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#WrestleOslo Day Three Finals Preview

Monday, October 4, 2021 - 14:46 By Eric Olanowski

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Tonight's finals feature a quartet of Iranian ?? wrestlers, while the United States ?? and the Russian Wrestling Federation each have a pair of wrestlers vying for #WrestleOslo golds.

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

Monday's Freestyle Finals:
57kg - Thomas GILMAN ?? vs. Alireza SARLAK ??
65kg - Amirmohammad YAZDANI ?? vs. Zagir SHAKHIEV (RWF)
79kg - Jordan BURROUGHS ?? vs. Mohammad NOKHODILARIMI ??
92kg - Magomed KURBANOV (RWF) vs. Kamran GHASEMPOUR ??

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Meskout elected UWW Africa Council President for third time

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 05:05 By United World Wrestling Press

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CASABLANCA, Morocco (April 28) -- Fouad MESKOUT was elected as the President of the UWW Africa Council for a third time after he won the election held Monday.

The UWW Vice President was among the eight candidates who contested to be members of the Africa Council. Meskout won with a thumping majority while six other members of the Executive Board were also re-elected.

The elections, held on the sidelines of the African Championships which begins Tuesday, received eight nominations for seven spots and saw 31 voters with 17 being the majority.

UWW AfricaThe seven elected members of the UWW Africa Council. (Photo: United World Wrestling Federation / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Elected members

Fouad MESKOUT (MAR)
Mohamed ELSAYED (EGY)
Nestor RAVELOSON (MAD)
Allahjabo OWLO (SUD)
Honore ALLOU (CIV)
Ngom MALICK (SEN)
Urbaine SISSA MBEDY (CMR)

The elected members decided to re-elect Meskout as the President. Sissa Mbedy was elected as the Vice-President while Elsayed was named Secretary General. Raveloson will take the role of Joint Secretary General.