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Meerim Zhumanazarova won a gold medal at the World Cup in women’s wrestling in the weight category up to 68 kilograms. Website of the competition reports.
In the final, she defeated Adelya Ganzlichkova (Czech Republic) with a score 8: 2.
Kyrgyzstani Aiperi Medet kyzy won a bronze medal at the World Cup in women’s wrestling in the weight category up to 76 kilograms.
She defeated Ekaterina Bukina from Russia with a score 11: 8 during the battle for the 3
rd place.
Earlier, Aisuluu Tynybekova and Zholaman Sharshenbekov won gold medals.
Due to the postponement of the Olympics, UWW decided to host a full-fledged world championship. But after some countries refused to participate, the organizers decided to call the competition the Individual World Cup.
International wrestling to return in Belgrade with UWW Individual World Cup Friday, 11 December 2020
More than 500 wrestlers from 51 countries are set to compete at the United World Wrestling (UWW) Individual World Cup in Serbian capital Belgrade.
The event serves as a replacement for the cancelled World Championships, which Belgrade had been due to host.
After countries including Japan and the United States pulled out over coronavirus concerns, UWW called off the World Championships as a threshold for entries had not been met.
The Individual World Cup will also be the first international competition since the beginning of the global health crisis.