#WrestleOttawa

Update on the Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournament

Friday, March 13, 2020 - 15:48 By United World Wrestling Press

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OTTAWA, Canada (March 13) – United World Wrestling, in cooperation with the Canadian government, health authorities, and Wrestling Canada Lutte have taken additional preventative measures to minimize the risk of spread of the COVID-19 virus at this weekend’s Pan Am Olympic Qualification tournament. 

As a precaution, the Pan Am Olympic Qualifiers will now be closed to spectators and will only include team members, essential staff and limited family. The tournament is a continuation of last weekend’s Pan Am Championships, which were successfully held without incident.

These decisions have been made in the best interest of fans, athletes, coaches, officials and staff. United World Wrestling and Wrestle Canada will continue to monitor the situation and make adjustments as they are necessary to protect our athletes. 

Ticket refunds will issued by Wrestle Canada in the coming days.

#WrestleBelgrade

UWW finalizes schedule for 2022 World Championships

Thursday, June 2, 2022 - 12:28 By Eric Olanowski

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BELGRADE, Serbia (June 2) --- United World Wrestling announced Thursday the schedule of events for the 2022 World Championships (September 10-18) in Belgrade, Serbia.

UWW revealed that Greco-Roman, women’s wrestling and freestyle will be the style-order for the 2022 edition of the World Championships.

Greco-Roman action opens the competition with four weight classes on September 10-11, before sharing the mat with women’s wrestling on September 12.

Women’s wrestling takes center stage September 13-14 with four weights per day.

Following suit from the schedule of events from the 2019 and 2021 World Championships, freestyle action closes out the competition beginning on September 15.

For a full breakdown of the 2022 World Championship schedule, click HERE.

Competition Schedule
September 10 – Greco-Roman (55-72-77-87kg)
September 11 – Greco-Roman (63-67-82-97kg)
September 12 – Greco-Roman (60-130kg) and Women’s Wrestling (55-62kg)
September 13 – Women’s Wrestling (50-53-65-76kg)
September 14 – Women’s Wrestling (57-59-68-72kg)
September 15 – Freestyle (70-79-86-125kg)
September 16 – Freestyle (57-74-92kg)
September 17 – Freestyle (61-65-97kg)
September 18 – Remaining freestyle finals