#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

Development

Evaluation of Holds course now on the UWW Academy

Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 11:48 By United World Wrestling Press

COSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (February 13) --- The Development Department and Referee Commission launched their 2nd course centered around the rules of Olympic wrestling and refereeing. The course is entitled Evaluation of Holds and can be found on the UWW Academy. Participants will learn how the score is determined for various actions. During the course, they will focus on the 3 questions that referees must ask when an action occurs. The answers to those questions often determine the points that would be scored for an action. The course will also examine other scoring situations such as takedowns and correct holds. However, those topics will be covered in more detail in future courses.

The Evaluation of Holds course will begin with background information and the rules which include video examples. Then the course will provide 10 specific video examples along with explanations. Next the participants will practice their video analysis with 10 videos. The course will finish with a 15-video quiz. This is the same format as the Attack vs Counterattack course.

The UWW Academy is the official educational platform for United World Wrestling. There are numerous courses on coaching, referees, rules, sports administration and beach wrestling. There are also additional resources, performance analysis metrics from major UWW events, videos, and the Wrestle4Fun curriculum. The Academy is free and available to all participants.

To get started and create your free profile, please visit https://academy.uww.org/.