Takedown Report

International Wrestling News # 7

1 } – .Ex-Iran wrestling president tests positive for Covid-19
Wrestling News: Former president of Iran Wrestling Federation Mohammad Reza Taleghani has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. He will have to undergo a 14-day home quarantine. Also, Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler, Hossein Nouri has contracted the coronavirus and has been hospitalized in Tehran. Earlier, in March, Hassan Yazdani’s father Hossein was also infected by the virus. He was amongst the first Covid-19 cases which were reported from the wrestling circuit. The number of people tested positive for COVID-19 infection in Iran has .. rest of story at _{https://wrestlingtv.in/ex-iran-wrestling-president-tests-positive-for-covid-19/?mc_cid=097a633e42&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

2 } – Coach Lindland’s Weekly Report: This Is Not Normal
The previous edition of the Coach Lindland’s Report was published on March 18 — mere days after the US locked down four weights for Tokyo at the Pan-American Olympic Qualifier in Ottawa. That very week, America along with most of the planet was shuttered to “slow the spread” of the virus that causes COVID-19; and in short order, both the US Olympics Trials and the Olympic Games itself were postponed an entire year…. rest of story at http://www.fivepointmove.com/usa-greco/lindland-july-normal/?mc_cid=fc895bba88&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

3 } – Dakar 2022 Youth Olympic Games postponed until 2026
The 2022 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar have been pushed back by four years to 2026, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced. Amid widespread disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, IOC President Thomas Bach said the organisation had mutually agreed to postpone the first Olympic event to be held in Africa following a request from Senegal President Macky Sall. The decision was approved by the IOC Executive Board during its latest remote meeting today and will be given the green light by the Session on Friday (July 17).
The IOC said the postponement results from the “large scale of the operational challenges which the IOC, the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and the International Federations (IFs) are facing following the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020”. Bach claimed the Senegalese capital hosting the Games “would have meant we would have had to organise five Games in three years”. … rest of story at _{https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1096342/dakar-2022-postponed-until-2026?mc_cid=43f0dbddeb&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

4 } – IOC ANNOUNCES ADAPTED TOKYO 2020 QUALIFICATION SYSTEMS FOR EACH SPORT
Further to the approval of a series of amendments to the Tokyo 2020 qualification system principles by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Qualification Task Force in April 2020, the review of the International Federation (IF) qualification processes for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and each sport has now been finalised. The IOC has been working closely with all the IFs to determine the necessary adaptations to the Olympic qualification systems for their respective sports, and athletes and National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have been consulted as well. A representative group of NOCs was involved in the review process, and athlete consultation was sought through each IF. A total of 57 per cent of all the qualification places had been confirmed by the time the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 were postponed. In order to adapt the qualification systems for the remaining places to the new timing of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the qualification system principles were updated, approved by the Qualification Task Force (acting on behalf of the IOC Executive Board) and shared with all the IFs. … rest of story at _{https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-announces-adapted-tokyo-2020-qualification-systems-for-each-sport?mc_cid=43f0dbddeb&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

5 } – Ex-Bulgarian wrestler Shterev dies aged 33 of COVID-19
SOFIA: Former Bulgarian wrestling champion Nikolay Shterev … rest of story at _{http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/76986061.cms?mc_cid=43f0dbddeb&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b&utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst}

6 } – Ghasemi and Makhov set to be awarded London 2012 wrestling title
Iran’s Komeil Ghasemi and Russia’s Bilyal Makhov have been upgraded to gold medals in the men’s 120-kilogram freestyle wrestling event at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Uzbekistan’s Artur Taymazov was last year stripped of the Olympic title from London 2012 after testing positive for the banned steroid oral turinabol in retests. He became the second athlete to have failed a drugs test retrospectively from Beijing 2008 and London 2012, following Kazakhstani weightlifter Ilya Ilyin. Taymazov won the 120kg freestyle gold medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens before he defended the title at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. He was stripped of the Beijing 2008 gold in April 2017. … rest of story at _{https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1096337/ghasemi-makhov-wrestling-london-2012?mc_cid=43f0dbddeb&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

7 } – Olympic wrestlers tie for gold medal, 8 years after the competition
A pair of doping cases led to the first Olympic gold-medal tie in wrestling history, eight years after the matches took place. Russian Bilyal Makhov was upgraded to 2012 Olympic freestyle super heavyweight gold, joining Iranian Komeil Ghasemi, who was upgraded last year, according to the IOC’s website. In February, Russian media reported that Makhov recently tested positive for growth hormone, which would have no bearing on 2012 results. The move came after the finalists in 2012 — Uzbek Artur Taymazov and Georgian Davit Modzmanashvil — were stripped of their gold and silver medals last year in retests of doping samples from the London Games. … rest of story at _{https://sports.yahoo.com/olympic-wrestlers-tie-gold-medal-143451903.html?mc_cid=78726f35ba&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

8 } – TERVEL DLAGNEV NOW OFFICIALLY 2012 OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALIST, AS IOC UPDATES MEDAL CHART
As reported by Inside the Games, the International Olympic Committee has updated the medal standings for the 120 kg men’s freestyle event at the 2012 Olympic Games. With this official change, U.S. wrestler Tervel Dlagnev is officially elevated to an Olympic bronze medalist in this weight class. This change was necessary after Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan, who initially received the gold medal in 2012, was stripped of his title due to a positive doping re-test. Another medalist, the silver medalist in 2012 Davit Modmanishvili of Georgia, was also stripped of a medal at this weight classs because of a positive doping re-test. … rest of story at _{https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2020/July/16/Dlagnev-officially-an-Olympic-bronze-medalist-in-2012?mc_cid=78726f35ba&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

9} – World medalist Green preparing to make return
James Green doesn’t know exactly when his next wrestling match will be, but he’s preparing for his return to the mat. Like most wrestlers, Green has been away from competition for several months during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 27-year-old Green is training again after spending time being quarantined at his home in Lincoln, Nebraska. It has been a summer of transition for Green, who recently announced he will be leaving Nebraska for the regional training center at Virginia Tech. “It’s been a crazy time obviously with everything going on,” he said. “My wife and I are both from New Jersey, and we wanted to be closer to family. Being at Virginia Tech, we will be within driving distance of our family. Our daughter is 13 months old now and we really like the idea of her being close to family. Moving out to Virginia, it was the best option for me to be able to do that.” Green accomplished plenty during his time at the University of Nebraska. … rest of story at _{https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/23758?mc_cid=43f0dbddeb&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

10 } – Wrestling’s Competition Schedule Finalized for Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO (July 21) — The wrestling competition schedule for the Tokyo Olympic Games has been finalized. Wrestling will be contested on the final seven days of the Tokyo Olympics, Aug. 1-8, and held at Makhuari Messe Hall A. Women’s wrestling will be spread across the seven days of the wrestling competition. Greco-Roman will take place Aug. 1-4, while freestyle is scheduled for Aug. 4-7. Host nation Japan will look to continue its dominance in women’s wrestling. The Japanese women have claimed 11 of 18 Olympic gold medals since 2004, the first year the sport was introduced at the Olympics. … rest of story at _{https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/wrestlings-competition-schedule-finalized-tokyo-olympics?mc_cid=7e573bd55d&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b}

July 28, 2020 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized