BUDAPEST, Hungary - Wrestling Canada Lutte is sending a team of nineteen athletes to the U23 World Championships taking place October 28 to November 1 in Budapest, Hungary. It will be the third edition of the championships after being launched in 2017. Canada captured three medals in the first two years of the tournament. Last...

OTTAWA - Linda Morais has been awarded the Quest for Gold Award for 2019. Wrestling Canada Lutte established the Quest for Gold fund in 1992 to recognize the athletic achievements of senior wrestlers who’ve reached the podium at the World Championships and Olympic Games. Since inauguration, over $153,000 in grants have been awarded to athletes...

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan – Canada had six men compete on the final two days of competition at the World Championships, all of who were unable to progress past tough first-round opponents. Alex Moore, of the Montreal Wrestling Club, drew Fatih Erdin of Turkey in his first match. Erdin was ranked number-one in the 86 kg weight-class....

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan – Linda Morais won gold and was crowned World Champion in the 59 kg weight-class at the 2019 Senior World Championships. Morais, 26, defeated Liubov Ovcharova of Russia in the gold medal match with a pin to claim victory. “You put your heart and your soul into this sport, you dream about this...

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan – Linda Morais of the Montreal Wrestling Club will compete in the gold medal final in the 59 kg weight-class at the 2019 Senior World Championships. Morais, 26, defeated Shoovdor Baatarjav of Mongolia to earn a spot in the gold medal match. Morais won the bout 3-1. “It’s so surreal, I’m so excited,”...