Florian Skilang Temengil and Cristian Etpison Nicolescu were able to compete on May 08th at the final Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Istanbul, Turkey. Temengil competed against Lyuben Borisov Iliev of Bulgaria but lost in the 2nd period 10-0. Bulgaria ranked 9th overall. Ukraine went on to win the gold medal match against Belarus who placed 2nd in the final qualification. In this final Olympic Qualification Tournament only the top 2 wrestlers goes to the RIO Olympic Games. Temengil ranked 19th overall.
Also competing in Turkey was Cristian Etpison Nicolescu in the mens senior freestyle 65kg weight division. Cristian competed against Bilal El Quarraqe of Morrocco but lost 10-0 by technical fall. Cristian ranked 26th out of 32 wrestlers.
This was the final Olympic Qualifation for wrestling and though our wrestlers. On behalf of our athletes and BWF we would like to thank our sponsors, PNOC, UWW and most of all our families and friends for their undying support throughout this journey.
Last Modified on 25/05/2016 12:45