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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 Awarded 'Dustlik' Order by Uzbekistan

Tuesday, October 14, 2025 - 17:17 By United World Wrestling Press

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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (October 14) -- United World Wrestling President Nenad LALOVIC was awarded the Dustlik Order by President of Uzbekistan Shavkat MIRZIYOYEV on Monday in the Uzbekistan capital.

Lalovic was on an official visit to Uzbekistan and was awarded the order for significant contribution to the development of mass sports and support for martial arts in Uzbekistan.

During the meeting, Lalovic and Mirziyoyev also discussed increasing co-operation between UWW and Uzbekistan, providing expert support and promoting sports in the country, mainly wrestling, Kurash, and Mixed Martial Arts.

Uzbekistan, a country with rich history of wrestling, has seen exceptional results recently with its Greco-Roman team finishing inside top three in the world at various World Championships. It also won the Freestyle 74kg gold medal at the Paris Olympics through Razambek JAMALOV (UZB) who ended the 20-year drought for gold. 

The recent success was also a point of discussion during the meeting in Tashkent with Mirziyoyev briefing Lalovic about Uzbekistan's success.

According to Uzbekistan media, the discussions were also around hosting major continental and world championships in Uzbekistan, establishing a Regional Wrestling Academy under UWW and partnership opportunities in sports medicine, nutrition, psychology, and other priority areas.