Wrestling to Add World Championship for Non-Olympic Weights SOURCE: unitedworldwrestling.org May 11, 2016
CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (May 11) -- United World Wrestling has announced the addition of a 2016 World Championship for non-Olympic weight categories in women's wrestling, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. The event, scheduled for December 10-11 in Budapest, will be hosted by the Hungarian Wrestling Federation. World championships in all 24 style and weight categories are held in non-Olympic years. The addition of an Olympic year world championship for weight classes not included at the Olympic Games will give participants of that weight an end-of-the-year title opportunity. Comments |