Alireza Rezaei, runner-up at the 2004 Athens Olympics, told Mehr about the national freestyle wrestling team’s selection cycle: “One of the important points that we will realize after studying the approvals and provisions of the national team selection cycle is the importance of the country’s championships.” In my opinion, with the implementation of this cycle, the status of the country’s championship competitions will return to its previous status, which is one of the most important domestic events.
He continued: “Naturally, when a wrestler becomes a national champion and obtains a license to participate in Asian competitions, it means that national competitions are of great importance.” In my opinion, this issue should be considered as one of the positive points of the selection cycle.
Referring to the importance of the Throne Cup, Rezaei said: “It should be noted the high importance of the Throne Cup in the selection cycle, which has a clear and significant position for the claimants.” Certainly, the contenders who play in this tournament and have opened a special account on this international arena have a lot of motivation to prove themselves.
The former coach of the national freestyle wrestling team also said about the Premier League fights: “Undoubtedly, the Premier League fights will help the wrestlers to enter the selection cycle campaign in better conditions.” Of course, one of the promising and positive points in the selection cycle is the logical and calculated distance between the league matches and the national champion fights.
In the end, Rezaei pointed out: The selection cycle in the implementation stage may be accompanied by some shortcomings and problems, but we should be optimistic and try to solve it. At the same time, in the current election cycle, the coach’s view of wrestling is completely national, and we can hope that everything will go according to justice and meritocracy.
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