The 14th World Kurash Wrestling Championship, which will be held on November 23-28, 2023 in Ashgabat, is expected to hold a record number of participants, writes the publication “Turkmenistan: Golden Age” with reference to the Kurash Federation.
If last year's World Championships in the Indian city of Pune involved 365 people, then 480 people have already applied to participate in the upcoming World Championships, including athletes (241), coaches, judges and other officials from 53 countries, the source notes.
At the World Championships in Ashgabat, it is planned to compete for 15 sets of medals - in seven men's and eight women's weight categories.
Let us remind that last year at the World Kurash Championship Turkmenistan was represented by 13 wrestlers (7 men and 6 women), and three of them returned with medals.
Ayshirin Haydarova won silver in the weight category up to 48 kg, and bronze medals went to Aynur Amanova (up to 52 kg) and Aziza Kurbanova (up to 78 kg).