#WrestleZagreb

WATCH: 10 Zagreb Open freestyle finals

Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 14:31 By Eric Olanowski

ZAGREB, Croatia (February 8) -- The first Ranking Series event of the season, the Zagreb Open, just wrapped up in the Croatian capital. Wrestlers used the point-based competition to earn points towards their seeds at the five Continental Championships and Belgrade World Championships.

The United States topped the team standings with 174 points, while Iran and Azerbaijan rounded out the top three.

The Stars and Stripes had wrestlers win medals in seven of ten weight classes--including gold-medal performances from Alec William PANTALEO (USA), Jason Michael NOLF (USA), Kollin Raymond MOORE (USA) and Kyle Frederick SNYDER (USA) at 70kg, 74kg, 92kg and 97kg, respectively.

Iran finished in second place with 140 points, 34 points behind the United States, thanks to bracket winners Reza Ahmadali ATRINAGHARCHI (IRI), Ali Bakhtiar SAVADKOUHI (IRI), Hassan Aliazam YAZDANICHARATI (IRI) and Amir Hossein Abbas ZARE (IRI).

Aliabbas RZAZADE (AZE) won gold at 57kg and helped Azerbaijan close out the competition in the third position. They had seven medalists--one gold, two silver and four bronze medals--and finished with 135 points.

Here are the 10 freestyle finals from Zagreb.

57kg Aliabbas RZAZADE (AZE) df. Yuto NISHIUCHI (JPN), 2-0

61kg: Reza Ahmadali ATRINAGHARCHI (IRI) df. Narankhuu NARMANDAKH (MGL), via fall

65kg: Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL) df. Joseph Christopher MC KENNA (USA), 4-1

70kg Alec William PANTALEO (USA) df. Haji ALIYEV (AZE), 5-2

74kg: Jason Michael NOLF (USA) df. Yones Aliakbar EMAMICHOGHAEI (IRI), 3-3

79kg: Ali Bakhtiar SAVADKOUHI (IRI) df. Avtandil KENTCHADZE (GEO), 2-1

86kg: Hassan Aliazam YAZDANICHARATI (IRI) df. Hayato ISHIGURO (JPN), 13-2

92kg: Kollin Raymond MOORE (USA) df. Miriani MAISURADZE (GEO), 4-3

97kg: Kyle Frederick SNYDER (USA) df. Amirali Hamid AZARPIRA (IRI), 3-0

125kg: Amir Hossein Abbas ZARE (IRI) df. Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE), via injury default

#Anti-Doping

UWW strengthens its anti-doping education program

Monday, June 19, 2023 - 16:50 By Eric Olanowski

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (June 19) --- United World Wrestling (UWW) has placed a strong emphasis on upholding the integrity of competitions and promoting Clean Wrestling. In collaboration with the International Testing Agency (ITA), UWW has launched a series of five webinars focused on anti-doping.

The series commences July 6, with one-hour webinars being held every week during July. The topics cover all essentials aspects of anti-doping for athletes and athletes support personnel, from the doping control processes to medication and supplements, or the principles and values of clean sport.

UWW asks that all that all athletes in the 2023 Senior World Championships be able to demonstrate basic knowledge on anti-doping, by either attending all five webinars and obtaining their final certificate, or by showing a training certificate obtained from another recognized organization (National Anti-doping Organizations or WADA’s Adel education platform).

“Our fight for clean sport is a permanent commitment, and education is an essential component of this fight,” said Mr Lalovic. “I already thank all wrestlers who take their responsibilities in this regard.”

The links to the webinars can be found here. Simultaneous translation from English to Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.

The course is open to athlete and athletes support personnel from all ages, in all styles and disciplines (Olympic styles, Associated Styles).