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
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
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
Kenichi Yumoto
Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu
Freestyle wrestlers from Iran
Mehdi Taghavi Kermani
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!
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