Freestyle wrestling

Freestyle wrestling is an amateur grappling style in which competitors may use their legs to attack and defend. Wrestlers score through takedowns, turns, and exposure, or win by a fall.

Takedown: A wrestling action that brings an opponent from standing to the mat while establishing control. Freestyle awards points for takedowns, making them a central route to scoring.
Wrestling: A family of combat sports in which competitors seek control, takedowns, or pins through grappling. Freestyle is one rule system within the broader family of wrestling.
Amateur wrestling: Organized wrestling conducted under rules that distinguish it from professional wrestling. Freestyle is a major competitive style within amateur wrestling.
Olympic wrestling: The wrestling disciplines contested at the Olympic Games under international rules. Freestyle is one of the two wrestling disciplines on the Olympic program.
Exposure (wrestling): A wrestling position in which an opponent's back is turned toward the mat within a scoring angle. Turns that expose an opponent's back earn points even without a pin.
Grappling: Close-contact fighting that uses holds, leverage, and body control rather than primarily striking. Freestyle belongs to grappling and relies on controlling an opponent's body.
Modern Olympic Games: An international multisport event revived in 1896 and held regularly since 1896, with interruptions during wartime. Freestyle wrestling became an Olympic event in 1904.
World Wrestling Championships: The annual international championship tournament organized by United World Wrestling. Freestyle titles at these championships are among the sport's highest honors.
Pin (wrestling): A wrestling victory condition in which an opponent's shoulders are held against the mat for the required count. A fall ends a freestyle bout immediately, regardless of the score.
Greco-Roman wrestling: An amateur wrestling style that prohibits attacks below the waist and the use of legs in holds. Its waist-up restrictions sharply distinguish it from freestyle's leg attacks.

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