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The Koresh Belt Wrestling World Championship will take place in Tatarstan

From June 20 to 24, the Republic of Tatarstan will host the World Championship and the World Youth Championship in Koresh. More than 300 athletes from 27 countries have entered the competition. In total, 11 sets of medals will be played at the championship and the world championship among boys under 18 years of age and men in weight categories from 60 kg to over 130 kg and the absolute weight category.



Preliminary fights will take place at the Saba Arena sports complex in the Bogatye Saby village of the Republic of Tatarstan, and the final fights and ceremonial events will take place at a specialized site in the village. Minger, Sabinsky district of Tatarstan, June 23 at 19:30. The guests of honor at the events will be famous athletes, including Olympic champions Alexey Mishin and Shamil Khisamutdinov, as well as sports officials and heads of national federations.



Participants of the BRICS Games will compete at the World Championships, who will compete in Kazan on the eve of June 21.



The final part of the competition will feature decisive matches of the World Koresh Championship in 11 weight categories, as well as the World Championships in new disciplines: beach koresh (wrestling on a sand surface) and horseback koresh (belt wrestling on horseback).



In addition, guests of the tournament will be able to become spectators of the final of the promo-tournament on phygital koresh.



The winner of the absolute weight category of the World Koresh Championship will receive the main prize of the competition - a car provided by Rais of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.