The use of the legs is not allowed in male-only Greco-Roman, which also outlaws holds below the waist, but both are permitted in freestyle wrestling, contested at the Games by both men and ...

A wrestler who does not pin the opponent during a match must accumulate more points — awarded for performing techniques or moves within the rules ... 10-point lead in freestyle wrestling and an ...

As an undersized 70-pounder in 2013, Guida took his lumps and finished with a 2-2 record at the Schoolboy Greco-Roman national duals. After growing into the lightest weight class, Guida ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Iran's Saeid Esmaeili won the men's 67kg Greco-Roman wrestling gold at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Ukraine's Parviz Nasibov claimed silver while Cuba's Luis Orta of Cuba and ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Japan's Nao Kusaka won the gold medal in the men's 77kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, while Demeu Zhadrayev of Kazakhstan claimed silver. Armenia's ...

In Greco-Roman wrestling, athletes cannot use their legs ... A pin, or fall, is the highest-scoring move, while technical moves and opponent errors also contribute to the score.