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Wrestling in Russia Aims to Save Olympic Sport and Youth
In Moscow’s Ivan Yarygin Palace of Wrestling a 17 year old, Azamat Takhayev, eyes Olympic glory as officials battle IOC plans to drop wrestling from 2020. Coaches like Vladimir Ostroumov defend the sport and its Caucasus rooted pipeline, arguing wrestling reshapes lives and offers a route out of poverty amid regional unrest.
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Moscow
International Olympic Committee
Takhayev
Caucasus Mountains
North Ossetia
Palace of Wrestling
Vladimir Ostroumov
Ivan Yarygin
Ostroumov
London
IOC
Russia
Iran
United States
Korea
Turkey
Azerbaijan
Raphael Martinetti
FISA
Sagid Murtazaliev
Dagestan
Sydney
Yarygin Palace
Lefortovo
Caucasus
North
Ossetia
Chechnya
Beslan
Murtazaliev
Khadzhimurad Magomedov
Atlanta
Makhachkala
Magomedov
Bakhtiyar Akhmedov