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#WrestleOslo Day One Preview Show

Saturday, October 2, 2021 - 05:55 By Eric Olanowski

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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)

Wrestling Playlist: Rio 2016 Olympics Freestyle Rewind

Monday, January 26, 2026 - 18:34 By United World Wrestling Press

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (January 26) -- A decade since the Rio 2016 Olympics, UWW brings you the epic throwback to the finals of Freestyle. Six gold medals were won in the Brazilian city 10 years ago.

At 57kg, Vladimir KHINCHEGASHVILI (GEO) defeated Rei HIGUCHI (JPN) in a close final while Soslan RAMANOV (RUS) dominated his final against Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) at 65kg.

Hassan YAZDANI (IRI) won the epic final at 74kg against Aniuar GEDUEV (RUS) by one point. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (UWW) won his first Olympic gold in 2016 by beating Selim YASAR (TUR) at 86kg.

Kyle SNYDER (USA) became the youngest American wrestler then to win an Olympic gold as he defeated Khetag GOZIUMOV (AZE) in the 97kg final. At 125kg, Taha AKGUL (TUR) held on for a win against Khomel GHASEMI (IRI).

WATCH THE FULL FINAL MATCHES OF 2016 RIO OLYMPICS HERE