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Weekly FIVE! May 14, 2018

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Reviewing Thursday's Beat the Streets, the Youth Olympic Games qualifiers and Yazdani making Iran's world team.  

1. Cadet European Championships Begin Monday 
The 2018 Cadet European Championships begin Monday, May 14 in Skopje, Macedonia. 

The second cadet continental championship will serve as a qualifier for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games which take place this October. 

The first place finisher in freestyle and Greco-Roman will qualify their countries spot in the five designated weight classes, while the first and second place finishers in women's wrestling will qualify their nations spot for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.  

European Championship Schedule

Youth Olympic Weight Classes 
Freestyle - 48kg, 55kg, 65kg, 80kg, and 110kg 
Greco-Roman - 45kg, 51kg, 60kg, 71kg, and 92kg 
Women's Wrestling - 43kg, 49kg, 57kg, 65kg, and 73kg 

Amir ZARE (IRI) closes out the 2018 Cadet Asian Championship with a 10-0 win over Kumar ANIRUDH (IND). (Photo by Sachiko Hotaka)

2. Iran's Cadets Illuminate Uzbekistan 
Iranian freestyle wrestlers left the 2018 Cadet Asian Championships with medals in all but one weight class. 

Iran claimed an impressive six golds and three bronzes to close out the first cadet continental championship of the year. 

Even more impressive, in their six finals bouts, Iranian wrestlers picked up four technical superiority wins and averaged nearly ten points a match! 

Full Cadet Asian Championship Results   

3. Beat the Streets Match-up Order Announced 
The wait is almost over!

Three Olympic champions in Togrul ASGAROV (AZE), Jordan BURROUGHS (USA)  and Helen MAROULIS (USA) are set to compete at Beat the Streets which begins this Thursday, May 17 at 2:30 PM in New York, New York. 

The final two duals, USA vs. Nigeria and USA vs. Cuba start at 6:30 PM.

Women's Freestyle
USA vs. Nigeria 
57kg: Helen MAROULIS (USA) vs. Odunayo ADEKUROYE (NGR)
59 kg: Alli RAGAN (USA) vs. Adeniyi AMINAT (NGR)
68 kg: Tamyra STOCK (USA) vs. Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR)

FREESTYLE
USA vs. Cuba
57kg – Josh RODRIGUEZ (USA) vs. Reineri ORTEGA (CUB)
70kg – James GREEN (USA) vs. Franklin MAREN CASTILLO (CUB)
79kg – Kyle DAKE (USA) vs. Livan LOPEZ AZCUY  (CUB)
92kg – J’den COX (USA) vs. Yurieski TORREBLANCA QUERALTA (CUB)
97kg – Kyle SNYDER (USA) vs. Reineris SALAS PEREZ (CUB)
125kg– Nick GWIAZDOWSKI (USA) vs. Yudenny ESTEVEZ (CUB)

Age-level Match-up - Patrick GLORY (USA) vs. Gavin TEASDALE (USA) 

Co-Main Event – Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) vs. Frank CHAMIZO (ITA)
Main Event  – Jordan OLIVER (USA) vs. Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) 

4. Olympic Champion, Yazdani Locks up Another Iranian World Team Spot 
The world and Olympic champion, Hassan YAZDANI (IRI) defeated 2018 Takhti Cup champion, Kamran GHASEMPOUR (IRI) twice in the best of three series to make Iran’s 2018 Asian Games and 2018 World Championship roster. 

In the first match-up, Yazdani was tested early, giving up the first two points. The reigning world champion came back to outscore Ghasempour, 8-0 to take the first match, 8-2. 

The Olympic champion remained undefeated in Iran for the fourth consecutive year with a 5-0 victory in the second match. 

FULL RESULTS

5. Youth Olympic Qualifications by Country 
The 2018 Youth Olympic Games will take place October 12-14 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

The highest placing athlete from the Asian Championships qualified their countries spot for the Games in both freestyle and Greco-Roman. 

In women's wrestling, the top two athletes from the Asian Championships qualified their nations spot for the Buenos Aires Games. 

