#WrestleOslo

#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)

#WrestleBelgrade

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

By Vinay Siwach

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.