UWW offers financial support for smaller nations to attend Olympic qualifiers Sunday, 31 January 2021
United World Wrestling has announced financial support for smaller nations and developing countries to help their athletes attend upcoming qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The technical assistance was announced by UWW s development department.
The governing body said financial support will help cover the costs of the international travel and accommodation for athletes to participate in the qualifiers.
A maximum of two athletes and one coach nation will be accepted.
The UWW says applications must be lodged by member federations to the development department via its official UWW email address.
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Iran Prepares to Execute Second Wrestler, Despite State Department Protest
11 Jan 2021
The U.S. Department of State was outraged after the Islamic Republic of Iran hanged champion wrestler Navid Afkari in September. Now the Mullahs are planning to execute another wrestler, Mehdi Ali Hosseini.
“The Iranian regime must be held to account for their vile human rights abuses and their attempt to cling to power through execution,” State Department spokesman Ellie Cohanim told Fox News.
According to the Iranian government, Ali Hosseini, a 29-year-old wrestler from Andimeshk in the province of Khuzestan, was arrested in 2015 and charged with premeditated murder.
Mehdi Ali Hosseini: Second Wrestler is to be Executed in Iran Published January 12th, 2021 - 11:02 GMT
Champion wrestler Mehdi Ali Hosseini, 29, (pictured) from Andimeshk, Khuzestan, is set to be the second wrestler executed by Iran. (YouTube)
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He was arrested in 2015 and charged with murder following a group brawl.
A second wrestler is set to be executed by Iran only months after they hanged another champion competitor, Navid Afkari, despite international pleas.
Mehdi Ali Hosseini, 29, from Andimeshk, Khuzestan, was arrested in 2015 and charged with murder following a group brawl.
The wrestler s execution is imminent because the victim s family refused to pardon the athlete for the alleged murder, according to Deutsche Welle.