Welcome

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Olympic Freestyle Wrestling

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Freestyle wrestling developed in Great-Britain and in the United States under the name of catch-as-catch-can and became the favourite attraction in fairs and popular celebrations during the 19th century.

The goal of this discipline was to bring the adversary's shoulder to the ground and almost all holds were allowed. Wrestling in the United States was an extremely popular sport, and about half a dozen American presidents practised it: George Washington, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Andrew Johnson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, etc.

Freestyle wrestling was introduced for the first time in the Saint Louis Olympic Games in 1904. All 40 wrestlers who participated were of American nationality. Competition rules were similar to those of catch-as-catch-can, with some restrictions concerning dangerous holds.

The division of weight categories 47,6 kg, 52,2 kg, 56,7 kg, 61,2 kg, 65,3 kg, 71,7 kg et + 71,7kg was an important innovation since wrestling competitions took place in a unique category. At present, freestyle wrestling counts seven weight categories: 55 kg, 60 kg, 66 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg, 96kg and 120 kg

Illegal Moves

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There are several 'illegal moves' in Freestyle Wrestling
Freestyle wrestling is a positionally-based form of grappling, and thus generally prohibits the following:

Biting, pinching and poking with the fingers, toes, or nails, including fish hooking the nose or mouth
Gouging or intentionally scratching the opponent – eye-gouges especially are grounds for disqualification and banned status in most amateur wrestling communities
Strikes using hands, fists, elbows, feet, knees, or head
Joint locks, including armlocks, leglocks, spinal locks, wristlocks and small joint manipulation.
Chokeholds, strangling, or smothering
Spiking, or lifting and slamming the opponent head-first into the mat (though other forms of slamming are generally allowed in the international styles; in folkstyle, slamming per se is illegal)
Grasping or Holding an opponent's genitals
Using a figure-four leg lock (one knee is bent at a 90º angle and placed behind the other knee) of the torso or the head in the neutral position (it is, however, legal to figure-four the head if both wrestlers are not in the neutral position; this rule exists primarily to prevent people from using a figure-four lock of the head to prevent a 'shooting' takedown, as it is very dangerous in that circumstance)
Most types of wrestling also discourage or prohibit the use of one's own or the opponent's clothing for grasping or performing any type of hold.

Contact

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