Webinar

Webinar Schedule for June 15-19

By United World Wrestling Press

Please note the time of each webinar and compare that to your local time

Schedule for 15-19 June

Topic:  Coach’s Role in Youth Sports by Vincent AKA

Date:  Tuesday, 16 June
Time:  14:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 8:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Language:  French
Level:  Introductory Level Coach
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/95597719213

Topic:  Referee Competencies and Referee Team Duties by Zach ERRETT

Date:  Wednesday, 17 June
Time:  14:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 8:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Language:  English
Level:  National Referees
Meeting Link:  https://zoom.us/j/91274561236 

Topic:  Coach’s Role in Youth Sports by Zach ERRETT

Date:  Thursday, 18 June
Time:  14:00 – Zurich (UTC+2) – 8:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Language:   English     
Level:  Introductory Level Coach
Meeting Link:  https://zoom.us/j/95232515405

Topic:  Referee Competencies and Referee Team Duties by Carlos GARCIA

Date:  Friday, 19 June
Time:  17:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 11:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Language:  French
Level:  National Referees
Meeting Link:  https://zoom.us/j/94009341207

 

 

Should you have any questions, please contact Zach Errett, UWW Education Manager, at zach.errett@unitedworldwrestling.org.

#WrestleZagreb

WATCH: 10 Zagreb Open freestyle finals

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