#Webinar

Webinar Schedule for October 17-24

By United World Wrestling Press

Topic:  Identifying Key Factors and Introducing New Skills - Arabic
Date:  Saturday, 17 October
Time:  19:00 (Zurich) – 13:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Mohamed Ibrahim Abdelfattah
Language:  Arabic
Level:  Local and National Coaches
Meeting link:  https://zoom.us/j/91803384594   

Topic: Training Plans:  Practice Plan Essentials - English
Date:  Monday, 19 October
Time:  17:30 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 11:30 - New York (Check your local time)
Speaker: Zach Errett
Language:  English
Level:  National & Local Coaches
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/97575449601  

Topic: Training Plans:  Practice Plan Essentials - French
Date:  Tuesday, 20 October
Time:  16:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 10:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Speaker: Vincent Aka
Language:  French
Level:  National & Local Coaches
Meeting Link:  https://zoom.us/j/98391569910  

Topic: Training Plans:  Practice Plan Essentials - Russian
Date:  Wednesday, 21 October
Time:  16:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 10:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Speaker: Vladimir Shatskykh
Language:  Russian
Level:  National & Local Coaches
Meeting Link:   https://zoom.us/j/99160091640   

Topic: Training Plans:  Practice Plan Essentials - Spanish
Date:  Thursday, 22 October 
Time: 18:00 - New York - 00:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 23 October
Speaker: Pedro Rojas
Language:  Spanish
Level:  National & Local Coaches
Meeting Link:  https://zoom.us/j/96197230802  

Topic:  Coaching Skills - Arabic
Date:  Saturday, 24 October
Time:  19:00 (Zurich) – 13:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Mohamed Ibrahim Abdelfattah
Language:  Arabic
Level:  Local and National Coaches
Meeting link:  https://zoom.us/j/92759538357 

Obituary

Georgia's Nugzari Tsurtsumia, 2019 world champion, dies at 27

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (July 3) -- Nugzari TSURTSUMIA (GEO), a 2019 world champion, passed away Wednesday at the age of 27 years in his hometown Khobi, Georgia. The young star's death has left United World Wrestling and the entire wrestling community saddened.

The 27-year-old recently competed at the Budapest Ranking Series in June and won a bronze medal in the Greco-Roman 55kg weight class, the same weight he has won two silver and two bronze medals at the World Championships. Apart from the five medals at the World Championships, Tsurtsumia also won four at the European Championships -- a silver and three bronzes.

At the age group level, Tsurtsumia accomplished much. He completed the set of medals at the European Championships, winning bronze at the U17 level, gold and two bronzes at the U20 and two golds at the U23 level.

In the age-group World Championships, Tsurtsumia was the U23 world champion in 2018 and a silver and bronze medalist at the U20 level.

His remarkable achievement came in Nursultan at the 2019 World Championships when he rocked the field to become the world champion. He outscored his opponents 34-3 in four bouts to win the gold, Georgia's first at the World Championships in 12 years.

United World Wrestling, Georgian Wrestling Federation and the wrestling community mourns the death of an incredible talent. Their thoughts are with the Tsurtsumia family in their time of grief.