Wrestling World Cup an Example of Diplomacy between Nations: US Official
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender said the Freestyle World Cup is an impressive example of diplomacy between the people of Iran and the US through sport.
USA wrestling team will participate in the 2017 Freestyle World Cup in Kermanshah, Iran scheduled for February 16 and 17.
"This tour continues a long history of goodwill and cooperation between the United States and Iran through wrestling, which is an impressive example of diplomacy between the people of these nations through sport,'' Bender said.
"This is an important international competition, and we look forward to competing against the world's best wrestling teams."
"We're going to respect the laws and orders of those in leadership positions in government and figure out how to embrace those and work with them to secure proper documentation for athletes to come here and us to go there," Bender told the Associated Press.
Competition draws have been released and the United States is in Pool A with Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Pool B's teams are Iran, Turkey, India and Mongolia.
Each team will wrestle its pool partners on Feb. 16 to determine placements against teams from the other pool the next day.
