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Wrestle4Fun Gets an Update

By United World Wrestling Press

(VEVEY, Switzerland) July 15 –- The Wrestle4Fun programme has recently been updated on the UWW Academy platform. Wrestle4Fun is a physical education based curriculum that includes many activities and games to introduce the sport of wrestling to children. The programme can be used in physical education classes at schools or at local clubs.   

Wrestle4Fun is developmentally appropriate for all age levels and designed to support girls’ and boys’ physical literacy journey.  Wrestle4Fun has 5-stages based on different developmental levels.  Each stage has 15 lessons.  In total, there are 75 lessons with over 200 games and activities.

“As part of UWW sustainable future for our community, it was our duty to provide a programme to introduce wrestling to children and youth. Wrestle4Fun is key and fundamental toolkit for schools and clubs to implement wrestling worldwide as we pursue the growth of our beloved sport.” – UWW President Nenad Lalovic

The entire Wrestle4Fun programme was updated on the Academy platform.  The recent updates included making the lessons online more user-friendly, adding videos of all the games and activities into the lessons, and downloadable PDF’s that include links to the videos.    

The UWW Academy can found at https://academy.uww.org/. The Academy is an online learning portal designed to provide information, tools and resources to support and develop wrestling.  To access all the content including the Wrestle4Fun programme, please go to the website and create your free account. 

Wrestling Playlist: Rio 2016 Olympics Freestyle Rewind

By United World Wrestling Press

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