Qualifiers After the Cadet Asian Championships 
Freestyle 
48kg - UZB
55kg - JPN 
65kg - IRI
80kg - IRI 
110kg - IRI

Greco-Roman 
45kg - IRI 
51kg - JPN  
60kg - UZB
71kg - JPN
92kg - IRI 

Women's Wrestling 
43kg - JPN and MGL 
49kg - JPN and UZB 
57kg - JPN and IND 
65kg - JPN and CHN 
73kg - JPN and UZB 

Full Cadet Asian Championship Results   

Weekly FIVE! In Social Media

1. Big Move Monday! @vlasovroma90 #kaspeuro2018
2. Happy Mother’s Day, wrestling fans!
3. One of the most anticipated matches in years will go down May 17th in NYC. If you live in the area go ahead and support @beatthestreets, which provides wrestling opportunities to disadvantaged youth around the city. —>http://bit.ly/rotr-tix
4. Preparing for the match #wrestling #sportsgirl #cadet #asia #борьба
5. A few Black and Whites from the 2018 European Championships Kaspiysk.  #wrestling #kaspiysk2018 #unitedworldwrestling

Top Wrestlers of the 1990's

Friday, May 15, 2020 - 13:59 By Andrew Hipps

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (May 15) -- The 1990's was an unforgettable decade in international wrestling. The Soviet Union, the most successful wrestling nation in the world, dissolved in 1991. Most former Soviet republics competed as a single Unified Team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, winning medals in 16 of the 20 weight categories, before separately thereafter.

Over 400 wrestlers representing 75 nations competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. It marked the final time Olympic wrestling had 20 weight categories as the number of Olympic weight categories decreased after 1996.

The 1990's saw legends Aleksander KARELIN and Bruce BAUMGARTNER cement their legacies in wrestling, and all-time great Buvaisar SAITIEV begin his rise to greatness.

Let's examine some of the top wrestlers of the 1990's.

Aleksander KARELIN (URS/RUS)

It is virtually impossible to overstate the dominance of Aleksander KARELIN (RUS) in Greco-Roman wrestling. The "Russian Bear" had an unrivaled 13-year unbeaten streak in international wrestling competition and went six consecutive years without surrendering a point. He never lost a match at the world championships. Karelin claimed eight of his nine world titles during the 1990's, along with two of his three Olympic titles and nine of his 12 European titles. United World Wrestling named Karelin the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of the 20th century.

Bruce BAUMGARTNER (USA)

Freestyle super heavyweight Bruce BAUMGARTNER (USA) is the most decorated American wrestler ever. He won 13 world or Olympic medals during his career, with six coming during the 1990's. Baumgartner became the first American wrestler to win four Olympic medals. He won gold medals in both 1984 and 1992, along with a silver in 1988 and a bronze in 1996. Baumgartner was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2008 and the International Wrestling Federation Hall of Fame in 2003.

Makharbek KHADARTSEV (URS/RUS)

Makharbek KHADARTSEV was one of the world's top upper-weight freestyle wrestlers for a decade. From 1986 to 1992, Khadartsev had an incredible run of seven straight world or Olympic titles in the light heavyweight category. After winning his first Olympic gold medal at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, Khadartsev repeated as Olympic champion at the Barcelona. Olympics in 1992. He followed it up by winning medals (two silver, one bronze) in each the next three world championships before claiming a silver medal at the 1996 Olympics. He also won three European titles during the 1990's.

Hamza YERLIKAYA (TUR)

Turkey's Hamza YERLIKAYA (TUR) was a force in Greco-Roman wrestling. He made his senior level debut in 1993 and claimed his first world title that year at the age of 17 in Stockholm, Sweden, at 82kg. Two years later, Yerlikaya added a second world title to his resume by winning gold in Prague, Czechoslovakia. At the age of 20, Yerlikaya shined in his Olympic debut, winning the Olympic gold medal in Atlanta at 82kg. Four years later, Yerlikaya competed at the Sydney Olympics and carried the flag for Turkey in the opening ceremony. He also added to his legacy by winning his second Olympic gold medal. Yerlikaya finished his career with seven world and Olympic medals and eight European titles.

John SMITH (USA)

United States freestyle wrestler John SMITH (USA) dominated the world for six straight years. After winning two world titles and an Olympic gold medal in the 1980's, Smith continued his dominance into the early 1990's. He won world titles in 1991 and 1992 before capturing his second Olympic gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.