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#WrestleBudapest Day Three Finals Preview Show

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - 14:32 By Eric Olanowski

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Wednesday night’s European finals will be highlighted by arguably the greatest European rivalry of the last decade. World and European champions Taha AKGUL ?? and Geno PETRIASHVILI ?? will clash for gold at 125kg. It'll be the sixth time they’ve met at the European championships with Akgul winning their last four meetings.

Tonight's freestyle finals kick off at 18:00 (?? local time) on www.uww.org.

Final Matchups
61kg: Suleyman ATLI ?? vs Arsen HARUTYUNYAN ??
74kg: Frank CHAMIZO ?? vs Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV ??
86kg: Myles AMINE ?? vs Abubakr ABAKAROV ??
92kg: Miriani MAISURADZE ?? vs Osman NURMAGOMEDOV ??
125kg: Taha AKGUL ?? vs Geno PETRIASHVILI ??

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Olympic champ Jamalov to miss 2025 World Championships

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 16:03 By Eric Olanowski

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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (May 14) -- Paris Olympic champion Razambek JAMALOV (UZB) will miss the 2025 World Championships.

Jamalov told United World Wrestling that he will undergo knee surgery on May 19 in Moscow and will be sidelined for the rest of the 2025 season.

This is the second surgery for Jamalov in last eight months, and 10th of his career, as he also had a shoulder surgery shortly after his win in Paris in August 2024.

"This will be my fifth surgery on my knee," Jamalov told UWW. "I've also had three surgeries on both shoulders, one on my neck, and one for tonsils.

"This is very difficult news because I was hoping to be ready for the 2025 World Championships. It's an old injury that I suffered before the Ranking Series tournament in Hungary [last year]. It's a complete tear of the cruciate ligament."

Despite the physical and mental toll of ten surgeries, the 26-year-old is gearing up for the wrestling season in 2026.

"Even after 10 surgeries, I want to keep wrestling," he said. "I'm aiming to be back in action at the beginning of 2026. Without wrestling, life feels boring to me. Of course, there are doubts sometimes, but I try to work hard and keep believing."