Wrestling

Paris 2024 | Olympic Games

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GEORGIA ANTHEM

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

Replay

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Ghasemi vs Petriashvili

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Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) df. Alen ZASIEIEV (UKR), 11-6

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Petriashvili vs Dlagnev

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Petriashvili vs Kumchev

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Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 86kg & 125kg | Rio 2016 Replays

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Petriashvili vs Jarvis

Turkey's Taha Akgul takes down Iran's Komeil Nemat Ghasemi in the men's freestyle 125kg wrestling final.

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Akgul wins men's heavyweight wrestling gold

United States of America

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Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

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Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Geno PETRIASHVILI

Geno

The 2024 World Wrestling Championships in non-Olympic weight divisions, held in Tirana, Albania, are set for 28–31 October.
After an eight-year hiatus, this prestigious event returns with a dynamic roster of nearly 300 wrestlers competing across 12 weight classes in freestyle, women's wrestling, and Greco-Roman categories.
Although athletes from the

Wrestling | Olympic Qualifier | World Championships | Belgrade

CHIBA, JAPAN - AUGUST 04:  David Morris Taylor III of Team United States celebrates defeating Myles Nazem Amine of Team San Marino during the Men's Freestyle 86kg Quarter Final on day twelve of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 04, 2021 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

David Morris Taylor III of Team United States celebrates

2024 Wrestling World Championships: All final results and medals – Full list

From beach volleyball and boxing to swimming and wrestling, many of the sports at Paris 2024 saw graduates from the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) being crowned as Olympic champions.
The likes of Jess Fox (AUS, canoe-slalom), Kaylee McKeown (AUS, swimming), Abe Hifumi (JPN, judo), Frédérique Matla (NED, hockey) and Napheesa

Olympic champion Julien Alfred. 

Youth Olympic Games provides perfect springboard for Paris 2024 gold medallists

After taking a bronze medal at Rio 2016 and settling for silver at Tokyo 2020, Georgia’s Geno Petriashvili finally came out on top of a gold medal final to clinch the 125kg freestyle title at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on 10 August.
A repeat of his loss in Tokyo,

Geno Petriashvili of Team Georgia (blue) and Amir Hossein Zare of Team Islamic Republic of Iran (red) compete during the men's freestyle 125kg final

Geno Petriashvili of Team Georgia (blue) and Amir Hossein Zare of Team Islamic Republic of Iran (red)

Wrestling: Georgia’s Geno Petriashvili takes gold in 125kg freestyle

The 2023 World Wrestling Championships has kicked off in Belgrade, Serbia.
Between 16-24 September world titles will be won in all three wrestling divisions: men’s freestyle, women’s wrestling, and Greco-Roman.
A whopping 90 Olympic Games Paris 2024 quotas are on offer at the event.
Being less than a year away

David Taylor (USA) will be hoping to defend his world title at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

2023 Wrestling World Championships: All final results and medals – Full list

Belgrade hosts the 2023 World Wrestling Championships from 16-24 September with men's freestyle action taking place over the first four days, with action streamed live on Olympic Channel.
Five out of the six gold medallists from Tokyo 2020 in 2021 will be competing, with only 125kg Olympic champion Gable Steveson

Chase Marsteller (L) celebrates winning his deciding bout against Jordan Burroughs at the Final X U.S. World Championship trials

2023 Wrestling World Championships: Five fresh faces to look out for in men's freestyle

Olympic gold medallists Kyle Snyder, Jordan Burroughs, and Hassan Yazdani have all been selected as freestyle top seeds for the 2022 Wrestling World Championships.
But it won’t be plain sailing for the golden trio, who will have to beat some star-studded fields in Belgrade, Serbia, from 10-18 September.
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Everything you need to know about the 2022 Wrestling World Championships: Preview, schedule, and athletes to watch

Hassan Yazdani is the 86kg freestyle wrestling world champion once more after a sensational 6-2 win in the 86kg final over Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion David Taylor on Sunday 3 October in Oslo, Norway.
It was a box-office clash between reigning Olympic champ Taylor and Rio 2016 Olympic champ Yazdani.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 19:  Hassan Aliazam Yazdanicharati of the Islamic Republic of Iran celebrates after defeating Aniuar Geduev of Russia during the Men's 74kg Gold Medal Wrestling match on Day 14 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 2 on August 19, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Hassan Aliazam Yazdanicharati of the Islamic Republic of Iran celebrates after defeating Aniuar Geduev of Russia during the Men's 74kg Gold Medal Wrestling match on Day 14 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 2 on August 19, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Hassan Yazdani defeats David Taylor in battle of Olympic champions at wrestling world championships

United States’ Gable Steveson has lived up to his famous namesake by winning an Olympic gold medal in wrestling. In a thrilling final the Pan-American champion defeated Georgia’s Geno Petriashvili 10-8 in the last seconds of the men’s wrestling freestyle 125kg at Tokyo 2020.
The 21-year-old, who is one of

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

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Gable Steveson lives up to his namesake by winning men’s wrestling’s freestyle 125kg

Day 14 of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, in 2021, is underway, with the men's race walk getting things started on Friday, August 6 (Thursday evening & early Friday in the U.S.).
It’s another action packed day in athletics inside the Olympic Stadium too, with many U.S. competitors taking part.

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 05: April Ross #1 of Team United States celebrates with Alix Klineman #2 after defeating Team Switzerland during the Women's Semifinal beach volleyball on day thirteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Shiokaze Park on August 05, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

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Watch Team USA athletes in action at Tokyo 2020 right now, including women’s beach volleyball final

Taha Akgul answered his critics with a dominant victory at the European Championships on Wednesday (21 April).
The reigning Olympic champion beat Russia’s Sergei Kozyrev 9-2 in the 125kg final to seal his eighth continental wrestling title.
Akgul suffered a serious shoulder injury in 2019 that kept him out of

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Taha Akgul

Refreshed Taha Akgul seals eighth continental title at European Championships

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This session includes Men's Freestyle 65kg and 97kg Semifinals and Freestyle 74kg and 125kg Finals as well as the Women's Freestyle 76kg Semifinals and Freestyle 62kg Finals.

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Mat B: Men's & Women's Freestyle - Day 15 - Evening | Wrestling | Olympic Games Paris 2024

The Men's 125kg Freestyle Wrestling Finals were held on 10/08/2024 at Champs de Mars Arena, Paris. The Bronze medals were awarded to Taha Akgul (TUR) and Giorgi Meshvildishvili (AZE). Silver was won by Amir Hossein Zare (IRI) and the Gold Medal belonged to Geno Petriashvili (GEO) with a 10:9 Victory by Points.

Highlights

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Men's 125kg Finals | Freestyle Wrestling | Olympic Games Paris 2024

This session includes the Men's Freestyle 86kg Repechage and Freestyle 125kg 1/8 Finals and 1/4 Finals.

Geno PETRIASHVILI

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GEORGIA ANTHEM

Ghasemi vs Petriashvili

Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) df. Alen ZASIEIEV (UKR), 11-6

Geno PETRIASHVILI
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Olympic Results

Geno PETRIASHVILI

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GEORGIA ANTHEM

Ghasemi vs Petriashvili

Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) df. Alen ZASIEIEV (UKR), 11-6

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Olympic Results

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