#WrestleWarsaw

Turkey's Freestyle Team Late-Scratches from #WrestleWarsaw Poland Open

By Eric Olanowski

WARSAW, Poland (June 7) --- Turkey's freestyle team has late-scratched from this week's #WrestleWarsaw Poland Open (May 8-13) after most of the 22-man roster competed last weekend in Istanbul at the Freestyle National Championships. According to the Turkish Wrestling Federation, "It was decided to hold the National Wrestling Freestyle Championships (June 4-7) in Istanbul. Due to this reason our freestyle team can not take part in the Ranking Series Tournament in Warsaw."

The Poland Open kicks off tomorrow morning at 11:00 (local time) and can be followed live on www.uww.org.

Turkey's team pulled from the entry list:
57kg - Saban KIZILTAS
57kg - Engin CETIN
57kg - Hafiz Can HASDEMIR
61kg - Recep TOPAL
61kg - Emrah ORMANOGLU
61kg - Cabbar Taner DUYUM
65kg - Selim KOZAN
65kg - Cavit ACAR
70kg - Mustafa KAYA
70kg - Selahattin KILICSALLAYAN
70kg - Cuneyt BUDAK
74kg - Soner DEMIRTAS
74kg - Yakup GOR
74kg - Fazli ERYILMAZ
79kg - Ramazan SARI
86kg - Fatih ERDIN
92kg - Erhan YAYLACI
92kg - Selim YASAR
92kg - Mustafa Kemal KIYI
97kg - Ibrahim CIFTCI
97kg - Feyzullah AKTURK
125kg - Anil Berkan KILICSALLAYAN

#UnitedWorldWrestling

UWW President Lalovic Visits Tajikistan

By United World Wrestling Press

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (April 13) -- United World Wrestling President Nenad LALOVIC visited Tajikistan on Friday and held a meeting Rustam EMOMALI, Chairman of the city of Dushanbe and Chairman of Tajikistan’s National Assembly.

Emomali warmly welcomed Lalovic and the accompanying delegation on the occasion of their first visit to the Tajikistan and to the city of Dushanbe. He noted that the visit represents an important and effective step toward strengthening future cooperation in sport, particularly in wrestling, which is one of the most well-known and popular sports in the country.

Lalovic expressed his gratitude to Emomali for the warm welcome and conveyed his confidence that cooperation with the Tajikistan in this field will be developed at a high and effective level. During the meeting, the parties also discussed in detail the prospects for further cooperation and the development of wrestling in Tajikistan.

Apart from Lalovic, the UWW delegation comprised of UWW Vice-President Akhroldjan RUZIEV, UWW Asian Council President Mohammad AL-AWAMLEH, UWW Bureau Member Cholpon SULTANBEKOVA, UWW Development Staff Adinay KEMELOVA, and Advisor to President of UWW Asia for Women’s Affairs Takhmina KHODZHAEVA.