Tajik wrestlers will participate in the World Championships in Paris

Dushanbe, August 9. (NIAT "Khovar", P.Nazarov). - Six Tajik wrestlers will participate in the world championships on judo, which will be held in Paris from 23 to 28 August.

According to the official site of the championship, our country in the next World Cup will present: Beijing Olympics medalist Rasul Boqiev (73 kg), Jamshed Khalilov (60 kg), Farhad Rahimov, Sherali Bozorov (both perform in the weight category up to 81 kilograms) Parviz Sobirov (90 kg) and Muhamadmurod Abdurahmonov in the weight category up to 100 kg.

World Championships in Paris beat records. It will bring together 949 wrestlers and judokas from 136 countries. The full exercise of this right in France will benefit from the present team of 28 people - Japanese, Americans, South Koreans, Russians, and tournament hosts - the French. Slightly less, 24 participants will be assembled in Kazakhstan (12 men 12 women) and Mongolia (14 +10), 23 athletes (9 +14) - the team of China, 22 representatives (12 +10) in the squad of Ukraine, 20 people in delegations of Brazil (11 +9) and Germany (9 +11), 17 (10 +7) - in the UK, etc.
The largest representation in the world forum would be the European Judo Union - 386 athletes from 47 states of the Old World will be competing for medals in Paris.

Asian Union will provide 247 athletes from 28 countries, and African - 142 30. Confederation of Pan American transatlantic success relies on the "Bercy", 137 of its wrestlers from 21 states and the Ocean - by 35 athletes from 10 countries. (Translated by D.Azizov)