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Webinar Schedule for the Week of July 6-10

By United World Wrestling Press

Webinar Schedule for the Week (6-10 July)

Title:  Negative Wrestling: Fleeing the Mat, Push Out, and Fleeing the Hold
Date:  6 July
Time:  15:00 (Zurich) – 9:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Prof. Dr. Ibrahim CICIOGLU & Levent SEN
Language:  English
Target Audience: National & International Referees and Coaches
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99598884356

Title:  Use of Discovery Games & Gamification (Coach)
Date:  7 July
Time:  20:00 (Zurich) – 14:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Pedro ROJAS
Language:  Spanish
Target Audience: Introductory Coaches
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94692864278

Title:  Referee Mechanics
Date:  8 July
Time:  14:00 (Zurich) – 8:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Norovard ARUSTAMYAN
Language:  Russian
Target Audience:  National & International Referees
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/98324571371

Title:  Use of Discovery Games & Gamification (Coach)
Date:  9 July
Time:  14:00 (Zurich)
Speaker:  Vladimir SHATSKYKH
Language:  Russian
Target Audience:  Introductory Coaches
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93531910410

Title:  Referee Mechanics
Date:  10 July
Time:  17:00 (Zurich)
Speaker:  Carlos GARCIA
Language:  Spanish
Target Audience: National & International Referees
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/98158842428

 

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UWW 2023 Wrestler of the Year Freestyle Nominees

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (December 6) — United World Wrestling has released the five nominations for the 2023 Freestyle Wrestler of the Year, which is awarded to the best senior-level freestyle wrestler.

The nominations reflect the results from this year’s World Championships, Continental Championships, Continental Games and Ranking Series events.

 

The five finalist are:

David TAYLOR (USA)
- 2023 86kg world champion 
- Ranked No. 6 in the world with 45000 points

Ismail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN)
- 2023 65kg world champion 
- Ranked No. 3 in the world with 62520 points

Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI) 
- 2023 125kg world champion 
- 19th Asian Games champion
- Zagreb Open Ranking Series champion
- Ranked No. 1 in the world with 69000 points

Zaurbek SIDAKOV (AIN)
- Ranked No. 2 in the world with 45000 points
- 2023 74kg world champion

Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN)
- 2023 97kg world champion 
- 19th Asian Games champion
- Kyrgyz Ranking Series champion
- Asian Championships champion
- Ranked No. 1 in the world with 87520 points

The voting for the UWW Wrestler of the Year in Freestyle is open till December 17 and winners will be announced on December 18.