From February 27 to March 4, 2018 at the Sports Palace named after Kaba uulu Kojomkul (Bishkek city) the championship will take place Asia by wrestling among adults (freestyle, Greco-Roman and women's wrestling).

For the purpose of holding high level of the continental championship, by order of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, an interdepartmental organizing committee was organized under the chairmanship of the Vice Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Kyrgyzstan was chosen as the host of the tournament in 2016 on February 16 at the annual meeting of members of the United World Wrestling (UWW) and the Asian Wrestling Council (AAWC). However, in 2017, the United World of Wrestling included Bangkok (Thailand) in the list of candidates. In August, the Congress of the United World Wrestling (UWW) took place in Paris (France), at which Kyrgyzstan was approved as the final venue for the 2018 Asian Championship.

Wrestlers from 38 states will take part in the Asian Championship. So far, 24 states have confirmed. Applications for participation close one week before the start.

For the purpose of high-quality training of national teams in three sports, training camps were held. The first TCB took place at the beginning of the year. Athletes in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling trained on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul, and the women's team in Bishkek. Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestlers conduct pre-start training in the Kazakh city of Taraz, and the women's wrestling team is held on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul. As well as athletes participated in various international tournaments. Athletes in Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling participated in international tournament"TAHTI CUP" in Iran. And the women's team took part in the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix.

The State Agency provides more than 20 million soms from the budget for holding the Asian Championship.

Recall, Kyrgyzstan hosts the Asian Championship among adults in wrestling not for the first time. In 2007, Bishkek already hosted the Asian Wrestling Championship and was organized at a high level. The president International Federation in wrestling (FILA) of that period, Rafael Martinetti admitted that of all the 20 Asian championships held in Bishkek, the championship was the best.

At the 2007 Asian Championship, our athletes won 8 medals: 4 gold, 4 bronze.

The results of the performance of the national team of Kyrgyzstan at the XX Asian Championship in wrestling:

Freestyle wrestling
Bazar Bazarguruev (up to 60 kg) - "gold"
Alexey Krupnyakov (up to 96 kg) - "gold"

Women's wrestling
Yana Panova (up to 72 kg) - "bronze"

Greco-Roman wrestling
Kanat Begaliev (up to 66 kg) - "gold"
Daniyar Kobonov (up to 74 kg) - "gold"
Ruslan Tumenbaev (up to 60 kg) - "bronze"

Zhanarbek Kenzheev (up to 84 kg) - "bronze"
Nurbek Ibragimov (up to 120 kg) - "bronze".

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The Asian Wrestling Championship has been held since 1979. At first, only men competed. Competitions among women in freestyle wrestling have been held since 1996.

In terms of medals won at the Asian Championships, Iran is in the lead, Japan is in second place, and South Korea closes the top three. In this list, Kyrgyzstan ranks 9th. There are 84 medals in the piggy bank of our country. Of these, 13 gold, 23 silver and 48 bronze medals.

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At the Asian Championships that started on May 10 in New Delhi, Kazakh Greco-Roman style wrestler Maksat Yerezhepov won gold medal in the weight category up to 75 kg.

The program of the continental championship was opened by Greco-Roman wrestlers. As part of the first competitive day, sets of awards were drawn in weight categories 66, 75, 80, 98 and 130 kg.

On the first day of the Asian Championship, Kazakh wrestlers won four medals out of five possible. Great start! Maksat Erezhepov became the champion of the continent. The pupil of the Kostanay wrestling school has a rich experience of performing at the adult Asian championships, for example, he won bronze medals twice, and in 2014 he became a silver medalist in Astana. Now his collection of awards has been adorned with the long-awaited gold of Asia. In the final, the Kazakhstani beat the Korean wrestler with a dry score of 5:0. By the way, Yerezhepov's victory is the second consecutive victory of Kazakhstan at the Asian Championships in this weight. Last year, Doszhan Kartikov became the champion in 75 kg.

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Almat Kebispaev was awarded by the head of UWW Nenad Lalovich himself))

The authors of silver awards were Almat Kebispaev in 66 kg and Damir Kuzembaev in 130 kg. Kebispaev, with an equal score 1:1, lost to the Korean (by technical specifications the score of the representative of Korea turned out to be significant). Kuzembaev lost to the Iranian in the final. For the young heavyweight, this is the second medal at the adult continental championship. Last year, the Kazakh wrestler won bronze in the heavyweight division.

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Erulan Iskakov put a bronze medal in the team treasury in the category up to 98 kg. In the first round, our wrestler lost to the Iranian, the future champion. And in the small final, Iskakov won two victories over the representatives of India and China and took third place.

Alas, Daniyal Gadzhiev (80 kg) was left without a reward. Bronze medalist Olympic Games in London, he lost in the semi-final to an Iranian wrestler who later won the gold medal of the Asian Championship. In the fight for third place, Gadzhiev lost to the Kyrgyz athlete Samat Shyrdakov and took fifth place.

It should be noted that the team South Korea was the leader on the first day in terms of the number of finalists: as many as 4 South Korean wrestlers competed for gold medals. From Kazakhstan and Iran, three athletes each competed in the finals. In terms of the number of gold awards, the Iranian team is still in the lead, they have three awards of the highest standard.

The program of the Asian Championship-2017 in Greco-Roman, freestyle and women's wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling: 59, 71, 85 kg

Women's wrestling: 63.75 kg

Women's wrestling: 48, 53, 55, 60, 69 kg

Women's wrestling: 58 kg

Freestyle wrestling: 57, 65, 74, 97 kg

Freestyle wrestling: 61, 70, 86, 125 kg