#Webinar

Webinar Schedule: Training Plans

By United World Wrestling Press

United World Wrestling will conduct its next round of coaching webinars on training plans starting Sept. 7. The webinars will be held every other week in four languages, English, French, Russian and Spanish. 

Webinar Schedule

Week 1 (Sept. 7-10):  Training Plans - Getting Started
Week 2 (Sept. 21-24): Training Plans - Risk Management
Week 3 (Oct. 5-8): Training Plans - Theoretical Framework
Week 4 (Oct. 19-22): Training Plans - Practice Plan Essentials
Week 5 (Nov. 2-5): Training Plans - Designing a Plan

Language Schedule

Monday:  English at 17:30 (Zurich)
Tuesday: French at 16:00 (Zurich)
Wednesday:  Russian TBD
Thursday:  Spanish at 00:00 (Zurich) 18:00 (Miami)

#WrestleParis

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

By United World Wrestling Press

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.