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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 ??

Obituary

World Grappling Committee President Bochkev passes away

Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 09:25 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (May 2) -- United World Wrestling's World Grappling Committee's President Rizvan BOCHKEV passed away Wednesday. The sudden passing of the 59-year-old has left the UWW and its family in shock.

Bochkev, vice president of the Russian Wrestling Federation and a coach, was involved with UWW and Grappling for a long time.

Before 2013, Bochkev was an active member of Grappling and promoted it under FILA. He worked tirelessly to reintroduce it as a recognized wrestling style under UWW after it was dropped in late 2013. This gave the right recognition to a wrestling style growing in several countries.

Bochkev was elected as the President of the World Grappling Committee in 2016 and was instrumental in reintroducing the UWW World Grappling Championships. In 2022, Bochkev was re-elected as the President of the World Grappling Committee and remained an active promoter of the sport.

United World Wrestling expresses its deepest condolences to the Bochkev family.