#WrestleOslo

#WrestleOslo Day Six Finals Preview

By Eric Olanowski

Thursday’s final session of women’s wrestling features Olympic champion Helen MAROULIS ?? and Olympic bronze medal winner Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA ??. Anshu ANSHU ?? and Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA ?? have a shot at becoming the first WW world champs from their countries.

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

Day Six Finals Matchups:
57kg - Helen Louise MAROULIS ?? vs. Anshu ANSHU ??
59kg - Akie HANAI ?? vs. Bilyana DUDOVA ??
68kg - Rin MIYAJI ?? vs. Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA ??
72kg - Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA ?? vs. Masako FURUICHI??

#Grappling

Grappling: Astana to host 2024 World Championships

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (November 23) -- The 2024 Grappling World Championships will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan from October 7 to 12.

The World Championships of all age-groups -- U15, U17, U20, senior and veteran -- will be conducted in the Kazakhstan capital which hosted the 2023 Asian Championships. Specific details of the World Championships will be shared later by UWW.

The 2023 World Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland and saw some of the incredible battles on the mat in Grappling Gi and Grappling No Gi styles.

Astana has the experience of hosting various United World Wrestling competitions and the Grappling World Championships will add to the rich combat sports culture of the city.

Apart from the World Championships, the senior Pan-Am Championships in Grappling will be in held in Miranda, Venezuela on June 15-16.

For the full list of events on the Grappling calendar and all other styles can be accessed at uww.org/events.