night’s finals will be highlighted by two-time Olympic champion Roman VLASOV (RWF) who will wrestle for 77kg gold and Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Rafig HUSEYNOV ?? who will compete in the 82kg finals.

The gold-medal matches kick off at 18:00 (local time) and can be followed live on www.uww.org.

Day Seven Finals Matchups:
55kg - Emin SEFERSHAEV (RWF) vs. Ken MATSUI ??
72kg - Sergei KUTUZOV (RWF) vs. Malkhas AMOYAN ??
77kg - Sanan SULEYMANOV ?? vs. Roman VLASOV (RWF)
82kg - Rafig HUSEYNOV ?? vs. Burhan AKBUDAK ??

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