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WATCH: 10 women's wrestling finals from Asian Championships

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 10:27 By Vinay Siwach

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (May 8) -- Japan once again showed why it is the most dominant country when it comes to women's wrestling. At the Asian Championships, Japan claimed five gold medals out of 10 to win the team title. China finished second while India came third. China and Kazakhstan won two gold medals each and Kyrgyzstan captured one.

Relive all the gold medal bouts from the women's wrestling at the Asian Championships.

GOLD: 50kg - Jasmina IMMAEVA (UZB) vs. Remina YOSHIMOTO (JPN)

GOLD: 53kg - ANTIM (IND) vs. Akari FUJINAMI (JPN)

GOLD: 55kg - Otgontuya CHINBOLD (MGL) vs. PANG Qianyu (CHN)

GOLD: 57kg - Laylokhon SOBIROVA (UZB) vs. Sae NANJO (JPN)

GOLD: 59kg - ZHUOMALAGA (CHN) vs. Yui SAKANO (JPN)

GOLD: 62kg - Orkhon PUREVDORJ (MGL) vs. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ)

GOLD: 65kg - Jia LONG (CHN) vs. Mahiro YOSHITAKE (JPN)

GOLD: 68kg - Ami ISHII (JPN) vs. NISHA (IND)

GOLD: 72kg - Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ) vs. Sumire NIIKURA (JPN)

GOLD: 76kg - Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ) vs. Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ)

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Meskout elected UWW Africa Council President for third time

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 05:05 By United World Wrestling Press

CASABLANCA, Morocco (April 28) -- Fouad MESKOUT was elected as the President of the UWW Africa Council for a third time after he won the election held Monday.

The UWW Vice President was among the eight candidates who contested to be members of the Africa Council. Meskout won with a thumping majority while six other members of the Executive Board were also re-elected.

The elections, held on the sidelines of the African Championships which begins Tuesday, received eight nominations for seven spots and saw 31 voters with 17 being the majority.

The seven elected members of the UWW Africa Council. (Photo: United World Wrestling Federation / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Elected members

Fouad MESKOUT (MAR)
Mohamed ELSAYED (EGY)
Nestor RAVELOSON (MAD)
Allahjabo OWLO (SUD)
Honore ALLOU (CIV)
Ngom MALICK (SEN)
Urbaine SISSA MBEDY (CMR)

The elected members decided to re-elect Meskout as the President. Sissa Mbedy was elected as the Vice-President while Elsayed was named Secretary General. Raveloson will take the role of Joint Secretary General.