Right before the Indian government had decided to put the entire country into lockdown due to coronavirus, Divya Kakran instead of going home had rented a place near her coach Vladimir Mestvirishvili’s residence in Model Town, New Delhi.…
Anshu Malik, 18, is at her home in Nidani village, Haryana, waiting eagerly for the women’s wrestling camp to resume. Returning to the national camp would mean access to mat training which is the most essential part of…
The journey to the Olympics for every India wrestler starts by fighting ‘dangals’. It is there that young kids hone the necessary skills and experience to represent the country at the quadrennial competition. And India’s best active wrestler…
Indian wrestler Satywart Kadian has requested Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to consider him for the Olympic training camp. WFI had last week released the list of wrestlers who will be called for the national camp at SAI…
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…
Retired Iran wrestler Ebrahim Javadi’s medal got stolen from his him in Karaj, Tehran. The 1972 Olympic medallist said the robber has stolen the trophies from his home in Tehran when he was not there. “They stole my…
The postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021 due to coronavirus crisis has given rise to many questions. And one of them is how will wrestlers maintain competition weight – which is lower than usual weight — for…
Athletes from the UWW-African training program were joined by coaches and administrators in offering an update from their facility in El Jadida. The video message was distributed on the United World Wrestling homepage and social media platforms. “I…
Olympic champion and two-time world champion Ismael Borrero has had a newsworthy few months. The Cuban Greco-Roman star won the Pan Am Championships March 6th, which earned him valuable Ranking Series points and secured him the top seed…
Cuba’s dominant Greco-Roman program is headed to Tokyo as four qualification events are left with a total of eight licenses in six weight categories remain up for grabs. CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (April 20) — In response to the IOC’s…