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The last day of the WUC Wrestling reserved good surprises for Brazil. After six days of competition and dozens of matches in the Rio Vermelho gymnasium, the owners of the house won two more bronze medals and the trophy of third place in Greco Roman style. André Pinto, 3rd Place in Leia mais…

WUC Wrestling 2018 is coming to an end in the capital of Goiás. This Saturday, 47 bouts were played in the Rio Vermelho gymnasium. Now, only Greco-Roman style categories remain to elect their champions. The podiums for the categories -55kg, -63kg, -72kg, -82kg and -97kg were announced today. Of five Leia mais…

The fourth day of WUC Wrestling competitions presented the debut of the Greco-Roman style for the male categories. Diferent of the freestyle, in Greco-Roman athletes can only use trunk and arms to defend and attack. If one of the opponents manages to open an 8-point margin during the fight he Leia mais…

In addition to the women’s finals, the third day of WUC Wrestling was also marked by the recent rounds of the men’s freestyle wrestling world championship. Four categories had their world champions revealed (-61kg, -70kg, -79kg and -97kg). The Hungarian László Gergely, who took bronze in the 70kg category, did Leia mais…

The third day of WUC Wrestling competitions reserved exciting moments and awarded seven more categories.  On this Thursday, the girls went up for the first time to the WUC podium, the highlight was Elena Brugger. The German athlete was losing the final to Momoka Kadoya when she was able to Leia mais…

The second day of competitions in Rio Vermelho yielded fierce duels and already presented the firsts champions. After 96 bouts since the start of the WUC Wrestling, some athletes are already holding their medals. This Wednesday was also marked by the women’s debut in the battles, with 16 bouts disputed Leia mais…

After the first bouts and the opening ceremony, the world university championship of wrestling in Goiânia was officially opened. It is the second time that Goiania is hosting a WUC event in the last 4 years. Futsal was held in 2016 and now its time for Wrestling. The bouts started Leia mais…

The opening ceremony was held in Goiânia, Brazil, at Rio Vermelho Gymnasium. It had all the traditional protocols of an international sports solemnity. The usual parade of delegations presented the countries participating in the competition: Germany, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canada, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey and the host country Leia mais…