The Kyrgyzstan’s Bayaman Erkinbayev tournament will kick off on March 16 in Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek and will come to a close on March 18.
Alysh is a sport like wrestling and judo in which athletes wear a special dress with a wide belt like that worn by judo players; the sport has a 300-year-old history in Iran and it is the most popular one in the provinces of Mazandaran, Gilan, Khuzestan and Semnan.
The names of the selected Iranian alish practitioners to take part in the event are as follow:
Women’s team:
55kg: Yeganeh Gharibgashteh & Homa Mirzapour
60kg: Somayeh Heidari
65kg: Seyedeh Shima Naderi & Elham Kuchakzadeh
70kg: Zahra Majdi
75kg: Maliheh Fazli
+75kg: Kazhal Kavehtabar
Men’s team:
60kg: Rohollah Nematian
70kg: Mohammad Gholami
80kg: Yaser Mohammadi Rostam
90kg: Davoud Evazzadeh
100kg: Seyed Bahman Ebrahimnia
+100kg: Behnam Hodhodi
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