19 March 2011, 19:00
Makhachkala hosts World Cup in Freestyle Wrestling
Today, the World Cup in Freestyle Wrestling has started in the capital of Dagestan. The strongest teams of the world have come to take part in the tournament for the prize money amounting to 240,000 US dollars.
Dagestan is for the first time receiving a sporting event of this high level: the national teams of Russia, Azerbaijan, Cuba, Iran, Georgia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and the united team of Hungary and Kazakhstan came to Makhachkala to compete for the Cup, the RIA "Dagestan" reports.
The Russian national team was the first to victoriously complete the preliminary round of the Cup by defeating the team of Bulgaria 7:0 and passed into the main tournament final. Earlier, Russia lost only one fight in defeating consecutively Kyrgyzstan (7:0), Ukraine (7:0) and Uzbekistan (6:1). Russians' rivals in the deciding match of the World Cup will be determined in the match Iran versus Cuba, the RIA "Novosti" reports.
Earlier, the Russian national team won three of the last four World Cups - in 2007, 2008 and 2010.
