The Olympic Channel has released the trailer for its upcoming documentary on 2000 Olympic gold medalist wrestlers Rulon GARDNER (USA). The film, “Rulon Gardner Won’t Die” is set to be released on Wednesday, June 3rd. From the Olympic Channel…
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A Tale of Two Wangs, and a Japanese Legend Since women’s wrestling was added to the Olympic program at the 2004 Athens Games, there have been 18 gold medals awarded. There has been only one teenaged champion, and…
With 43 of its 69 Olympic medals coming on the mat, it’s safe to say that Iran has an important and rich wrestling tradition. The spark of future greatness happened during the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki when the…
The Covid19 repercussions have caught up with the global body for the sport of wrestling. The United World Wrestling (UWW), In response to the COVID-19 pandemic has decided to cut 50% salary of all its in-house staff. In an…
The United States has long been one of the world’s top wrestling nations. The American freestyle team won the world team title at the 2017 World Championships in Paris, France, finishing with six medals, including two world champions.…
Dear UWW Bureau, Commissions, National Federations members, Following the current global situation, now is the perfect opportunity for launching the first series of webinars dedicated to topics of current interest and related to the future of our sport…
With wrestling currently on hold along with the rest of world sports and looking for a distraction, I started to wonder about the Tokyo Olympics, which have been postponed for a year. Would that have any affect on…
IOC Refugee Scholarship recipient and Greco-Roman wrestler Aker Al OBOADI shared a video of himself training during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Oboadi who left his home in Iraq for Austria, is preparing for the opportunity to qualify for…
Think you know the rules of wrestling? Can you call the action on the mat as accurately as the sport’s best referees? Well, now you can test your knowledge online. Created by the UWW Referee and Development departments in collaboration with the…
The International Olympic Committee Executive Committee just approved the Wrestling Qualification System for Tokyo 2020. United World Wrestling is one of the first International Federations that updated its Qualification System for Tokyo 2020. The main principles and rules…