On Saturday, February 15, in Istanbul starts the 42nd International tournament "Iachar Dgu".

These popular free-style wrestling competitions bear a name of the legendary Turkish wrestler and the trainer who was born in a family of natives of the North Caucasus, Ubykhs on a nationality. Iachar Dogu won in 1948 in London the Olympic Games, won in the World Cup and three times in the European championships. He headed Turkish national team as the trainer, the mentor it is considered by many outstanding Turkish wrestlers, including the invincible descendant of the Dagestan immigrants Moustapha Dagistanly who won at the Olympic Games and three times in the World Cups twice. Iachar Dogu died in 1961 at the age of 48 years of heart attack. The monument in Ankara is established to it.

The present memorial will be the most representative for many last years. Strong on a line-up will expose wrestling powers conducting in the world: Turkey, USA, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia. In lists of participants wrestlers from Mongolia, Japan, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Italy, Finland, Macedonia and Tunisia also appear Puerto Rico.

The Russian team is headed by trainers Sazhid Sazhidov and Hristaki Aleksandridi. Vladimir Flegontov (57 kg), Rustam Ampar (57-61 kg), Murshid Mutalimov (61 kg), Israil Kasumov (70 kg), Rasheed Sadulayev (86 kg) and Alan Khugayev (125 kg) entered it. Separate team there arrived on tournament the Yakut wrestlers — Mikhail Ivanov, Evgeny Gabyshev (they are 57 kg), Egor Ponomaryov, Vasily Struchkov (they are 61 kg) and Andrey Bekrenev (65 kg).

— We felt high level of the organization at once — noticed in Hristaki Aleksandridi's telephone conversation. — Us met at the airport, lodged in good hotel, suggested to eat after the journey. There arrived many teams, it is a lot of strong wrestlers, and it is connected not only with the Turkish hospitality, but also with terms of carrying out tournament which are convenient in respect of preparation for the continental championships. Here and in our team there are wrestlers who are considered by candidates for participation in the European championship. All children are adjusted in a fighting way, all want to prove to be. We will hope that they will manage it.

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