Six Armenian freestyle wrestlers have headed to Alexandria, Egypt for the Ibrahim Moustafa 2023 wrestling tournament, this year’s second ranking series to be held from February 23 to 26.
The Armenian contestants are Manvel Khndzrtsyan (57 kg), Arsen Harutyunyan (61 kg), Vazgen Tevanyan (65 kg), Arman Andreasyan (70 kg), Hrayr Alikhanyan (74 kg) and Arman Avagyan (79 kg), the National Olympic Committee reports.
The results will not only give ranking points to the wrestlers, but they will also be crucial in determining the four seeds for the upcoming continental championships. Ibrahim Moustafa will be the second event in which UWW will award prize money and a two-kilogram weight tolerance will be allowed in each weight class, the United World Wrestling (UWW) said.
More than 450 wrestlers are participating in the tournament.