Wallpaper Wednesday

Wallpaper Wednesday Offers Free Images to Fans

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (April 8) -- With little action on the mats United World Wrestling has created a free weekly wallpaper to ensure that fans can relive the action on the mat.

Distributed on Instagram and Facebook via their "Stories" feature, the wallpapers can be used as the backdrop to a user's phone. When the athlete you lick comes up simply screenshot and then load it as the backdrop using your android of iPhone.

Last week's Wallpaper Wednesday included Olympic champions Risako KAWAI (JPN), Mijain LOPEZ (CUB), Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) and world champion David TAYLOR (USA). Additional wallpapers will be made available every Wednesday for the next several months.

For an archive of the images you can visit the archived stories on the United World Wrestling Instagram page.

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Reactions to Kayaalp's 13th European Title

By United World Wrestling Press

TIRANA, Albania (April 22) -- The moment Riza KAYAALP (TUR) won the 13th European Championships gold medal in Tirana on Tuesday, it sent Turkiye into a frenzy.

From Turkish President Recep ERDOGAN to other political personalities, the historic moment saw reactions from all quarters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kayaalp broke Aleksandr KARELIN's record of 12 gold medal at the European Championships by winning his 13th.