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Tunisia wins Cadet African Titles in Freestyle and Women's Wrestling, Egypt Wins in Greco-Roman

Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 14:22 By Eric Olanowski

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HAMMAMET, Tunisia (March 27) – Tunisia wrapped up the cadet portion of the African Championships with team titles in freestyle and women’s wrestling and had a wrestler reach the podium in all 19 weight classes. 

In freestyle, Tunisia won three golds, five silvers, and a bronze medal, finishing the African Championships with 190 points. Their nine medal performance was good enough to finish 39 points ahead of the runner-ups, Algeria, who had a pair of champions and 139 points. 

South Africa, who had a trio of champions, rounded out the top-three in freestyle with 107 points. 

In women’s wrestling, the host nation inserted nine of ten wrestlers into gold-medal matches and reached the top of the podium in four of those nine title matches. They also had a third-place finisher, bringing their overall women’s wrestling total medal bout to an impressive ten podium finishes. 

Tunisia finished the cadet women’s wrestling side of the competition with 215 points. Algeria and Morocco closed out the top-three with 134 and 95 points respectively. 

The Greco-Roman team title went to Egypt, who blew through the competition, winning seven of nine gold medals. 

Egypt’s seven gold medals helped them collect 175 points and the team title, 39 points ahead of second place Tunisia. Algeria, who had 110 points, rounded out the top-three cadet Greco-Roman teams. 

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UWW President Lalovic conferred Order of Dostyk by Kazakhstan

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - 15:08 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (February 26) -- United World Wrestling President Nenad LALOVIC was conferred the Order of Dostyk of the second degree by Kazakhstan President Kassaym Jomart TOKAYEV for his contribution to the development of wrestling in Kazakhstan.

The Order of Dostyk of second degree is one of the state awards of Kazakhstan which it confers foreign nationals for their efforts in peace, friendship and cooperation between people.

Lalovic was in the country in second week of February and visited various sports facilities including the under-construction National Sports University in Astana.

"I am glad to visit Astana again," Lalovic was quoted as saying by Kazakhstan media. "Your city is becoming more beautiful and modern. Today, I got acquainted with the new sports infrastructure, surveyed several facilities that have made sports an integral part of the urban environment. Sports complexes are built at a high level, providing comfort for both athletes and fans. Each of them is capable of hosting international competitions."

Highlighting the key role wrestling plays in enhancing the country’s stance on the international arena, Tokayev hailed the achievements of Kazakhstan wrestlers following their successful performance at major world competitions.

Kazakhstan won its first-ever Freestyle gold medal at senior World Championships in 2023 when Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ) won at 92kg. Last year, Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ) won gold at 70kg in Tirana to become the second world champion from the country.

In Greco-Roman, it has five gold medals from three wrestlers while in Women's Wrestling, it has no gold but multiple silver medalists.