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Les plus grandes stars de la lutte attendues au Yasar Dogu

By Eric Olanowski

ISTANBUL, Turkey (July 1) -- L'événement de série de classement le plus attendu de l'année, le Yasar Dogu, se déroulera du 11 au 14 juillet prochain à Istanbul. Plus de 275 lutteurs venus de 21 pays sont attendus dans la plus grande ville de Turquie. Le but est simple : empocher la plus grande quantité possible des points de série restants avant de rejoindre Noursultan au Kazakhstan pour le championnat du monde 2019.

Depuis le championnat du monde de Budapest, les athlètes ont engrangé des points dans l'espoir d'obtenir l'une des quarante places disponibles en tête de série du championnat du monde, quatre par catégorie. Le Yasar Dogu offre à ceux encore susceptibles d'obtenir une tête de série la dernière possibilité de la saison. 

Sur la route d'Istanbul, cinq lutteurs sont dors et déjà tête de série No.1. En tout 17 sont dans le top 4, ce qui laisse 23 places ouvertes. Bien qu'ils ne soient pas tous inscrits, 150 athlètes sont encore susceptibles de chiper sa place à un lutteur du top 4, à condition qu'ils décrochent une médaille d'or et que plus de vingts athlètes soient inscrits dans leur catégorie.

Cliquez ici pour la liste complète des inscriptions.

Lutte Libre

57kg
Abdelhak KHERBACHE (ALG)
Islam BAZARGANOV (AZE)
Giorgi EDISHERASHVILI (AZE)
Mikyay Salim NAIM (BUL)
Georgi Valentinov VANGELOV (BUL)
Gamal Abdelnaser Hanafy MOHAMED (EGY)
Kumar RAVI (IND)
Givi DAVIDOVI (ITA)
Minir REDJEPI (MKD)
Haljit OSMAN (MKD)
Muhamad IKROMOV (TJK)
Suleyman ATLI (TUR)
Ahmet DUMAN (TUR)
Saban KIZILTAS (TUR)

61kg
Mohamed Al Amine LAKEL (ALG)
Mirjalal HASAN ZADA (AZE)
Asgar MAMMADALIYEV (AZE)
Yasser Eshhata Abady AHMED (EGY)
Rahul Balasaheb AWARE (IND)
Sandeep TOMAR (IND)
Utkarsh Pandharinath KALE (IND)
Behnam Eshagh EHSANPOOR (IRI)
Elmedin SEJFULAU (MKD)
Selehattin SERT (TUR)
Munir Recep AKTAS (TUR)
Recep TOPAL (TUR)
Tyler Lee GRAFF (USA)


Bajrang BAJRANG (IND), classé No.1 mondial de la catégorie des 65kg, est inscrit au Yasar Dogu. (Photo : Sachiko Hotaka)

65kg
Ali RAHIMZADE (AZE)
Haji Mohamad ALI (BRN)
Fathi Tarek Fathi Attia ISMAIL (EGY)
Ismail MUSUKAEV (HUN)
Bajrang BAJRANG (IND)
Sonba Tanaji GONGANE (IND)
Peiman Bioukagha BIABANI (IRI)
Alibek OSMONOV (KGZ)
Tilek SHARSHEEV (KGZ)
Fati VEJSELI (MKD)
Masoud NIAZI (NED)
Kaireddine BEN TELILI (TUN)
Cengizhan ERDOGAN (TUR)
Selahattin KILICSALLAYAN (TUR)
Mehmet Emin OGUT (TUR)
Zain Allen RETHERFORD (USA)
John Michael DIAKOMIHALIS (USA)

70kg
Fares LAKEL (ALG)
Murtazali Raxmatullayevic MUSLIMOV (AZE)
Gitinomagomed GADZHIYEV (AZE)
Aghahuseyn MUSTAFAYEV (AZE)
Adam BATIROV (BRN)
Mihail Iliev GEORGIEV (BUL)
Ali Pasha Ruslanovich UMARPASHAEV (BUL)
Amr Reda Ramadan HUSSEN (EGY)
Rajnesh RAJNEESH (IND)
Meisam Abolfazl NASIRI (IRI)
Adilet MAMATAEV (KGZ)
Riad REDJEPI (MKD)
Omer Faruk CAYIR (TUR)
Haydar YAVUZ (TUR)
Mustafa KAYA (TUR)
James Malcolm GREEN (USA)

