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WATCH: 10 freestyle finals from European Championships

Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 12:22 By Vinay Siwach

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ZAGREB, Croatia (May 11) -- The European Championships in Zagreb gave wrestling fans epic bouts from day one. The continent's freestyle stars fought for the top honors and it was a neck-to-beck battle for supremacy.

Azerbaijan, Turkiye and Armenia won two gold medals each in the competition and Ukraine, Greece, Georgia, and Slovakia took home a gold medal each.

Relive the action from the 10 gold medal bouts of the freestyle competition at the European Championships

GOLD: 57kg - Aliabbas RZAZADE (AZE) vs. Suleyman ATLI (TUR)

GOLD: 61kg - Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM) vs. Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB)

GOLD: 65kg - Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM) vs. Mikyay NAIM (BUL)

GOLD: 65kg - Haji ALIYEV (AZE) vs. Ramazan RAMAZANOV (BUL)

GOLD: 74kg - Taimuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK) vs. Frank CHAMIZO (ITA)

GOLD: 79kg - Vasyl MYKHAILOV (UKR) vs. Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE)

GOLD: 86kg - Dauren KURUGLIEV (GRE) vs. Myles AMINE (SMR)

GOLD: 92kg - Feyzullah AKTURK (TUR) vs. Osman NURMAGOMEDOV (AZE)

GOLD: 97kg - Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO) df. Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE)

GOLD: 125kg - Taha AKGUL (TUR) vs. Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO)

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Maier completes the IOC MEMOS, Executive Master in Sport Management Organisation

Friday, September 27, 2024 - 01:27 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (September 26) -- Yuri MAIER (ARG), a United World Wrestling Sports and Development Officer, completed the IOC MEMOS, Executive Master in Sport Management Organisation.

Yuri is among the few from IFs who have completed the programme. His research paper focuses on enhancing the administration of UWW National Federations of the Americas to implement it worldwide in the next quadrennial towards LA 2028.

The mission of the MEMOS (Executive Masters in Sports Organisation Management) programme is to help professionals working in national or international sports bodies develop the knowledge required to better manage their organisations. This programme is offered in several languages through the National Olympic committees.

“We are pleased with Yuri’s accomplishment as we focus on strengthening our national federations administration in the next years. We highly encourage our members to enroll in this programme and collaborate closely with their National Olympic Committees,” said Mr. Nenad Lalovic, UWW President, IOC Executive Committee Member and Member of the Olympic Solidarity Commission.