#Webinar

Webinar Schedule for November 2-8

Saturday, October 31, 2020 - 02:38 By United World Wrestling Press

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Topic: Clarification of some complicated situations - English
Date: Monday, 2 November
Time: 16:00 - Zurich (Check your local time)
Speaker: Antonio Silvestri and Ibrahim Cicioglu
Language: English
Level: National and International Referees
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/99166486994

Topic: Duties, responsibilities and importance of mat chairman - Russian
Date: Thursday, 5 November
Time: 14:00 - Zurich (Check your local time)
Speaker: Noravard Arustamyan
Language: Russian
Level: National and International Referees
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/96979023918

Topic: Duties, responsibilities and importance of mat chairman - French
Date: Thursday, 5 November
Time: 16:00 - Zurich (Check your local time)
Speaker: Kamel Bouaziz
Language: French
Level: National and International Referees
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/98320073372

Topic: Duties, responsibilities and importance of mat chairman - Spanish
Date: Thursday, 5 November
Time: 18:00 - Zurich (Check your local time)
Speaker: Carlos Garcia
Language: Spanish
Level: National and International Referees
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/92200840256

Topic: Active Wrestling and Criteria for Passivity - Arabic
Date: Saturday, 7 November
Time: 16:00 - Zurich (Check your local time)
Speaker: Kamel Bouaziz
Language: Arabic
Level: National and International Referees
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/97411776478

#WrestleParis

Paris Olympics: Five wrestlers to be country's flagbearers at opening ceremony

Friday, July 26, 2024 - 17:48 By United World Wrestling Press

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PARIS (July 26) -- Five wrestlers will be the flag bearers of their respective nations at the opening ceremony at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday.

The opening ceremony parade will take place in boats down the river Seine with Greece opening the parade followed by the Refugee Olympic Team and then the countries in alphabetic order. France, the host, will be the last in the parade. The United States and Australia, hosts for the next two Olympics, will come before France.

Albania's first world champion in wrestling Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB) will be the flagbearer for his country. He will wrestle in the 57kg weight class.

For Puerto Rico, world silver medalist in 65kg Sebastian RIVERIA (PUR) will be the flagbearer alongside Jasmine Camacho-Quinn from Athletics.

Rckaela AQUINO (GUM)Rckaela AQUINO (GUM) of Guam. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Guam has given the responsibility to its first-ever female wrestler Rckaela AQUINO (GUM). She will be wrestling in the 57kg weight class.

Diamantino IUNA FAFE (GBS) will be the flagbearer for Guinee-Bissau at the opening ceremony. He wrestled in Tokyo at 57kg and will perform in Paris in the same weight class.

Honduras has given the responsibility to its first-ever Greco-Roman wrestler Kevin MEJIA (HON).

Wrestling begins on August 5 in Paris and ends on August 11.