Gay olympic wrestling

ARussiancoach furious about the International Olympic Committee's recent choice to remove wrestling from the 2020 Olympics has made an inflammatory claim about who is to blame for the move.

Speaking to Russian sports site R-Sport, Russian wrestling coach Vladimir Uruimagov said that the IOC's decision was evidence of a male lover conspiracy.

“If they expel wrestling now, that means that gays will soon race the whole world,” Uruimagov said, adding that cutting wrestling from the Olympic program was “a hit to masculine origins.”

Visit R-Sport to read what else Uruimagov had to tell.

Uruimagov's allegations follow recent criticism leveled at the IOC for not pushing back hard enough against participating countries that criminalize homosexuality, R-Sport notes.

Meanwhile, Russia's anti-gay propaganda bill, which is expected to pass the legislature, may be indicative of the pervasiveness of homophobia in Russia.

Homosexuality was a criminal offense in the Soviet Union from 1934 until 1993, according to The Moscow Times, resulting in thousands of jail and asylum sentences for members of the LGBT collective.

Gay rights advocates own protested the bill, which would b

UPDATE: Kyle Snyder disoriented to Akhmed Tazhudinov in the semifinals. Tazhudinov is a Russian-born competitor who is representing Bahrain in these Olympic Games. Snyder recorded a takedown with five seconds left but could not grab a last-second score and fell 6-4. Snyder subsequently fell to Amarali Azarpiar of Iran in the bronze-medal match Sunday morning 4-1.

Kyle Snyder is looking for more Olympic gold, and that quest has started off well.

The 28-year-old Maryland native and three-time Ohio State national champion wrestler is in Paris to experiment for his second Olympic gold medal after winning at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Snyder enters the 2024 Olympics as the No. 1 freestyle wrestler at 97 kg.

Snyder won his first matchup on Saturday, beating China’s Awusayiman Habila, 9-5. Then defeated Cuba's Arturo Silot Torres in the quarterfinal, 5-0.

As he readies for the semifinals, here's what we know about Snyder in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Kyle Snyder is an Olympic gold medalist

Snyder is no stranger to the Olympics.

The 2024 Paris Olympics are Snyder's third, having previously won gold at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, and silve

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When we first heard about a gay wrestling club in San Francisco we were love, those San Franciscans. Of course you have a exceptional club where dudes wear spandex and roll around trying to dominate each other with their powerful thighs. Then it occurred to us, isn’t that all wrestling clubs? Why does it matter that this one’s gay? Turns out gay sports clubs are a popular feature of the athletic landscape.

We called up Roger Brigham, a coach at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Wrestling Club to ask about the continued existence of gay sports clubs in an increasingly gay friendly nature.

VICE: Do we still need “gay sports clubs,” is it naive to assume that in a modern planet all clubs should be gay friendly?

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Sydney 2002
Gay Games
Wrestling
Report
Anne Clarkes
Recreation Centre
Lidcombe, Sydney, NSW, Australia
3-4 November 2002
by Gene Dermody,
Federation Sports Coordinator for Wrestling

I preface this report acknowledging that I have competed and coached at every Gay Games, and have been involved at some level within the Federation since 1992. It was the ‘almost-fiasco’ of the 1990 Vancouver Homosexual Games III Wrestling that propelled me to join the Federation and found Wrestlers WithOut Borders (WWB), which is now a Director Organization of the Federation. I also apologize that this report is so heavy on jpgs from Golden Gate Wrestling (GGWC). I wish I had more pictures to pick from.

This will be my ‘swan song’ as I retire at 54 having finally won a Gold to go with my Silvers and Bronzes. Every Gay Games wrestling tournament since 1982 has had its pos