'Hampyeong Culture and Sports Center Hosts "Wrestling National Team 1st Selection Competition"'

Promising Players Compete in the Wrestling Mecca Hampyeong

The scene from the wrestling national team selection competition held in Hampyeong in 2019. Photo by Hampyeong-gun

[Hampyeong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] The first national team selection competition and the Asian Junior and Cadet Championships selection tournament will be held for five days from the 4th to the 8th at the Hampyeong Culture and Sports Center.

According to the county on the 3rd, this tournament, hosted by the Korea Wrestling Federation and sponsored by Hampyeong County, will feature the best promising wrestlers who will lead Korean wrestling, competing to showcase the skills they have honed so far.

The tournament will be conducted in formats divided into international tournament and Nordic (where every player competes against each other once) depending on the number of participants in each weight class.

From the host county Hampyeong, four athletes including Yang Si-on (male, Greco-Roman 77kg), Kim Jong-min (male, Greco-Roman 67kg), Na Myung-gil (male, Greco-Roman 72kg), and Kim Ga-bin (male, Greco-Roman 63kg) will participate to demonstrate their skills.

In particular, as this tournament is the first nationwide sports event held in a long time amid the COVID-19 situation that has lasted over two years, it is expected to greatly help revitalize the local economy, which has been stagnant.

A county official said, “It is expected that about 600 people including athletes and officials from all over the country will visit our county during the tournament period,” adding, “We will do our best to ensure there are no inconveniences in COVID-19 prevention measures and facility usage.”

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