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Wrestling - Governing body plans to stage first world championship in Olympic year

By Angel Krasimirov

SOFIA (Reuters) - The international wrestling governing body, United World Wresting (UWW), plans to keep the world championship in its 2021 calendar as it would be the first time the event to be staged in an Olympic year, UWW's vice-president said on Monday.

"We're keen to organise the world championship in Norway next year," UWW-Europe President Tzeno Tzenov told Reuters.

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