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Weekly FIVE! May 14, 2018

Monday, May 14, 2018 - 12:31 By

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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

Special Guests and Sport Leaders Kick Off Women's Forum in Istanbul

Monday, November 25, 2019 - 16:38 By United World Wrestling Press

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ISTANBUL (November 25) -- United World Wrestling president and IOC Executive Board member Nenad LALOVIC hosted figures of international sports along with UWW Bureau Members in Istanbul last night during the launch of the second annual Women in Wrestling Global Forum.

Prof. Dr. Ugur ERDENER, President of Turkish Olympic Committee (TOC) and IOC Vice President, was a special guest at the event and addressed welcoming speech, about the importance of advancing gender equality in sports.

Nenad Lalovic

UWW President Nenad Lalovic (right) hosted figures of international sports along with UWW Bureau Members in Istanbul (Photo: Kadir Caliskan)

"We are grateful to have Mr. Erdener here in attendance for this wonderful event." said Lalovic. "The development of women's wrestling has been a major focus within our organization and this event -- which invites more than 50 women leaders in our sport -- is another example of just how important women are to the growth and sustainability of wrestling."

The opening ceremony took place Sunday evening at the Crowne Florya Plaza with speeches by Prof. Dr. Ugur Erderner, Mr. Lalovic, UWW Executive Board member Natalia YARIGUINA, and Mr. Selahatin UYAN Vice President of the Turkish National Wrestling Federation.

Prof. Dr. Erderner touched on the importance of gender equality in the Olympic family and the great work UWW is doing to reach these targets, while Mr. Lalovic highlighted wrestling's expanding commitment to promoting more women into the sport's key leadership roles. Mrs. Yariguina discussed wrestling's commitment to developing gender equality, and Mr. Uyan (VP Turkish NF) welcomed the participants to Turkey.

The event was hosted by Deqa Niamkey (Photo: Kadir Caliskan)

The event was hosted by Deqa NIAMKEY, UWW Development Director, Chair of ASDEG and member of Gender Equality and Diversity Commission, ASOIF.

Looking ahead to the week, Gabriela MUELLER MENDOZA, coach trainer and professional speaker, will conduct leadership and communication workshop for the first two days at the Women Empowerment Seminar on Monday and Tuesday.

Gabriela Mueller Mendoza speaks at the event (Photo: Kadir Caliskan)

A variety of different topics will be covered in workshops Wednesday and Thursday, including the UWW election process, becoming a female president, going from athlete to leader, media training, coaching and mentoring female athletes, women refereeing and more. There will be three panel discussions during the event.

Olympic champion Hon. Daniel IGALI (NGR) and Lotta ANDERSSON (NOR) will lead workshops on coaching female athletes. Zach ERRETT (USA), UWW Education Manager, will lead a workshop on communication and transmission of knowledge through a variety of practical exercises for the participants to take away. The leadership panel will be conducted by Pedro SILVA.

Women from several different countries are attending (Photo: Kadir Caliskan)

The Women in Wrestling Global Forum will conclude on Thursday with closing remarks and a ceremony followed by a dinner.