#MidYearReview

#MidYearReview: Top seven wrestling upsets of 2022

By Eric Olanowski

COSIER-VEVEY, Switzerland (July 21) --- We've witnessed unimaginable upsets through the first seven months of the season and have them all in one place.

Here are UWW's Top Seven Upsets of 2022 (so far):
1. Meiirzhan SHERMAKHANBET ?? df. Mohammadreza GERAEI ??
2. Lais NUNES ?? df. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA ?? 
3. Beka KANDELAKI ?? df. Riza KAYAALP ?? 
4. Rahman AMOUZADKHALILI ?? df. Bajrang BAJRANG ??
5. Alla BELINSKA ?? vs. Irina RINGACI ?? 
6. Givi MATCHARASHVILI ?? df. Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV ?? 
7. Yelena MAKOYED ?? df. Epp MAE ??

Here's the playlist to watch all seven of the biggest upsets from 2022 -> FULL PLAYLIST OF MATCHES

Development

Advanced Beach Wrestling Course Now Available on UWW Academy

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (August 21) -- Beach Wrestling continues to grow around the world.  Each year more and more federations are introducing the style and competing at the events.  In 2023, UWW launched their first Beach Wrestling course on the UWW Academy.  UWW is excited to now launch their second Beach Wrestling course titled “Advanced Beach Wrestling Course: Rules – Training – Referees.”  This course goes more in-depth on those three areas and is divided into 6 separate modules.  Those modules include: The Bout, Scoring, Illegal Actions and Negative Wrestling, Beach Wrestling vs Olympic Styles, Strategies and Preparation for Training, and Referees – Roles and Responsibilities. 

This course is very interactive and provides a more detailed understanding of Beach Wrestling. Please check out the course on the UWW Academy.  https://academy.uww.org/

The UWW Academy is the official educational site for United World Wrestling. The Academy is an all-encompassing online portal designed to educate, provide information, necessary learning tools and resources to be able to assist different stakeholders and enhance the knowledge and value of wrestling. Access to the Academy and all its resources are free. Registration only requires a working email to confirm your account. UWW encourages all stakeholders to get registered and utilize all of the free resources.