ANOC World Beach Games

Inam Takes out Olympic Bronze Medalist Marsagishvili in ANOC World Beach Games Finals

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 12:26 By United World Wrestling Press

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DOHA, Qatar (October 15) -- Muhammad INAM (PAK) avenged his loss from the Rio De Janeiro stop of the Beach Wrestling World Series by scoring a stunning 5-2 win over London Olympic bronze medalist Dato MARSAGISHVILI (GEO). Inam's win came in the 90kg gold-medal match at the ANOC World Beach Games. 

Coming into the ANOC World Beach Games, Marsagishvili was unquestionably the favorite to win a World Beach Games gold medal. This season, the Georgian wrestler was undefeated with Beach Wrestling World Series titles in Chaves and Rio de Janeiro, along with a gold medal at September’s UWW Beach Wrestling World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. 

Inam, the Beach Wrestling World Series runner-up in Rio De Janeiro, won his first beach wrestling gold medal with the three-point advantage over Marsagishvili in the 90kg finals. 

The second men's gold-medal winner on the opening day of men’s beach wrestling in Qatar was Levan KELEKHSASHVILI (GEO). The Georgian came out atop of the 70kg bracket with a 1-0 win against Panah ILYASLI (AZE). 

In women’s beach wrestling, Kamila BARBOSA (BRA) and Tatiana RENTERIA (COL) collected 3-2 wins in the finals and were named the 50kg and 70kg champions, respectively. 

Barbosa edged Miesinnei GENESIS (NGR), who was the 18th-place finisher at the 2019 Nur-Sultan World Championships, 3-2, in the 50kg finals, and Renteria snuck past Alina BEREZHNA (UKR), 3-2, in the 70kg gold-medal match. 

RESULTS

Men’s Beach Wrestling 
70kg - Levan KELEKHSASHVILI (GEO) df. Panah ILYASLI (AZE), 1-0  
90kg - Muhammad INAM (PAK) df. Dato MARSAGISHVILI (GEO), 5-2

Women’s Beach Wrestling 
50kg - Kamila BARBOSA (BRA) df. Miesinnei GENESIS (NGR), 3-2 
70kg - Tatiana RENTERIA (COL) df. Alina BEREZHNA (UKR), 3-2 

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UWW, Kazakhstan Sign MoU to Develop Wrestling

Thursday, April 23, 2026 - 10:19 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (April 20) -- United World Wrestling and the Kazakhstan Wrestling Federation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop projects to promote wrestling around the world.

The MoU also included the Kazakhstan Wrestling Academy, a modern state of the art facility, which will help elite and pre-elite wrestlers and coaches. It was recognized as UWW Affiliated High Performance Center.

Kazakhstan Wrestling Federation and UWW have built objective that will help better results at the continental and World Championships and the Olympics Games along with strengthening and enhancing sustainability in wrestling.

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The Kazakhstan Wrestling Academy will also serve as the center for training camps for elite wrestler, host coaches education programs and seminars, educational sessions, and exchange programs.

As part of the MoU, both UWW and Kazakhstan Wrestling Federation will try to expand the footprint of wrestling. It will be done through providing advance facilities, equipment, expertise, conducting seminars and training camps, and actively encourage developing countries to participate in various program with reserved quotas.