Accordingly, the 36th annual freestyle and Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament Takhti Cup will be held in Tehran January 3-4, 2016.
Meanwhile, all national federations who are members of the World Wrestling Union have been invited to take part in the two-day event.
Takhti Cup marks the first stage of qualifying competitions for national teams seeking to particioate in Brazil’s 2016 Olympics.
The tournament is an important annual wrestling event in Iran, held in the memory of the late Iranian wrestler Gholamreza Takhti.
Takhti, the most famous wrestler in the Iranian history, claimed the gold medal in Melbourne 1956 Olympic Games and won two silver medals in 1952 Helsinki and 1960 Rome Olympic Games. He passed away on January 7, 1968.
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