Wrestling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Event:Wrestling
Games:2010 Summer Youth
Venue:Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre
Dates:15 – 17 August 2010
Num Events:11 (6 boys, 5 girls)
Next:2014

The wrestling competition at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics took place in Singapore from 15 to 17 August at the International Convention Centre. The first positive drugs tests of the Games came in wrestling events, with the International Olympic Committee announcing on 15 October that two wrestlers, including a silver medallist, had tested positive for furosemide.[1]

Event summary

Medal table

Girl's events

Freestyle

46 kg
52 kg
60 kg
70 kg

Boy's events

Freestyle

46 kg
54 kg
63 kg
76 kg
100 kg

Greco-Roman

42 kg
50 kg
Vacant
58 kg
69 kg
85 kg

Changes in medal winners

On 15 October 2010, the International Olympic Committee announced that Nurbek Hakkulov, who won a silver medal for Uzbekistan in wrestling, and Johnny Pilay who finished fifth in a separate wrestling event for Ecuador, had tested positive for a banned diuretic, furosemide. Both were disqualified and Hakkulov was stripped of his silver medal, although no decision was taken on whether to promote Shadybek Sulaimanov and Johan Rodriguez Banguela in the event.[2] [1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. News: IOC catches 2 wrestlers doping at Youth Olympics. https://archive.today/20240525013856/https://www.webcitation.org/5tVrybsFN?url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlHRBpQshSiSvyHSWpTMe9CypVBA%3FdocId=e9b428a7828a40e5852737979946a7b0. 25 May 2024. 15 October 2010. 16 October 2010. Associated Press. dead.
  2. Web site: IOC catches 2 wrestlers doping at Youth Olympics | Fox News. Fox News.
  3. News: Two wrestlers test positive at Youth Olympics, confirm IOC. 15 October 2010. 16 October 2010. Morethanthegames.co.uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20101017000747/http://www.morethanthegames.co.uk/wrestling/1512997-yog-2010-two-wrestlers-test-positive-youth-olympics-confirm-ioc. 17 October 2010. dead.