#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 ??

#WrestleBelgrade

World Championships: Sadulaev forfeits, to undergo scans for neck injury

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 - 10:39 By Vinay Siwach

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BELGRADE, Serbia (September 19) -- Tokyo Olympic champion Abdulrashid SADULAEV (AIN) will undergo medical scans on Tuesday for a neck injury that forced him to end the World Championships.

The 27-year-old flew to Moscow on Monday night soon after his 97kg semifinal retirement against Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) with the Bahrain wrestler leading 9-2 at the World Championships.

The five-time world champion was expected to wrestle for a bronze medal and qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics as an Individual Neutral Athlete but the medical staff decided to not worsen the injury.

Sadulaev is suffering from a neck hernia, towards the end of his spinal cord. Medical scans will determine if it is a tumor or if Sadulaev can return to the mat without surgery.

He became the second Olympic champion to pull out of the World Championships repechage as 65kg champion Takuto OTOGURO (JPN) also pulled out due to a foot injury he has been carrying for one year.