ERICA WIEBE WINS GGOOOOOLLLLDDDD!!
Taking home first place in women’s 75kg freestyle wrestling. Bad ass queen over here won 6-0🙌🏼
(via womensgrapplingnetwork)
Polish Open - Mat 2 Greco
Fatih Emirhan (TUR), a 10-year-old athlete with Down Syndrome from Turkey, wrestled at his first World Championships on Thursday night in front of an enthusiastic crowd.
In a special match set up by United World Wrestling, Emirhan wrestled against his coach, Ali burak Toy (TUR), on the center stage just before the women’s freestyle finals.
Emirhan showed off some of his best skills, scoring four points on an arm throw and a four more on an outside trip, before he secured a pin.
The crowd went wild, and like he had seen many wrestlers do in the days before, Emirhan did a victory lap, smiling and jumping the whole way. After, he was presented a gold medal by Mr. Tzeno TZENOV (BUL), UWW Europe President and UWW Vice President.
When he was 7 years old, his mother, Essen Turkmen, enrolled Emirhan in wrestling so that she could give her son every opportunity that other children get. Now, he trains with Burak Toy four times a week, including three wrestling practices and one swimming session.
In Cuba I didn’t need a gym with conditions for my preparation because I had the desire to be a champion and always looked for a solution, you put your own limit. If they tell you that you can’t do it, just tell them, “sit and watch how I do it” - Anthony Echemendia
