by admin | Aug 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW
The United States closed the gap on Japan in women’s wrestling at the Paris Olympics. The Japanese won four of the six gold medals for the third straight Olympics and claimed two bronze medals as well. But the Americans got women’s freestyle golds from Sarah...
by admin | Aug 8, 2024 | Representation, SEW
A female wrestler from India was disqualified from her gold-medal bout at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday morning after weighing in about 100 grams above the maximum limit for her weight class. For context: That’s about 0.22 pounds or 3.5 ounces − roughly the...
by admin | Aug 7, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Amit Elor looked exasperated as she walked to the edge of the mat Tuesday night, her mouth agape, her shoulders shrugged. The moment she’d been dreaming about for her entire life was here, and she didn’t really know what to do. Wave at the crowd? Collapse...
by admin | Feb 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Women’s wrestling on Wednesday took a big step toward becoming the 91st NCAA championship sport, with its projected first NCAA championship occurring in winter 2026. The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics voted at its meeting Wednesday to recommend...
by admin | Dec 22, 2023 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Sakshi Malik has announced her retirement from wrestling, as the Olympic medallist confirmed she would not compete under newly-elected Wrestling Federation of India president, Sanjay Kumar Singh – who she termed a ‘right-hand’ of former WFI...
by admin | Sep 26, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Adeline Gray won a U.S. record-tying ninth world wrestling championships medal, 14 months after having twins. Gray, 32, beat Cuban Milaimys Marín 10-6 in a 76kg bronze-medal match at worlds in Belgrade, Serbia, on Wednesday. Read More
by admin | Jun 28, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
On August 28, 2021, Rita Chatterton, a sandy-haired 64-year-old woman, stood at a podium in Albany to receive a “Trailblazer Award” from the International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was the brainchild of a wrestling fan named Seth Turner,...
by admin | Jun 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Before stepping onto the wrestling mat at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, Helen Maroulis reminded herself to take it all in. “I just remember thinking, ‘This is the last tournament that I’ll ever wrestle,’” Maroulis, 30, reflects now. It wasn’t the first time...
by admin | Aug 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As Tamyra Mensah-Stock celebrated winning her Olympic gold medal, she hoped her victory would encourage Black girls in the United States to consider wrestling. When she defeated Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu 4-1 in the women’s 68-kilogram freestyle...
by admin | Mar 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league in the world, today announced the signing of Cynthia Vanessa Vescan, one of the most talented female freestyle wrestlers in the world. Read More
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