In a conversation with Mehr reporter, Ismail Kiyomurthi added: 150 domestic wrestlers and 30-40 foreign wrestlers from Iraq, Afghanistan, Armenia and possibly Georgia will participate in the Takhti Cup.
Regarding the infrastructure of wrestling in Urmia, he said: Three professional mats with intermediate standards international With a value of nearly 6 billion rials, it has been installed and operated by the federation in West Azerbaijan, which, along with the service of professional refereeing cameras, has upgraded the province’s wrestling infrastructure in terms of hardware.
Kiyomurthi mentioned the presence of more than 10 wrestling talents of the province in the national team camps of the last two years and the presence of the coaches of the province in the national teams as other signs of the development of wrestling in West Azerbaijan.
He added: “Last year, there were 8 participants in each weight class in the youth competitions of the province, while after the announcement of the hosting of the Takhti Cup by Urmia, this amount reached 22 people in each weight class.
Kiyomarthi added: The statistics of the number of people insured in the West Azarbaijan ferry increased from 550 people in the last three years to 2 thousand 150 people, and the actual number of direct activists in this field reaches nearly 5 thousand people, despite the fact that today all the cities and parts of the province have They are a wrestling club.
The head of the West Azerbaijan Wrestling Board said: the participation of three wrestlers from the province, Mr. Fardin Navaei in the weight of 74 kg, Yashar Ghalebani in the weight of 79 kg and Adel Panahian in the weight of 86 kg, along with the presence of three referees between international It is very valuable for us from West Azarbaijan in this competition, where we are in the second place after Tehran province in terms of the presence of judges.
Regarding the attendance of the spectators in these competitions, Kiyomurthi said: Considering the environmental and media advertisements that he did in the province AmWe expect to host a large number of spectators in the 6,000-person hall of Urmia, and with the help of the governor, watching these competitions will be free for those interested in wrestling.