CORUM – The excitement of 12th World University Wrestling Championship, which is hosted by Hitit University in Çorum, is going on. The second day of the championship ended with the Freestyle competitions in 61 kg, 70 kg, 86 kg and 125 kg on 26th October 2016. Viktor Rassadin (RUS), who beat 6 rivals in […]
CORUM – The Opening Ceremony of 12th World University Wrestling Championship hosted by Hitit University took place in the Atatürk Sports Hall on 25 October 2016. Necmettin Kılıç, Çorum Governer; Salim Uslu, MP of Justice and Development Party and TGNA Chief, Muzaffer Külcü, Mayor; Prof. Dr. Reha Metin Alkan, Rector of Hitit University; Prof. […]
CORUM – Final preparations were completed prior to the start of the 12th World University Wrestling Championship. The technical meeting of this WUC was held on 24 October in the Anitta Hotel in the province of Çorum, Turkey. The meeting was attended by Rodica Maria Yaksi, ISF delegate, FISU Vice-President Leopold Germain Senghor, FISU […]
PESC – After the final day of the Greco-Roman style closing the 11th World University Wrestling Championship, we can definitely say that this style was dominated by the wrestlers of the host country, winning five gold medals out of eight. In the 66 kg category, the Hungarian Krisztián Jäger caused great surprise to everyone […]
PECS – Friday was the first day of wrestlers competing in Greco-Roman style at the 11th World University Wrestling Championship. The wrestlers were called to the mat in the categories of 59, 71, 80 and 98 kg. The Hungarian fans had a really good day, as two of the hosting country’s wrestlers won […]
PECS – The third competition day of the 11th World University Wrestling Championship was marked by the women competitions. Indeed, yesterday 10 July, only the women entered the mat to wrestle. And they did so in 6 weight categories: 53-58-60-63-69-75 kg. In the 53 kg category, Moldovian Iulia Leorda was the best. In […]
PECS – In FW 48 kg, the Japanese Ito Siori started the day really well, then she had a big fight against the Ukrainian Rybak Iryna. The Canadian Jasmine Mian had a really balanced game against Madalina Linguraru in the 1/8 final, then she won against the Polish Anna Lukasiak. In the final, […]
Opening Ceremony PECS – Yesterday, 8 July, the 11th World University Wrestling Championship in Pécs, Hungary kicked-off. Although between the elimination rounds and the finals there was an opening ceremony, everybody was paying attention to the fight on the mats on Tuesday. After the first day of competitions, student-athletes from 10 countries mounted the […]