Frank CHAMIZO MARQUEZ (ITA), classé No.2 mondial en catégorie 74kg, à quatre points de Zaurbek SIDAKOV (RUS). (Photo: Gabor Martin)

74kg
Ishak BOUKHORS (ALG)
Toghrul ASGAROV (AZE)
Khadzhimurad GADZHIYEV (AZE)
Miroslav Stefanov KIROV (BUL)
Daniel ANTAL (HUN)
Csaba VIDA (HUN)
Zsombor Istvan GULYAS (HUN)
Amit Kumar DHANKHAR (IND)
Mohammad Ashghar NOKHODILARIMI (IRI)
Mostafa Mohabbali HOSSEINKHANI (IRI)
Frank CHAMIZO MARQUEZ (ITA)
Mansur SYRGAK UULU (KGZ)
Mohamed SESAY (SLE)
Taimuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK)
Maher GHANMI (TUN)
Haithem DAKHLAOUI (TUN)
Fazli ERYILMAZ (TUR)
Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR)
Yakup GOR (TUR)
Jordan Ernest BURROUGHS (USA)

79kg
Fateh BENFERDJALLAH (ALG)
Abubakr ABAKAROV (AZE)
Aleksandr GOSTIYEV (AZE)
Jabrayil HASANOV (AZE)
Benjamin SEZGIN (GER)
Botond LUKACS (HUN)
Murad KURAMAGOMEDOV (HUN)
Parveen RANA (IND)
Bahman Mohammad TEYMOURI (IRI)
Foday KARGBO (SLE)
Akhsarbek GULAEV (SVK)
Ramazan Ishak SAR I(TUR)
Ender COSKUN (TUR)
Muhammet Nuri KOTANOGLU (TUR)
Alexander David DIERINGER (USA)

Même s'il est déjà placé en tête de série No.1 pour les mondiaux de Noursultan, Fatih ERDIN (TUR), premier au classement mondial,  sera sur les tapis du Yasar Dogu. (Photo : Gabor Martin) 

86kg
Shamil ZUBAIROV (AZE)
Svetoslav Zhivkov DIMITROV (BUL)
Khaled Masoud Ismail ELMOATAMADAWI (EGY)
Taimuraz FRIEV NASKIDAEVA (ESP)
Patrik SZUROVSZKI (HUN)
Richard Ferenc LIGETI (HUN)
Deepak PUNIA (IND)
Hassan Aliazam YAZDANICHARATI (IRI)
Aligadzhi GAMIDGADZHIEV (KGZ)
Muhammad ALI (PAK)
Boris MAKOEV (SVK)
Ayoub BARRAJ (TUN)
Selim YASAR (TUR)
Osman GOCEN (TUR)
Fatih ERDIN (TUR)
James Patrick DOWNEY III (USA)

92kg
Mohammed FARDJ (ALG)
Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE)
Bendeguz TOTH (HUN)
Viky VIKY (IND)
Alireza Mohammad KARIMIMACHIANI (IRI)
Suleyman KARADENIZ (TUR)
Erhan YAYLACI (TUR)
Ibrahim BOLUKBASI (TUR)
J'Den Michael Tbory COX (USA)

97kg
Aslanbek ALBOROV (AZE)
Hosam Mohamed Mostafa MERGHANY (EGY)
Pavlo OLIINYK (HUN)
Balasz Attila JUHASZ (HUN)
Satywart KADIAN (IND)
Reza Mohammad Ali YAZDANI (IRI)
Abraham de Jesus CONYEDO RUANO (ITA)
Magomed MUSAEV (KGZ)
Mohamed BUNDU (SLE)
Rustam ISKANDARI (TJK)
Ibrahim CIFTCI (TUR)
Baki SAHIN (TUR)
Fatih YASARLI (TUR)
Kyle Frederick SNYDER (USA)

Taha AKGUL (TUR) doit engranger un ESC s'il veut éviter de retrouver son plus grand rival Geno PETRIASHVILI lors des demi-finales. (Photo : Sachiko Hotaka)

125kg
Seyed Mohammadreza AZARSHAKIB (AZE)
Khaled Omr Zaki Mohamed ABDALLA (EGY)
Ahmed Mahmoud Elsayed Mohamed KHALIL (EGY)
Mihaly NAGY (HUN)
Daniel LIGETI (HUN)
Sumit SUMIT (IND)
Komeil Nemat GHASEMI (IRI)
Farkhod ANAKULOV (TJK)
Taha AKGUL (TUR)
Abdullah OMAC (TUR)
Fatih CAKIROGLU (TUR)
Nicholas Edward GWIAZDOWSKI (USA)

