UPDATE: Universal Sports will air different TV shows of World Championships on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
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by Gary Abbott
Tervel Dlagnev celebrates after winning a bronze medal at 120 kg in freestyle at the World Wrestling Championships. Robbert Wijtmann photo.
Universal Sports, which is available in 56 million homes, is in the process of airing four different one-hour primetime shows with highlights from the World Wrestling Championships, held last week in Herning, Denmark.
Each show will include highlights from the medal matches, airing nightly from Thursday, Oct. 1 - Sunday, Oct. 4. There will be two airings each day, at 7 p.m. ET and 10 p.m. ET.
The first show was already aired on Thursday. Make plans to see a different show each night on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The broadcast team for the television shows consist of 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Rulon Gardner and play-by-play commentator Jim Watson.
USA Wrestling has learned the tentative content of the first two shows.
Show #2, which airs on Friday, will feature highlights of the following matches:
Mens' 120K FS (Bronze) - Tervel Dlagnev (USA) vs. Alex Modebadze (Georgia)
Men's 120K FS (Gold) - Bilyal Makhov (Russia) vs. Fardin Mousoumi (Iran)
Men's 74K FS (Gold) - Denis Tsargush (Russia) vs. Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev (Azerbaijan)
Women's 51K FS (Gold) - Sofia Mattsson (Sweden) vs. Kum Ok Han (N. Korea)
Women's 55K FS (Bronze) - Alena Filipava (Belarus) vs. Tatiana Padilla (USA)
Women's 55K FS (Gold) - Saori Yoshida (Japan) vs. Sona Ahmedli (Azerbaijan)
Show #3, which airs on Saturday, will feature highlights of the following matches:
Women's 59K (Bronze) - Mariana Sastin (Hungary) vs. Deanna Rix (USA)
Women's 59K (Gold) - Yulia Ratkevich (Azerbaijan) vs. Agata Pietrzyk (Poland)
Men's Greco 55K (Gold) - Hamid Soryan (Iran) vs. Roman Amoyan (Armenia)
Men's Greco 60K (Gold) - Islam-Beka Albiev (Russia) vs. Dilshod Aripov (Uzbekistan)
Men's Greco 84K (Gold) - Nazmi Avluca (Turkey) vs. Melonin Noumonvi (France)
Show #4, which airs on Sunday, will feature highlights of the following matches:
Men's Greco 96K (Gold) - Balazs Kiss (Hungary) vs. Jimmy Lidberg (Sweden)
Men's Greco 66K (Gold) - Farid Mansurov (Azerbaijan) vs. Manuchar Tskhadaia (Georgia)
Men's Greco 74K (Gold) - Selcuk Cebi (Turkey) vs. Mark O. Madsen (Denmark)
Men's Greco 120K (Bronze #1) - Riza Kayaalp (Turkey) vs. Ioseb Chugoshvili (Belarus)
Men's Greco 120K (Bronze #2) - Jalmar Sjoeberg (Sweden) vs. Nico Schmidt (Germany)
Men's Greco 120K (Gold) - Mijian Lopez (Cuba) vs. Dremiel Byers (USA)
Show #1, which already aired on Thursday, featured
Men's 55K FS (Gold) - Kyong-Il Yang (N. Korea) vs. Sezar Akgul (Turkey)
Men's 66K FS (Gold) - Mehdi Taghavi (Iran) vs. Rasul Djukaev (Russia)
Men's 96K FS (Gold) - Khadjimurad Gatsalov (Russia) vs. Khetag Gazyumov (Azerbaijan)
Mens' 60K FS (Gold) - Besik Kudukhov (Russia) vs. Zalimkhan Huseynov (Azerbaijan)
Men's 84K FS (Gold) - Zaurbek Sokhiev (Uzbekistan) vs. Jake Herbert (USA)
The United States won three medals during the World Wrestling Championships. Capturing silver medals were freestyle wrestler Jake Herbert at 84 kg/185 lbs. and Greco-Roman wrestler Dremiel Byers at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Winning a bronze medal was freestyle wrestler Tervel Dlagnev at 120 kg/264.5 lbs.
