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WATCH: 10 freestyle finals from European Championships

Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 12:22 By Vinay Siwach

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ZAGREB, Croatia (May 11) -- The European Championships in Zagreb gave wrestling fans epic bouts from day one. The continent's freestyle stars fought for the top honors and it was a neck-to-beck battle for supremacy.

Azerbaijan, Turkiye and Armenia won two gold medals each in the competition and Ukraine, Greece, Georgia, and Slovakia took home a gold medal each.

Relive the action from the 10 gold medal bouts of the freestyle competition at the European Championships

GOLD: 57kg - Aliabbas RZAZADE (AZE) vs. Suleyman ATLI (TUR)

GOLD: 61kg - Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM) vs. Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB)

GOLD: 65kg - Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM) vs. Mikyay NAIM (BUL)

GOLD: 65kg - Haji ALIYEV (AZE) vs. Ramazan RAMAZANOV (BUL)

GOLD: 74kg - Taimuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK) vs. Frank CHAMIZO (ITA)

GOLD: 79kg - Vasyl MYKHAILOV (UKR) vs. Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE)

GOLD: 86kg - Dauren KURUGLIEV (GRE) vs. Myles AMINE (SMR)

GOLD: 92kg - Feyzullah AKTURK (TUR) vs. Osman NURMAGOMEDOV (AZE)

GOLD: 97kg - Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO) df. Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE)

GOLD: 125kg - Taha AKGUL (TUR) vs. Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO)

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UWW set to host first World Conference September 17-19

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 - 11:35 By United World Wrestling Press

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ZAGREB, Croatia (September 2) --- Mijain LOPEZ (CUB), alongside fellow Olympic legends Erica WIEBE (CAN), Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARG), Sofia MATTSSON (SWE) and Marwa AMRI (TUN) headline the first edition of UWW’s World Conference, which will be held at the Westin Hotel in Zagreb, Croatia, September 17-19. 

The three-day conference will unite leaders from National Federations, members of UWW Commissions, International Olympic Committee, ITA, Rudis, Taishan and partners to exchange expertise, address key challenges, and set the course for the future development of wrestling worldwide.

Other presenters and panelists that you’ll hear from at the World Conference include: UWW President Nenad LALOVIC, Iranian Greco-Roman Head Coach Hassan RANGRAZ, USA Women’s Wrestling Head Coach Terry Steiner, UWW Coach Educators Nevan and Nenad ZUGAJ and many more.

Topics that they'll going to be discussing include: the future of wrestling and sport, athlete career transitions beyond competition, coaching and advancing women’s wrestling,  anti-doping, sports nutrition, and safe training methods, and much more.