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WATCH: #WrestlePlovdiv 10 Freestyle Finals

Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 11:37 By United World Wrestling Press

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PLOVDIV, Bulgaria -- Azerbaijan brought a solid freestyle team to Plovdiv with World Championships medalist and some continental champions.

The team did not disappoint and won the team title over Turkey and Georgia at the U23 European Championships. All four wrestlers from Azerbaijan who reached the finals won gold medals.

Germany had their first U23 European champion in Horst LEHR (GER) at 57kg while a few more firsts were recorded in the tournament.

Here are the 10 freestyle finals from the U23 European Championships.

57kg - GOLD: Giorgi GEGELASHVILI (GEO) vs Horst LEHR (GER)

 

61kg - GOLD: Emrah ORMANOGLU (TUR) vs Khamzat ARSAMERZOUEV (FRA)

 

65kg - GOLD: Hrachya MARGARYAN (ARM) vs Ziraddin BAYRAMOV (AZE)

 

70kg: GOLD - Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO) vs Narek HARUTYUNYAN (ARM)

 

74kg: GOLD -  Krisztian BIRO (ROU) vs Dzhabrail GADZHIEV (AZE)

 

79kg: GOLD - Evsem SHVELIDZE (GEO) vs Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE)

 

86kg: GOLD - Abubakr ABAKAROV (AZE) vs Lilian BALAN (MDA)

 

92kg: GOLD - Feyzullah AKTURK (TUR) vs Joshua MORODION (GER)

 

97kg: GOLD - Johannes MAYER (GER) vs Islam ILYASOV (AZE)

 

125kg: GOLD - Milan KORCSOG (HUN) vs Solomon MANASHVILI (GEO)

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Lalovic meets Kyrgyzstan President, awarded Order of Friendship

Monday, December 8, 2025 - 08:25 By United World Wrestling Press

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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (December 8) -- United World Wrestling President Nenad LALOVIC visited Kyrgyzstan on an official visit last week and was received by the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr JAPAROV.

The two met in Bishkek and discussed Kyrgyzstan's success in wrestling, and the Kyrgyz President noted UWW's contribution towards the development of wrestling and expressed confidence that under Lalovic's leadership the sport will continue to develop dynamically around the world.

UWW AsiaUWW Asia President Mohammed AL-AMAMLEH, left, receives the Certificate of Honor of the Kyrgyz Republic.

UWW Asia President Mohammed AL-AMAMLEH was also present during the meeting and acknowledged the contribution of the continental organization towards growing wrestling.

After the meeting, Japarov awarded Lalovic for his great contribution to the development of wrestling in Kyrgyzstan and raising the status of wrestling on the world stage. In turn, Lalovich presented Japarov with the UWW Order.

Awamleh was awarded with the Certificate of Honor of the Kyrgyz Republic.