Three U.S. women wrestlers participated in bronze medal matches and finished fifth in their divisions: Tatiana Padilla at 55 kg/121 lbs., Deanna Rix at 59 kg/130 lbs. and Adeline Gray at 67 kg/147.5 lbs.
Wrestling fans can see if Universal Sports is available in their area by visiting the link below:
http://www.universalsports.tv/Universal_Sports_on_TV.html
Don't miss the best action from the 2009 World Wrestling Championships. Make plans to watch all four shows by tuning into Universal Sports for four straight nights from Oct. 1-4.
There may be additional airings of each wrestling show besides the airings at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET, check your local listings for more information, or visit UniversalSports.com/tvschedule.
WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS TELEVISION SCHEDULE
on Universal Sports
Thursday, Oct. 1 - Show #1 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time
Thusday, Oct. 1 - Show #1 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time
Friday, Oct. 2 - Show #2 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time
Friday, Oct. 2 - Show #2 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time
Saturday, Oct. 3 - Show #3 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time
Saturday, Oct. 3 - Show #3 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sunday, Oct. 4 - Show #4 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sunday, Oct. 4 - Show #4 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time
Complete videos all seven days of the Wrestling Championships, as well as highlights of top matches, are available for on-demand viewing at UniversalSports.com, on the Wrestling Channel.
ABOUT UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal Sports, a partnership between NBC Sports and InterMedia Partners, serves as the preeminent multiplatform destination for Olympic-related and lifestyle sports programming available on television and online. Universal Sports is now available in nine of the top 10 DMAs including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas-Fort Worth and Washington, D.C. Recent expansion includes launches in Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Denver, Portland, and Jacksonville. Go to UniversalSports.com for a complete list of TV markets. Major world championship and Olympic qualifying events found on Universal Sports range from track and field, skiing, swimming, gymnastics, marathons and cycling, to volleyball, rowing, triathlon, fencing, speed skating and martial arts.
UniversalSports.com delivers an immersive experience via live and on-demand competition coverage, interaction with top athletes through blogs and in-depth access to Olympic sports news and information year round. For more information on the availability of the Universal Sports 24-hour television channel, please visit UniversalSports.tv.
Universal Sports, which is available in 56 million homes, is in the process of airing four different one-hour primetime shows with highlights from the World Wrestling Championships, held last week in Herning, Denmark.
Each show will include highlights from the medal matches, airing nightly from Thursday, Oct. 1 - Sunday, Oct. 4. There will be two airings each day, at 7 p.m. ET and 10 p.m. ET.
The first show was already aired on Thursday. Make plans to see a different show each night on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The broadcast team for the television shows consist of 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist Rulon Gardner and play-by-play commentator Jim Watson.
USA Wrestling has learned the tentative content of the first two shows.
Show #2, which airs on Friday, will feature highlights of the following matches:
Mens' 120K FS (Bronze) - Tervel Dlagnev (USA) vs. Alex Modebadze (Georgia)
Men's 120K FS (Gold) - Bilyal Makhov (Russia) vs. Fardin Mousoumi (Iran)
Men's 74K FS (Gold) - Denis Tsargush (Russia) vs. Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev (Azerbaijan)
Women's 51K FS (Gold) - Sofia Mattsson (Sweden) vs. Kum Ok Han (N. Korea)
Women's 55K FS (Bronze) - Alena Filipava (Belarus) vs. Tatiana Padilla (USA)
Women's 55K FS (Gold) - Saori Yoshida (Japan) vs. Sona Ahmedli (Azerbaijan)
Show #3, which airs on Saturday, will feature highlights of the following matches:
Women's 59K (Bronze) - Mariana Sastin (Hungary) vs. Deanna Rix (USA)
Women's 59K (Gold) - Yulia Ratkevich (Azerbaijan) vs. Agata Pietrzyk (Poland)
