#NFRoundup

NF Roundup Blog, Jan. 11-17

By Eric Olanowski

Mensah Moves Past Gray; Burroughs and Taylor Rescheduled to Wednesday
In the headlining bout of Flo Wrestling's 10-card match, reigning 68kg world gold medalist Tamarya MENSAH-STOCK (USA) bumped up to 76kg and defeated five-time world gold-medal winner Adeline GRAY (USA), 4-0. 

Mensah scored four points in the opening period. She snagged Gray's ankle on a low-level attack before tacking two exposure points to pick up the 4-0 shutout win over one of women's wrestling's most dominant competitors.

Meanwhile, due to contact tracing on the part of '18 world champion David TAYLOR (USA), his colossal matchup with fellow world champion Jordan BURROUGH (USA) has been rescheduled to Wednesday, January 13.

It'll be the fifth time the pair of world champions have squared off in their storied careers. Burroughs owns a 4-0 record, with his last win coming in '14. 

RESULTS
155lbs: Mitch McKee df. Tristan Moran, 11-1
60kg: Ronna Heaton df. Desiree Zavala, 10-8
215lbs: Nate Jackson df. Wynn Michalak, 12-1
61kg: Seth Gross df. Zane Richards, 11-3
143lbs: Ethan Lizak df. Matt McDonough, 10-0
65kg: Joey McKenna df. Nahshon Garrett , 12-2
51kg: Erin Golston df. Emily Shilson, 8-5
152lbs: James Green df. Pat Lugo, 3-2
97kg: J'den Cox df. Hayden Zillmer, 6-1
76kg: Tamyra Mensah-Stock df. Adeline Gray, 4-0

#BeachWrestling

Youth Olympics host Dakar gets 2024 African Beach Wrestling C'ships

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (December 11) -- The second edition of the African Beach Wrestling Championships will be held on June 22 and 23 in Dakar, Senegal, next year.

Dakar will host the 2026 Youth Olympic Games and recently hosted the second edition of the Dakar en Juex festival in November with Beach Wrestling featuring at the festival. United World Wrestling will provide continuous assistance to the organizers as Senegal prepares for the Youth Olympics as well.

The tournament will be a senior-level event in eight weight classes -- four each in men's and women's. The competition in men's will be held in 70kg, 80kg, 90kg and +90kg while women will compete in 50kg, 60kg, 70kg, and +70kg weight classes.

The first edition of the African Beach Wrestling Championships was held in 2023 in Hammamet, Tunisia with wrestlers in all eight weight classes.