The international wrestling governing body, United World Wresting (UWW), plans to keep its world championships in 2021, which would mark the first time the event is staged in an Olympic year, UWW's vice president said Monday.
"Such (a) move will be entirely in favor of the athletes as you can see how many events had been canceled," UWW-Europe President Tzeno Tzenov said. "There are six weight categories at the Olympics and 10 categories at the world championship, so you can see the difference.
"The wrestlers deserve their big tournament and we'll most probably see the first world championship in an Olympic year for the very first time," added Tzenov, also a long-standing general secretary, vice president and president of the Bulgarian wrestling federation.