Media and Fan Guide for 2019 Senior World Championships

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Wrestling Releases Media and Fan Guide for 2019 Senior WorldChampionships
Date:     Wed 09/11/19 05:11 AM

Returning 97kg freestyle wrestling world champion Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) looks to make it two-in-a-row at the 2019 Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan. (Photo: Gabor Martin)

Wrestling Releases Media and Fan Guide for 2019 Senior World Championships

Entry Lists: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12eyNKtgClX-dbMk14X6XFRogJpV--rnpMPdwXYHr0pY/edit#gid=927532219
Seeding: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PYsKHuZOnl3hnPly7DLJEU2q1kBAsF0jn_iZgl1OMXw/edit#gid=1580017827
Media and Fan Guide: https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-world-championships-press-guide.pdf

The Media and Fan Guide is a 70-page exploration of the world championships' schedule, entry lists, seeding, and anticipated matchups. The guide also links to pages with up-to-the-minute results, photos, videos, and analysis.

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (September 10) – In an effort to better serve the press and the sport's growing fan base, United World Wrestling has released its Media and Fan Guide for the 2019 Wrestling World Championships held September 14-22 at the Barys Arena in Nur-Sultan.

The guide has several helpful features for fans or media looking to learn more about the championships including the tournament schedule, links to prior results, downloadable event photos, graphics, entry lists, seeding, and a glimpse at all the anticipated matchups across the 30 championship weight categories.

Users can choose to download a PDF version of the guide, or access the most recent version of the guide via Google Docs, HERE.

New to this year's guide is a direct link to a searchable photo database with images from United World Wrestling's top photographers. Outlets and individuals are kindly asked to attribute any published photos to United World Wrestling, the photographer, and any associated social media accounts. For ease of reference the guide also includes links to all United World Wrestling social media accounts.

Wrestling at the 2019 Senior Wrestling World Championships is set to begin September 14 and will continue for nine days, concluding September 22. For a full, day-by-day schedule, please see below.

Tournament Schedule
Date                             Preliminary Rds        Gold, Bronze Finals     
Saturday, September 14:          GR: 55-63-72-82kg                     //
Sunday, September 15:            GR: GR: 67-87-97kg     GR: 55-63-72-82kg
Monday, September 16:            GR: 60-77-130kg        GR: 67-87-97kg
Tuesday, September 17:           WW: 50-53-55-72kg      GR: 60-77-130kg         
Wednesday, September 18:         WW: 57-59-65-76kg      WW: 50-53-55-72kg     
Thursday, September 19:          WW: 62-68/FS: 57-65    WW: 57-59-65-76kg     
Friday, September 20:            FS: 70-74-92-125kg     FS: 57-65kg /WW: 62-68kg                   
Saturday, September 21:          FS: 61-79-86-97kg      FS: 70-74-92-125kg
Sunday, September 22:              //                   FS: 61-79-86-97kg
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