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Beach Wrestling was codified by the international federation for wrestling during the 2004 Congress in Athens in order to bring together all the different traditional wrestling styles practiced on sand and to make them more popular worldwide. It also aims at promoting the values of a fun, secure, accessible, and eco-friendly sport.

Beach Wrestling is practised in swimming suit within a sand circle of 7m and consists of very simple rules: to win the match, the wrestler needs to score three points by using these following actions: bring his opponent to the ground (1 point), push him out of the circle (1 point) or expose his opponent’s shoulders on the ground during a takedown (2 points).

Beach Wrestling was introduced to the programme of the first Youth Olympic Games that took place in Singapre in 2010 and Beach Wrestling will be part of the schedule during the next World Beach Games organised by SportAccord.

List of events

• men

  1. -70KG

  2. 65KG

  3. 75KG

  4. +85KG

  5. 85KG

  6. -80KG

  7. +90KG

  8. -60KG

  9. -90KG

• women

  1. -50KG

  2. -60KG

  3. +70KG

  4. -70KG

List of events

• men

  1. -66KG

  2. -73KG

  3. -81KG

  4. -90KG

  5. -100KG

  6. +100KG

• women

  1. -58KG

  2. -66KG

  3. +66KG

The word "Alysh" meaning "fighting to determine the strongest" finds its roots in ancient Turkish and was chosen by the International Federation of Wrestling on Belts to embody the bringing together of all belt wrestling styles practised throughout the world.

The belt wrestling matches take place over a period of 5 minutes for men and 4 minutes for women. The competitors wear white trousers and either a blue or a green jacket held tight by a flexible red belt. While holding each other's belt, they try to throw their opponent to the mat.
 
The technical points are awarded according to the amplitude of the throws: 1 point if the opponent lands on a knee or buttocks, 2 points if the opponent lends sideways or on a hip, and 6 points if the opponent lends on the back. The first competitor who scores 6 points wins the match.

The rules adopted are purposely simple so that all national belt wrestling styles can express themselves within a generic form of the discipline. Belt wrestling was introduced to the programme of the SportAccord World Combat Games in 2010 with 1 male category.

Grappling is a style of Wrestling that combine technique originated in different sports such as Freestyle Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Luta Livre Brasileira, Catch Wrestling, Judo, Sambo, and the aim of the sport consist in taking down and control the opponent on the ground and submit him using chokes and locks.

Grappling, allowing technique and holds from all the wrestling sports, has the most permissive rules set amongs them. Being most of the fight spent on the ground, Grappling can be considered as one of the safest wrestling sport to practice.

Grappling, of all the modern wrestling styles, is the closest to Ancient Greek wrestling or P?le (????), that was practiced in the old Olympic Games. Grappling is divided in 2 styles: Grappling No-Gi, where athletes wear shorts and a compression shirt called rashguard , and Grappling Gi, where athletes wear a kimono. For its peculiarity of teaching to neutralize an opponent without hurting him, it is now used in many countries for self defense training military and police force .

The origin of “ Pahlavani wrestling “ goes back to ancient Persia and was said to have been practiced by mythological Iranian heroes in battles .in fact  the Pahlavani wrestling originally used to train warriors. It combines martial arts and wrestling technics , calisthenics, strength training and epic music. It recognized by UNESCO as among the world's longest-running forms of sport.

The person who ever was well trained and defeat others would called Pahlavan or hero. The Pahlvani heros are popular among people. This style of wrestling confront two competitors who try to take control over each other by throwing him back on his shoulder.

In Pahlavani wrestling, wrestlers wear a pants which extends from waist to below of his knees that contains a belt to hold the pants. In this style wrestler is allowed to use or grab pants or belt as a grip. Also the wrestler can use legs, waist, clinch, leg trips and more likely lift and throw.

Pankration, from the Greek words "Pan" and "Kratos" meaning "the one who controls everything", is a world heritage martial art with the unique distinction of being the only martial sport in existence that can legitimately trace its roots to the ancient Olympic Games from 648 BC to 393 AD.

Today, pankration is developed by FILA as a mild form of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), which forbids striking to the head. Pankration is practised both by men and women, according to the same rules.

