Wrestling: World Cup to start in Serbia at weekend

By Halil Ibrahim Avsar

ANKARA (AA) - The 2020 Individual World Cup in wrestling will start on Saturday, Dec. 12 in Serbia.

This year's World Championships in Serbia were replaced by the Individual World Cup as several top nations would not participate in the championships due to pandemic.

Turkish Wrestling Federation said that the national athletes are ready for the World Cup and will go to Serbia on Thursday evening.

The contest will be held on Dec. 12-18 in Belgrade.

The winners will bag 4,000 Swiss francs ($4,500). The runners-up will get 3,000 Swiss francs (approximately $3,400) and those, who will come third, will win 1,500 Swiss francs ($1,700).

- Turkish athletes to compete in World Cup

- Greco-Roman:

55 kg: Serif Kilic

60 kg: Ahmet Uyar

63 kg: Abdurrahman Altan

67 kg: Atakan Yuksel

72 kg: Cengiz Arslan

77 kg: Furkan Bayrak

82 kg: Salih Aydin

87 kg: Dogan Goktas

97 kg: Suleyman Demirci

130 kg: Osman Yildirim

- Women's category:

50 kg: Evin Demirhan

53 kg: Zeynep Yetgil

55 kg: Bediha Gun

57 kg: Mehlika Ozturk

59 kg: Elif Yanik

62 kg: Cansu Aksoy

65 kg: Asli Demir

68 kg: Nesrin Bas

72 kg: Buse Tosun

76 kg: Yasemin Adar

- Men's freestyle:

57 kg: Saban Kiziltas

61 kg: Recep Topal

65 kg: Ahmet Duman

70 kg: Haydar Yavuz

74 kg: Fazli Eryilmaz

79 kg: Muhammet Nuri Kotanoglu

86 kg: Osman Gocen

92 kg: Erhan Yaylaci

97 kg: Suleyman Karadeniz

125 kg: Oktay Gungor