Vinesh Phogat is India’s best hope for an Olympic medal at Tokyo Games. But with the outbreak of Coronavirus, her training and competition plans have taken a serious hit. Despite the shortcomings caused by the global pandemic, the…
Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee Executive Board member Kaori Yamaguchi has said that the Olympic Games this year should not be organised on the July 24-August 9 schedule “if the people across the world can’t enjoy themselves”. A former…
Vinesh Phogat’s 53kg weight category in Women’s Wrestling is what 65kg is to Men’s Freestyle. It has no favourites, and anyone can get her hand on the Olympics gold. Some of the big names in this category are…
Germany’s top wrestler Frank Stäbler from TSV Musberg is considering postponing his planned career end if the Olympic Games in Tokyo are canceled or postponed. The three-time world champion Stäbler actually wants to end his international career in…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) must give athletes some “clarity, transparency and flexibility” by postponing the Tokyo Games over the coronavirus pandemic, British athlete Guy Learmonth has said. The flu-like virus which originated in China late last year…
After a phenomenal performance by the Cuban wrestlers in the Greco-Roman category, the women wrestlers of USA booked quota places in all available categories at the Pan-American Olympic Qualifiers in Ottawa. With 68 kg and 76 kg already…
For the first time since 1996, Argentina will send a male wrestler to the Olympics as Agustin DESTRIBATS (ARG) qualified the 65 kg weight class for his nation on Sunday in Ottawa, Canada. Destribats began his day with…
Erica Wiebe and Danielle Lappage will be returning to the Olympic Games. The duo, who competed together at the Rio 2016 Games stamped their tickets to Tokyo with semifinal wins at the Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Ottawa.…
Alma Jane VALENCIA ESCOTO (MEX) won her semifinal match at 57 kg, becoming the first woman in history from Mexico to qualify for the Olympic Games in wrestling. In the preliminary rounds, Valencia collected wins against Betzabeth SARCO COLMENAREZ…
The Greco-Roman competition at the Pan American Olympic Qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 are completed and two more wrestlers in each weight category have secured the quota place for the Olympics. Cuban wrestlers have created a unique record by…