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Wrestling's Lalovic Re-Elected as ASOIF Council Member

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (June 8) -- The General Assembly of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) has elected United World Wrestling president Nenad LALOVIC to a four-year term as a council member.

Lalovic will serve on the council until 2025. He was elected to his first four-year term in 2017.

"I look forward to serving the international sports community for another four years," said Lalovic. "ASOIF does important work and I'm honored to work on behalf of our IFs."

During its virtual assembly ASOIF also showed its continued support for the safe and successful delivery of the Tokyo 2020 Games which are scheduled to begin on July 23rd.

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Muhamet Malo 2026 Wrestling Day 5 Live Updates: Makhmudov, Lolua in Action

By Vinay Siwach

TIRANA, Albania (March 1) -- The final day of the Muhamet Malo Ranking Series in Tirana will be an all Greco-Roman day. Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ) is returning to a United World Wrestling competition since winning bronze medal at the Paris Olympics in August 2024. Vakhant LOLUA (GEO), world champion at 55kg, is moving up to 60kg and will make his debut.

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10:50: In the first top match of the day, world silver medalist Artur SARGASIAN (UWW) takes out world bronze medalist Murad AHMADIYEV (AZE) at 97kg. Sargasian led only 3-2 at the break but he launched a big four-pointer at the start of the second period and led 7-2, all but making it out of reach for Ahmadiyev.

10:30: A big day ahead in Tirana with six Greco weight classes in action -- 55kg, 60kg, 72kg, 82kg, 97kg and 130kg.