#WrestleOslo

#WrestleOslo Day Nine Finals Preview

Sunday, October 10, 2021 - 20:32 By Eric Olanowski

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The final session of wrestling in Oslo will be highlight Tokyo Olympic champion Mohammadreza GERAEI ?? and Tokyo bronze medal winner Zurabi DATUNASHVILI ??.

The gold-medal matches start at 18:00 (local time) and can be followed live on www.uww.org.

Sunday's Finals Matchups:
60kg - Leri ABULADZE ?? vs. Meysam Karamali DALKHANI (IRI)
67kg - Mohammadreza GERAEI ?? vs. Nazir ABDULLAEV (RWF)
87kg - Zurabi DATUNASHVILI ?? vs. Kiryl MASKEVICH ??

#BeachWrestling

Youth Olympics host Dakar gets 2024 African Beach Wrestling C'ships

Monday, December 11, 2023 - 13:33 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (December 11) -- The second edition of the African Beach Wrestling Championships will be held on June 22 and 23 in Dakar, Senegal, next year.

Dakar will host the 2026 Youth Olympic Games and recently hosted the second edition of the Dakar en Juex festival in November with Beach Wrestling featuring at the festival. United World Wrestling will provide continuous assistance to the organizers as Senegal prepares for the Youth Olympics as well.

The tournament will be a senior-level event in eight weight classes -- four each in men's and women's. The competition in men's will be held in 70kg, 80kg, 90kg and +90kg while women will compete in 50kg, 60kg, 70kg, and +70kg weight classes.

The first edition of the African Beach Wrestling Championships was held in 2023 in Hammamet, Tunisia with wrestlers in all eight weight classes.