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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 ??

Obituary

Former UWW Vice President Oktay passes away

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 - 11:53 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (March 27) -- Former United World Wrestling Vice President Kemal OKTAY (TUR) died on Tuesday at the age of 80 years after a prolonged illness.

Oktay, who became the UWW Vice President in 1985, was born in Istanbul in 1944. He remained in that position till 1998 and contributed to benefit wrestling.

A sports enthusiast, Oktay took an interest in wrestling after his son Ali won medals in age-group competitions. Ali has won medals at the age-group European and World Championships.

A recent surgery plus his deteriorating health had kept Oktay away from wrestling.

United World Wrestling expresses its deepest condolences to the Oktay family.