FILA announces new weight classes After review of the main proposals made by the FILA
Technical Commission which has worked with the Medical Commission, Scientific Commission, Refereeing Commission and the Athletes Commission, and after consideration of a num- ber of suggestions received by the federations, a proposal for the weight categories and the wrestling rules has been submit- ted to the vote of the FILA Bureau on 3rd December 2013. The proposals that have obtained the majority of votes by the
FILA Bureau have been adopted and the drafting of the wrestling rules will be amended soon.
In the meantime you will find hereunder the adopted amend-
ments. They complete the amendments that were adopted by the Bureau during its meeting in May 2013 in Moscow. Olympic Weight Categories Freestyle Wrestling 57 kg – 65 kg – 74 kg – 86 kg – 97 kg –
125 kg
Greco Roman Wrestling 59 kg - 66 kg - 75 kg - 85 kg - 98 kg - 130 kg
kg
Female Wrestling 48 kg - 53 kg - 58 kg – 63 kg – 69 kg – 75 Entry in force: 1st January 2014
These new categories will be applied at the Senior Continental and World Championships, the Senior World Cups and the Golden Grand Prix. Olympic and non-Olympic Weight Categories for the FILA
World and Continental championships Two non-Olympic categories per style have been added and will be used in all official FILA competitions Freestyle Wrestling 57 kg – 61 kg - 65 kg – 70 kg - 74 kg – 86 kg – 97 kg – 125 kg Greco Roman Wrestling 59 kg - 66 kg – 71 kg - 75 kg – 80 kg - 85 kg - 98 kg - 130 kg Female Wrestling 48 kg - 53 kg – 55 kg - 58 kg – 60 kg - 63 kg – 69 kg – 75 kg Competition format - The competitions in each category will still take place over one (1) day until further notice but will start at 10 am for the first session of the day and at 4 pm for the second
session. - A minimum 30 minutes break between each bout must be obligatorily followed. Wrestling Rules
The following wrestling rules amendments have been adopted provisionally. These new rules may be
amended by the Bureau in case they are not satisfying or if other modifications are necessary: Technical superiority - 10 points for Freestyle Wrestling - 8 points for Greco-Roman Wrestling Throws
Freestyle Wrestling: 4 points for all throws Greco-Roman Wrestling: - 4 points for throws (must be followed and controlled) - 5 points grand amplitude throws (must be followed and con-
trolled) End of match
All disciplines: elimination of 2 X 3 points and 1 X 5 points resulting in a victory. Par terre
- Elimination of the 5 second count for the 1 additional back point exposure - Any penalty imposed for a false start will receive 1 point (not
2 points as currently practiced) Repechage
The repechage is extended to include the losers to the semifi-
nalists instead of the finalists. In order to prevent that two wrestlers meet twice, the losers of the semifinals will compete against the winner of the repechage from the other bracket. The wrestler losing in the semifinals in the upper bracket, for example, will wrestle the winner of the repechage in the lower bracket, and vice versa for the loser in the lower bracket semifi- nals. However, taking into account the difficulties in relation with the lengthening of the competitions’ duration and the schedule (as well as television issues), this proposal of extending the repechage to include the losers of the semifinalists will be dis- cussed again by the FILA Bureau at its next meeting.
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