Monday, May 28, 2012

Baku international competition kk2012

Fo orientation, here is a map of Azerbaijan and its immediate neighbors, Baku Harbor at night, and a sight you might hope to see on the shores of the Caspian Sea:





The venue








Here are shots of some of the Baku contestants, though not all of the shots are of thee Baku competition.  I've picked wrestlers from the United States because I retain a bit of chauvinism; from Iran because Iran won the competition; from Kazakhstan because I like Kazakhstan; from Azerbaijan because they were the hosts and I like Azerbaijan; from Georgia because I'd like to visit there; and Japan, because in my view Japanese wrestlers are the handsomest of the lot.

  Freestyle wrestlers from the United States of North America



Jake Varner













Nick Simmons


Nick Simmons tries to put Henry Cejudo on his back  See 
Dream boxer; real, heroic wrestler


















Nick, out on a lark



Jake Hebert

































 Coleman Sott










Scissors, said to be the most painful of
 legal wrestling holds. 
 This young man is not laughing.







Freestyle wrestlers from Azerbaijan


Jabrayil Hasanov











Mushvig Isayev














Sharif Sharifov











Looks like what we have got here --


When My Life Is Over, And My Time Has Run Out,
My Friends and My Lovers, I Will Leave, Theres No Doubt
But One Things For Certain, When It Comes My Time
I'll Leave This Old World With A Satisfied Mind

Jeff Buckley, "Satisfied Mind"


Freestyle wrstler from Kazahkstan


Daulet Niyazbekov













Freestyle wrestlers from Georgia


Dato Marsagishvili











Otar Tushishvili


















Freestyle wrestlers from Japan


Japan's men's wrestling team


Kenichi Yumoto























Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu 












Freestyle wrestlers from Iran



Mehdi Taghavi Kermani











Sadegh Goudarzi




























Hassan Rahimi



























Danish wrestlers during a friendly visit in Iran


The picture just to the left of the Ayatollah's is of, from Wikipedia,

Gholamreza Takhti (Persian: غلامرضا تختی‎, August 27, 1930 – January 7, 1968). . . the most famous wrestler in Iranian history. He was most famous for his chivalrous behavior and sportsmanship, and he continues to symbolize the essence of sport to the Iranian people.
Gholamreza Takhti was also foxy: 





All these men could be from Hawaii; all would be welcomed here, Oh Polyethnic We!