FILA Golden Grand Prix kicks off in Russia
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The first Gold Grand Prix of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) in 2010 kicked off in Russian city of Krasnoyarsk on Friday.
The three-day tournament for freestyle and female wrestling, named after renowned Soviet wrestler Ivan Yariguin, attracted 250 wrestlers from 22 countries, said the FILA website.
This year a total of six FILA Golden Grand Prix tournaments awarding cash prizes will be held to serve as qualifiers for the Final that will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, on July 16-18.
Wrestlers from Russia, the United States, Japan, Ukraine and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea snatched gold medals during the first day of the tournament.
Ivan Yariguin, a bearer of the Orders of Lenin and the Red Labor Banner, was the twice champion of the Olympic Games in freestyle wrestling. Born in 1948 at a village of the Krasnoyarsk territory, he died in a traffic accident in 1997.
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