Men's Greco 55K (Gold) - Hamid Soryan (Iran) vs. Roman Amoyan (Armenia)
Men's Greco 60K (Gold) - Islam-Beka Albiev (Russia) vs. Dilshod Aripov (Uzbekistan)
Men's Greco 84K (Gold) - Nazmi Avluca (Turkey) vs. Melonin Noumonvi (France)
Show #4, which airs on Sunday, will feature highlights of the following matches:
Men's Greco 96K (Gold) - Balazs Kiss (Hungary) vs. Jimmy Lidberg (Sweden)
Men's Greco 66K (Gold) - Farid Mansurov (Azerbaijan) vs. Manuchar Tskhadaia (Georgia)
Men's Greco 74K (Gold) - Selcuk Cebi (Turkey) vs. Mark O. Madsen (Denmark)
Men's Greco 120K (Bronze #1) - Riza Kayaalp (Turkey) vs. Ioseb Chugoshvili (Belarus)
Men's Greco 120K (Bronze #2) - Jalmar Sjoeberg (Sweden) vs. Nico Schmidt (Germany)
Men's Greco 120K (Gold) - Mijian Lopez (Cuba) vs. Dremiel Byers (USA)
Show #1, which already aired on Thursday, featured
Men's 55K FS (Gold) - Kyong-Il Yang (N. Korea) vs. Sezar Akgul (Turkey)
Men's 66K FS (Gold) - Mehdi Taghavi (Iran) vs. Rasul Djukaev (Russia)
Men's 96K FS (Gold) - Khadjimurad Gatsalov (Russia) vs. Khetag Gazyumov (Azerbaijan)
Mens' 60K FS (Gold) - Besik Kudukhov (Russia) vs. Zalimkhan Huseynov (Azerbaijan)
Men's 84K FS (Gold) - Zaurbek Sokhiev (Uzbekistan) vs. Jake Herbert (USA)
The United States won three medals during the World Wrestling Championships. Capturing silver medals were freestyle wrestler Jake Herbert at 84 kg/185 lbs. and Greco-Roman wrestler Dremiel Byers at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Winning a bronze medal was freestyle wrestler Tervel Dlagnev at 120 kg/264.5 lbs.
Three U.S. women wrestlers participated in bronze medal matches and finished fifth in their divisions: Tatiana Padilla at 55 kg/121 lbs., Deanna Rix at 59 kg/130 lbs. and Adeline Gray at 67 kg/147.5 lbs.
Wrestling fans can see if Universal Sports is available in their area by visiting the link below:
http://www.universalsports.tv/Universal_Sports_on_TV.html
Don't miss the best action from the 2009 World Wrestling Championships. Make plans to watch all four shows by tuning into Universal Sports for four straight nights from Oct. 1-4.
There may be additional airings of each wrestling show besides the airings at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET, check your local listings for more information, or visit UniversalSports.com/tvschedule.
WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS TELEVISION SCHEDULE
on Universal Sports
Thursday, Oct. 1 - Show #1 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time
Thusday, Oct. 1 - Show #1 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time
Friday, Oct. 2 - Show #2 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time
Friday, Oct. 2 - Show #2 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time
Saturday, Oct. 3 - Show #3 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time
Saturday, Oct. 3 - Show #3 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sunday, Oct. 4 - Show #4 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time
Sunday, Oct. 4 - Show #4 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time
Complete videos all seven days of the Wrestling Championships, as well as highlights of top matches, are available for on-demand viewing at UniversalSports.com, on the Wrestling Channel.
ABOUT UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal Sports, a partnership between NBC Sports and InterMedia Partners, serves as the preeminent multiplatform destination for Olympic-related and lifestyle sports programming available on television and online. Universal Sports is now available in nine of the top 10 DMAs including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas-Fort Worth and Washington, D.C. Recent expansion includes launches in Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Denver, Portland, and Jacksonville. Go to UniversalSports.com for a complete list of TV markets. Major world championship and Olympic qualifying events found on Universal Sports range from track and field, skiing, swimming, gymnastics, marathons and cycling, to volleyball, rowing, triathlon, fencing, speed skating and martial arts.
UniversalSports.com delivers an immersive experience via live and on-demand competition coverage, interaction with top athletes through blogs and in-depth access to Olympic sports news and information year round. For more information on the availability of the Universal Sports 24-hour television channel, please visit UniversalSports.tv.
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