The rivalry between Iran’s Hassan “The Greatest” Yazdani and USA’s David Taylor might not be as famous as many other rivalries but it still has enough punch to give run for their money. They are amongst the top wrestlers…
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Hasan YAZDANI (IRI), an Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion in freestyle, is one of the world’s biggest stars in international wrestling. After winning a junior world title in 2014, Yazdani made his mark at the senior…
Sergei BELOGLASOV is one of the all-time greats in freestyle wrestling. Competing for the Soviet Union, Beloglasov dominated the world at 57kg from 1980 to 1988. He captured two Olympic gold medals, first at the 1980 Moscow Games…
Wrestling’s most significant event during the 2010’s came on Feb. 11, 2013, when the International Olympic Committee announced that wrestling was dropped from the 25 core sports at the Olympic Games. The announcement sent shockwaves through the wrestling…
United World Wrestling partner Kourtane Training Center in Finland has completed the expansion of their main training facility. The upgrade includes more than 1000 square meters of additional training and workout space for the Finnish Wrestling Team and…
United World Wrestling has launched #ThisIsWrestling, a multi-platform social media campaign asking athletes, fans, coaches, and members of the wrestling community to share photos and videos of themselves as it relates to wrestling. Asian C’ship medallist Arjun Halakurki…
The 2000’s was a memorable era in wrestling that saw historic performances, major breakthroughs in the sport and new wrestling stars emerge. The decade was ushered in by one of the greatest Olympic upsets of all time. At…
A Style Dominated by Europeans Compared with the United States and Asia, where most wrestlers start the sport in freestyle, many in Europe start out in the sport as youth in Greco-Roman style. This can account for the…
United World Wrestling held a web-based discussion Monday with members of the Athletes Commission to gauge the current impact of coronavirus on wrestling-related activities worldwide. The webinar worked to provide insight into possible ways athletes and the broader…
The 1990’s was an unforgettable decade in international wrestling. The Soviet Union, the most successful wrestling nation in the world, dissolved in 1991. Most former Soviet republics competed as a single Unified Team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics,…