Festival VIrtuel Mondial de la Jeunesse UTS (18-22 novembre), Bangkok

By United World Wrestling Press

Plusieurs organisations sportives se sont unies avec United Through Sports pour lancer le Festival Virtuel Mondial de la Jeunesse 2020 UTS, le premier festival virtuel pour les jeunes de toutes capacités. Le festival comprend des compétitions en diverses catégories d'âge de 10 ans ou moins jusqu'à 18 ans, pour des événements de qualification en ligne pour cinq compétitions : Max Fit, Aero Fit, Talent, Inclusive Sports et Special Olympics.

Vous trouverez ci-dessous le programme officiel en anglais, avec des informations sur trois ateliers, les horaires de compétition et les jurys.

Wednesday, November 18

11.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. WORKSHOP “BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL CHANGE LEADER IN YOUR COMMUNITY THROUGH SPORT”, PRESENTED BY YUNUS SPORTS HUB &IOC YOUTH LEADERS
Marisa Schlenker, YSH, Community Manager
Geewon Yoo, Korea University, IOC Young Leader from South Korea
Jean- Claude RUGIGANA, IOC Young Leader from Rwanda, Founder of Sport4Change Media, IT & Communication Officer for NOC-Rwanda
Maria Renee Rodriquez, IOC Young Leader from Guatemala, Professional Racquetball Athlete
Rohith Maradapa, IOC Young Leader India, National Rowing Te a.m., Founder Just Play India, Officer in Provincial Government’s Energy Department

Thursday, November 19

COMPETITION TIMES    13.00 p.m. - 20.00 p.m.

10.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.    WORKSHOP “CLEAN SPORT”, PRESENTED BY WADA & ITA
Ms Yang Yang, Vice President, World Anti-Doping Agency, Three-time Olympian in Short Track Speed Skating (1998, 2002, 2006)|Gold and Silver Medalist (2002), Silver Medalist (1998), Bronze Medalist (2006) Six-time overall World Ch a.m.pion (1997-2002)
Olya Abasolo, OLY, Educational Manager, International Testing Agency Ariadna C a.m.argo, Education Coordinator, World Anti-Doping Agency Eva Erfle, Education Consultant, World Anti-Doping Agency

12.00 p.m. - 13.00 p.m.    WORKSHOP “I’MPOSSIBLE AND THE PARALYMPIC MOVEMENT” PRESENTED BY
I’MPOSSIBLE (IPC)

Brad Scott, Para-athlete & Paralympic Ch a.m.pion
Anna Turney, Alpine Skiing Paralympic Athlete
Kaitlyn Schäfer, Membership Progr a.m.mes, Manager IPC
 
Friday, November 20

COMPETITION TIMES    13.00 p.m. - 18.00 p.m.

19.00 p.m. - 20.30 p.m.    LAUNCH OF THE FESTIVAL AND MEDALS CEREMONY
Live at Olympic Channel

General Prawit Wongsuwan, President NOCT
Thomas Bach, President, IOC Andrew Parsons, President, IPC Mary Davis, CEO, SOI
Ban Ki-Moon, 8th UN Secretary General
Khunying Pat a.m.a Leeswadtrakul, Thailand IOC Member
Raffaele Chiulli, President, SA/GAISF
Stephan Fox, President, UTS

21.00 p.m. - 22.30 p.m.    OPENING CONFERENCE
Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, Minister of Tourism and Sports
Moh a.m.mad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Ban Ki-Moon, 8th UN Secretary General Princes Albert II Monaco, IOC Member Andrew Parsons, President, IPC
Francesco Ricci Bitti, President, ASOIF
Mary Davis, CEO, SOI
Oleg Matysin, President, FISU
HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, IOC Executive Board Member
Raffaele Chiulli, President SA/GAISF Chungwon Choue, President, WT/THF Stephan Fox, President, UTS

23.00 p.m. - 23.45 p.m.    PANEL 1 “INCLUSIVITY, EQUALITY & NON-DISCRIMINATION IN SPORT”
Guest Scene Setter: Andrew Parsons, President, International Paralympic Committee

PANELISTS
Ben Haack, SOI, Board of Directors
Cindy Sirinya Bishop, UN Women Thailand Ambassador
Abhinav Bindra, IOC Athletes’ Commission
Juan Pablo Salazar, IPC Board Member
Naris Chaiyasoot, Chairman, SOI Thailand Board of Directors

Saturday, November 21

COMPETITION TIMES    13.00 p.m. - 20.00 p.m.

14.00 p.m. - 14.45 p.m.    PANEL 2 “OLYMPIC TRUTH: SPORT TOWARDS PEACE-PROMOTION”
Guest Scene Setter: Julia Govinden CEO, United Through Sports

PANELISTS:
Mohanned Al Arabiat, President, GFP
J a.m.es Chiengjiek Nyang, IOC Refugee Te a.m.
 
Chungwon Choue, President WT/ THF
Marius Vizer, President IJFJudo4Peace

16.00 p.m. - 16.45 p.m.    PANEL 3 “SPORT AS A HUMAN RIGHT, HUMAN RIGHTS IN SPORTS”
Guest Scene Setter: HRH Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud Saudi Ambassador to the United States of America, IOC Member

PANELISTS:
Michal Buchel, CEO, FIAS
Phunyanuch Pattanotai, RTP Country Director, Thailand Elisa Salinas, Sport is Your Gang/ Vice President, IFMA Severine Leonardi, UNICEF Deputy Representative, Thailand

18.00 p.m. - 18.45 p.m.    PANEL 4 “MILLENNIALS FOR THE FUTURE”
Guest Scene Setter: Chutinant “Nick” Bhirombhakdi, President, Paralympic Committee Thailand

PANELISTS:
Miki Matheson, IPC Ch a.m.pion
Kiera Byland, SOI Ch a.m.pion
Mitch Gleeson, Australian Captain Gold Coast Titans

20.00 p.m. - 20.45 p.m.    PANEL 5 “SAFE-GUARDING YOUTH & PREVENTION OF HARASSMENT & ABUSE”
Guest Scene Setter: Alexander Schischlik, UNESCO Chief of Youth & Sport

PANELISTS:
Pedro Alejandro Yang, IOC Entourage Commission
Colin Higgs, Professor Memorial University
Ryan Pini, IOC Athlete
Lerina Bright, Founder, Mission 89

Sunday, November 22

COMPETITION TIMES    10.00 a.m. - 18.00 p.m. 14.00 p.m.– 14.45 p.m.    

PANEL 6 “FAIR PLAY IN SPORT”
Guest Scene Setter: Witold Banka, President, World Anti-Doping Agency

PANELISTS:
Kady Kanoute Tounkara, OLY, WADA Education Committee Member
Chantal Brunner, OLY, ITA Board Member
Danka Barteková, Athletes’ Commission Vice Chair, IOC
Chelsey Gotell, IPC Athletes' Council Chairperson & WADA Athlete Committee Member
Meechai Inwood, DCAT Director General, SAT

15.00 p.m. - 15.45 p.m.    PANEL 7 “ATHLETES UNITED: POWER OF THE ATHLETES”
Guest Scene Setter: Alyce (Burnett) Wood, Olympian, Rio 2016, Olympics Unleashed
 
PANELISTS:
Stefany Hernandez, IOC-BMX Ch a.m.pion Athlete Scout Bassett, IPC US Paralympian & Activist Meggie Ochoa, JJIF Ch a.m.pion & Activist
Wiradech Kothny, Former Olympic Athlete, Fencing Thailand

16.00 p.m. - 16.45 p.m.    PANEL 8 “SPORT LEADERS UNITED”
Guest Scene Setter: Jochen Färber, Head of Olympic Channel

PANELISTS:
Kirsty Coventry, Chair, IOC Athletes’ Commission
Kit McConnell, Sports Director, IOC Andrew Parsons, President, IPC Stephan Fox, President, UTS

18.00 p.m. - 19.30 p.m.    CLOSING FESTIVAL CEREMONY
Live at Olympic Channel

Gongsak Yodmani, Governor, Sport Authority of Thailand (SAT)
Chutinant “Nick” Bhirombhakdi, President, Paralympic Committee Thailand
Pimol Srivikorn, President, Taekwondo Association Thailand Naris Chaiyasoot, Chairman, SOI Thailand Board of Directors Supranee Guptasa, NSDF Director
Stephan Fox, President, UTS