Adjustments to Olympic Qualifiers Announced
May 12, 2016

 

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (May 10) - United World Wrestling has redistributed Olympic qualifications for freestyle, Greco-Roman and women's wrestling. The changes come in response to recent doping violations for small concentrations of Meldonium at the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Serbia and the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Kazakhstan.

According to UWW's Anti-Doping Rules and the last instruction issued by WADA, the competitive results of the athletes sanctioned for doping violations will be wiped from their respective tournaments. Per the rules of the international federation, Olympic licenses will be redistributed based on the following circumstances:





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