Azerbaijan undecided as to participation in Greco-Roman wrestling
championship in Yerevan
23.01.2010 19:02 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azeri Greco-Roman wrestling team will not
participate in World Cup due in Yerevan on February 12-14. Also, women
wrestlers will not participate in a tournament due in China,
azerisport.com reported.
`The reason behind our refusal is that our sportsmen wish to get
better training for European championship due in Baku,’ Azeri
Wrestling Federation vice president Namik Aliyev reported.
According to him, the refusal to participate in Yerevan’s World Cup
and China’s tournament will not affect preparations for championship
in Baku.
Yet as Day.az website reported, the resolution on non- participation
in World Cup is not final. `International Wrestling Federation
recommends us to participate. Negotiations on the subject are in
progress. Final decision will be taken next week,’ Namik Aliyev
stated.
As World Cup press coordinator Eduard Kalantaryan told PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter, the official reply will most probably be given on Monday.
`In case of refusal to participate, Azeri team will be replaced by
that of either Sweden or Uzbekistan,’ he said.
Earlier, Armenian Greco-Roman Wrestling Federation Secretary General
Bazmaser Arakelyan stated, `The reply will decide Armenian team’s
participation in European Championship due in Azerbaijan in April.’
`Naturally, we don’t mind Armenian team’s participation in European
Championship. World Championship in Baku has already hosted Armenian
team, which is welcome to another championship, should they wish to
participate,’ Day.az quoted Namik Aliyev as saying.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress