#WrestleBelgrade

Freestyle Semifinal Matchups: 57kg, 70kg, 74kg, 92kg, 125kg

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - 13:56 By United World Wrestling Press

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BELGRADE, Serbia (December 16) -- The Individual World Cup semifinal matchups are set in freestyle at 57kg, 70kg, 74kg, 92kg and 125kg. The semifinals are scheduled to begin at 16:45 local time.

57kg
Zavur UGUEV (RUS) vs. Rahman AMOUZADKHALILI (IRI) 
Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM) vs. Stevan MICIC (SRB)

70kg
Chermen VALIEV (RUS) vs. Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) 
Haydar YAVUZ (TUR) vs. Islambek OROZBEKOV (KGZ)

74kg
Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK) vs. Razambek ZHAMALOV (RUS) 
Frank CHAMIZO MARQUEZ (ITA) vs. Azamat NURYKAU (BLR)

92kg
Alikhan ZHABRAILOV (RUS) vs. Arkadzi PAHASIAN (BLR) 
Georgii RUBAEV (MDA) vs. Gadzhimurad MAGOMEDSAIDOV (AZE)

125kg
Aiaal LAZAREV (KGZ) vs. Robert BARAN (POL) 
Dzianis KHRAMIANKOU (BLR) vs. Shamil SHARIPOV (RUS)
 

#WrestleParis

Paris Olympics: Five wrestlers to be country's flagbearers at opening ceremony

Friday, July 26, 2024 - 17:48 By United World Wrestling Press

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PARIS (July 26) -- Five wrestlers will be the flag bearers of their respective nations at the opening ceremony at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday.

The opening ceremony parade will take place in boats down the river Seine with Greece opening the parade followed by the Refugee Olympic Team and then the countries in alphabetic order. France, the host, will be the last in the parade. The United States and Australia, hosts for the next two Olympics, will come before France.

Albania's first world champion in wrestling Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB) will be the flagbearer for his country. He will wrestle in the 57kg weight class.

For Puerto Rico, world silver medalist in 65kg Sebastian RIVERIA (PUR) will be the flagbearer alongside Jasmine Camacho-Quinn from Athletics.

Rckaela AQUINO (GUM)Rckaela AQUINO (GUM) of Guam. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Guam has given the responsibility to its first-ever female wrestler Rckaela AQUINO (GUM). She will be wrestling in the 57kg weight class.

Diamantino IUNA FAFE (GBS) will be the flagbearer for Guinee-Bissau at the opening ceremony. He wrestled in Tokyo at 57kg and will perform in Paris in the same weight class.

Honduras has given the responsibility to its first-ever Greco-Roman wrestler Kevin MEJIA (HON).

Wrestling begins on August 5 in Paris and ends on August 11.