In addition to individual competition, pankration includes two forms of choreographic team events that can be showcased with or without weapons. "Palaismata" takes place between two athletes and aims at assessing their level of knowledge while "Polydamas" takes place between 1 defendant and 3 attackers to simulate a dangerous situation to be overcome by the athlete.

Pankration is an efficient form of self-defence that can be used for police and security training. Pankration was introduced to the programme of the SportAccord World Combat Games in 2010 with 3 male categories.

Women's wrestling is a combat sport which confronts two female competitors who try to gain control over their opponent through the use of throws, locks, leg trips, and clinching techniques. Similarly to Freestyle wrestling, all holds can involve the legs in order to ultimately pin the the opponent's shoulders to the mat.

If a wrestler manages to do so, victory by "fall" is proclaimed, otherwise, the match pursues until the end of the regular time and the winner is decided according to the technical points scored.

Women's wrestling was introduced to the programme of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens with 4 weight categories following the reduction of the male categories' number.

Wrestling can be traced as far back as human records go. There is evidence of its early existence in ancient Egyptian wall paintings. In ancient Greece, 2,000 years later, it was among the most popular events at the original Olympic Games. The sport has taken many forms over its long history. Different versions have flourished in different areas of the world. Wrestling is a grappling sport - the aim is to force your opponent to the ground. Matches take place on a mat, and last for three periods of two minutes, with a 30-second break in between. There are two styles of Wrestling at the Games: Greco-Roman and Freestyle. In Freestyle, competitors can use all parts of their body to do moves and holds. In Greco-Roman, use of the legs to make contact is forbidden.

