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#WrestleOslo Day One Preview Show

By Eric Olanowski

The opening day of action at the '21 World Championships will feature three Olympic champions and 11 world titleholders. Wrestling begins at 10:30 (local time) and can be watched live on www.uww.org.

Stars competiting on Saturday:
- David TAYLOR III ?? - ? and Olympic ?
- Hassan YAZDANICHARATI ?? - ???& Olympic?
- Geno PETRIASHVILI ?? - ???? & Olympic ??
- Kyle DAKE ?? - ??? & Olympic ?
- Artur NAIFONOV ?? - ? & Olympic?
- Amir ZARE ?? - Olympic ?
- Taha AKGUL ?? - ??? & Olympic??
- Beka LOMTADZE ?? - ??
- Avtandil KENTCHADZE ?? - ??
- Nurkozha KAIPANOV ?? - ??
- Yones EMAMICHOGHAEI ?? - ??
- Arsen HARUTUNYAN ?? - European ?
- Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV ?? - European ?
- Rahman AMOUZADKHALILI - ?? ???? (age-group)

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WATCH: UWW Top Five Upsets of 2023

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (December 21) -- In a year that was full of highs and lows, the wrestling world saw a few unexpected results. Five present and former world champions left the World Championships in Belgrade without the gold medal. Two Greco-Roman giants -- Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) and Riza KAYAALP (TUR) -- lost the final in 97kg and 130kg.

In Freestyle, Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN) stunned Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI), Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) upset Abdulrashid SADULAEV (AIN) and Stevan MICIC (SRB) defeated Zavur UGUEV (AIN).

Watch the five biggest upsets of 2023 here

FS 97kg: Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) df. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (AIN)

65kg: Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN) df. Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI)

GR 130kg: Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI) df. Riza KAYAALP (TUR)

FS 57kg: Stevan MICIC (SRB) df. Zavur UGUEV (AIN)

GR 97kg: Gabriel ROSILLO (CUB) df. Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM)