5.05.2016
Second Olympic Games Wrestling World Qualifying Tournament which is the “last chance” qualifying tournament for Rio 2016 Olympic Games begins tomorrow (6 May) in Istanbul. The tournament will take place in Istanbul Bağcılar Sport Complex between 6-8 May with the participation of around 600 wrestlers from 93 countries. The wrestlers to place in the first two will qualify to Rio 2016 in August.
The tournament will start with Greco-Roman category on May 6, followed by Friday and women’s freestyle and men’s on the third day.
The Turkish wrestlers’ names and weight categories are as follows:
Greco-Roman (GR)
59 kg Rahman Bilici
66 kg Yunus Özel
75 kg Selçuk Çebi
85 kg Metehan Başar
98 kg Cenk İldem
Women’s (FW)
48 kg Evin Demirhan
53 kg Bediha Gün
Freestyle (FS)
57 kg Süleyman Atlı
Taha Akgül in men’s freestyle 125 kg, Selim Yaşar in men’s freestyle 86 kg, İbrahim Bölükbaşı in men’s freestyle 97 kg, Soner Demirtaş in men’s freestyle 74 kg, Yakup Gör in men’s freestyle 65 kg, Elif Jale Yeşilırmak in women’s freestyle 58 kg, Buse Tosun in women’s freestyle 69 kg, Yasemin Adar in women’s 75 kg, Hafize Şahin in women’s freestyle 63 kg and Rıza Kayaalp in men’s Greco-Roman 130 kg had already qualified for Rio 2016 Olympic Games in wrestling.