#Grappling

Grappling: Asian Championships from June 21

Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 05:04 By United World Wrestling Press

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ASTANA, Kazakhstan (June 13) — After the European Championships and World Combat Games Qualifiers, Grappling will now move to the Asian Championships which will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan.

The competition, to be held in both Grappling Gi and Grappling, will be played out from June 21 to 24 at the U15, U17, U20, Senior and Veterans categories.

The Beeline Arena in the country’s capital has been chosen as the venue for the continental competition.

Fans can watch the competition live on uww.org with U15, U17 and Veterans competition in Grappling on June 21 and the same age groups in action on June 22 for Grappling Gi.

June 23 will see the U20 and Seniors take the mat in Grappling before moving to Grappling Gi on June 24.

#Anti-Doping

CAS dismisses Datunashvili appeal against anti-doping violation

Thursday, November 20, 2025 - 02:28 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (November 22) -- The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the five-year ban imposed on Zurabi DATUNASHVILI (SRB), dismissing his appeal against the sanction handed down last year.

The CAS Anti-Doping Division (CAS ADD) sanctioned Datunashvili with five years of ineligibility on September 19, 2024. He filed an appeal against the decision, but on November 17, 2025, CAS dismissed the appeal and confirmed the sanction. His period of ineligibility will run until April 10, 2028.

Datunashvili had been charged by the ITA with multiple anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs), including the use of urine substitution in the lead-up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the creation and use of a fabricated video as evidence to justify a missed out-of-competition doping control in 2022.

As a result of the sanction, all results obtained by Datunashvili from May 27, 2021, to April 11, 2023 (the date of his provisional suspension) were disqualified, including his bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics and the gold medals he won at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships.