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Women's Wrestling Semifinal Matchups: 57kg, 59kg, 65kg, 68kg, 76kg

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 12:50 By United World Wrestling Press

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BELGRADE, Serbia (December 15) -- The Individual World Cup semifinal matchups are set in women's wrestling at 57kg, 59kg, 65kg, 68kg and 76kg. The semifinals are scheduled to begin at 16:45 local time.

57kg
Veronika CHUMIKOVA (RUS) vs. Anshu ANSHU (IND) 
Mehlika OZTURK (TUR) vs. Anastasia NICHITA (MDA

59kg
Mariana CHERDIVARA ESANU (MDA) vs. Elif YANIK (TUR) 
Svetlana LIPATOVA (RUS) vs. Sandra PARUSZEWSKI (GER)

65kg
Irina RINGACI (MDA) vs. Asli DEMIR (TUR) 
Tetiana RIZHKO (UKR) vs. Mimi HRISTOVA (BUL)

68kg
Khanum VELIEVA (RUS) vs. Adela HANZLICKOVA (CZE) 
Alina BEREZHNA STADNIK MAKHYNIA (UKR) vs. Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ)

76kg
Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) vs. Aline ROTTER FOCKEN (GER) 
Yasemin ADAR (TUR) vs. Erica Elizabeth WIEBE (CAN)
 

Wrestling Playlist: Rio 2016 Olympics Freestyle Rewind

Monday, January 26, 2026 - 18:34 By United World Wrestling Press

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (January 26) -- A decade since the Rio 2016 Olympics, UWW brings you the epic throwback to the finals of Freestyle. Six gold medals were won in the Brazilian city 10 years ago.

At 57kg, Vladimir KHINCHEGASHVILI (GEO) defeated Rei HIGUCHI (JPN) in a close final while Soslan RAMANOV (RUS) dominated his final against Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) at 65kg.

Hassan YAZDANI (IRI) won the epic final at 74kg against Aniuar GEDUEV (RUS) by one point. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (UWW) won his first Olympic gold in 2016 by beating Selim YASAR (TUR) at 86kg.

Kyle SNYDER (USA) became the youngest American wrestler then to win an Olympic gold as he defeated Khetag GOZIUMOV (AZE) in the 97kg final. At 125kg, Taha AKGUL (TUR) held on for a win against Khomel GHASEMI (IRI).

WATCH THE FULL FINAL MATCHES OF 2016 RIO OLYMPICS HERE