List of events

• men

  1. GRECO-ROMAN 60KG

  2. GRECO-ROMAN 66KG

  3. GRECO-ROMAN 74KG

  4. GRECO-ROMAN 84KG

  5. GRECO-ROMAN 96KG

  6. GRECO-ROMAN 120KG

  7. FREESTYLE 55KG

  8. FREESTYLE 60KG

  9. FREESTYLE 66KG

  10. FREESTYLE 74KG

  11. FREESTYLE 84KG

  12. FREESTYLE 96KG

  13. FREESTYLE 120KG

  14. FREESTYLE 50KG

  15. GRECO-ROMAN 50KG

  16. FREESTYLE 55 - 60KG

  17. FREESTYLE 66 - 74KG

  18. FREESTYLE 74 - 84KG

  19. FREESTYLE 84 - 96KG

  20. FREESTYLE 96 - 120KG

  21. GRECO-ROMAN 55 - 60KG

  22. GRECO-ROMAN 60 - 66KG

  23. GRECO-ROMAN 66 - 74KG

  24. GRECO-ROMAN 96 - 120KG

  25. FREESTYLE 48KG

  26. FREESTYLE 48 - 52KG

  27. FREESTYLE 52 - 57KG

  28. FREESTYLE 57 - 62KG

  29. FREESTYLE 68 - 74KG

  30. FREESTYLE 74 - 82KG

  31. FREESTYLE 82 - 90KG

  32. FREESTYLE 90 - 100KG

  33. GRECO-ROMAN 48KG

  34. GRECO-ROMAN 52 - 57KG

  35. FREESTYLE 62 - 68KG

  36. GRECO-ROMAN 48 - 52KG

  37. FREESTYLE -55KG

  38. FREESTYLE 60 - 66KG

  39. GRECO-ROMAN -55KG

  40. GRECO-ROMAN 84 - 96KG

  41. FREESTYLE 52KG

  42. FREESTYLE 57 - 63KG

  43. FREESTYLE 63 - 67KG

  44. FREESTYLE 67 - 73KG

  45. FREESTYLE 73 - 79KG

  46. GRECO-ROMAN 67 - 73KG

  47. GRECO-ROMAN 57 - 62KG

  48. FREESTYLE 79 - 87KG

  49. FREESTYLE 63 - 70KG

  50. FREESTYLE 70 - 78KG

  51. FREESTYLE 78 - 87KG

  52. GRECO-ROMAN 57 - 63KG

  53. GRECO-ROMAN 63 - 70KG

  54. FREESTYLE -48KG

  55. GRECO-ROMAN -48KG

  56. FREESTYLE -52KG

  57. GRECO-ROMAN +100KG

  58. FREESTYLE 56 - 61KG

  59. GRECO-ROMAN -52KG

  60. GRECO-ROMAN 62 - 68KG

  61. GRECO-ROMAN 68 - 74KG

  62. GRECO-ROMAN 74 - 82KG

  63. FREESTYLE 54 - 58KG

  64. FREESTYLE 58 - 63KG

  65. FREESTYLE 69 - 76KG

  66. FREESTYLE 85 - 97KG

  67. FREESTYLE 97 - 130KG

  68. GRECO-ROMAN 48 - 54KG

  69. GRECO-ROMAN 54 - 58KG

  70. GRECO-ROMAN 63 - 69KG

  71. GRECO-ROMAN 59KG

  72. GRECO-ROMAN 71KG

  73. GRECO-ROMAN 75KG

  74. GRECO-ROMAN 80KG

  75. GRECO-ROMAN 85KG

  76. GRECO-ROMAN 98KG

  77. GRECO-ROMAN 130KG

  78. FREESTYLE 57KG

  79. FREESTYLE 61KG

  80. FREESTYLE 65KG

  81. FREESTYLE 70KG

  82. FREESTYLE 86KG

  83. FREESTYLE 97KG

  84. FREESTYLE 125KG

  85. GRECO-ROMAN 55KG

  86. GRECO-ROMAN 87KG

  87. GRECO-ROMAN 77KG

  88. GRECO-ROMAN 97KG

  89. GRECO-ROMAN 67KG

• women

  1. GRECO-ROMAN 76KG

  2. GRECO-ROMAN 50KG

  3. GRECO-ROMAN 53KG

  4. GRECO-ROMAN 57KG

  5. GRECO-ROMAN 62KG

  6. FREESTYLE 62KG

  7. FREESTYLE 68KG

  8. FREESTYLE 76KG

  9. GRECO-ROMAN 68KG

  10. FREESTYLE 48KG

  11. FREESTYLE 55KG

  12. FREESTYLE 63KG

  13. FREESTYLE 72KG

  14. FREESTYLE 50KG

  15. FREESTYLE 60KG

  16. FREESTYLE 66KG

  17. FREESTYLE 74KG

  18. FREESTYLE 84KG

  19. FREESTYLE 96KG

  20. FREESTYLE 120KG

  21. FREESTYLE 48 - 55KG

  22. FREESTYLE 55 - 63KG

  23. FREESTYLE 63 - 72KG

  24. FREESTYLE -48KG

  25. FREESTYLE 53KG

  26. FREESTYLE 58KG

  27. FREESTYLE 69KG

  28. FREESTYLE 75KG

Freestyle wrestling is a combat sport which confronts two competitors who try to gain control over their opponent through the use of throws, locks, leg trips, and clinching techniques. Contrary to Greco-Roman which only allows the use of the upper body, all Freestyle holds can involve the legs in order to ultimately pin the the opponent's shoulders to the mat.

If a wrestler manages to do so, victory by "fall" is proclaimed, otherwise, the match pursues until the end of the regular time and the winner is decided according to the technical points scored.

Wrestling was introduced to the programme of the ancient Olympic Games in 708 BC. Except from the Stockholm Olympics in 1912, Freestyle has been part of the programme of all modern Olymic Games since its introdcution in 1904.

List of events

• men

  1. Freestyle 125kg

• women

  1. Freestyle 68kg

  2. Freestyle 76kg

  3. Freestyle 57kg

Greco-Roman wrestling is a combat sport which confronts two male competitors who try to gain control over their opponent through the use of throws, locks, and clinching techniques. The holds can only be execuded by means of the upper body, with the ultimate goal of pinning the opponent's shoulders to the mat.

If a wrestler manages to do so, victory by "fall" is proclaimed, otherwise, the match pursues until the end of the regular time and the winner is decided according to the technical points scored. Wrestling was introduced to the programme of the ancient Olympic Games in 708 BC.

Except from the Paris Olympic in 1900, Greco-Roman has been part of the programme of all modern Olymic Games since its introduction in 1896.

List of events

• men

  1. Greco-Roman 97kg

  2. Greco-Roman 77kg