This year’s calendar of the International Kurash Association is full of important competitions for Vietnamese athletes.
The continental championship will be held in Tajikistan on March 17-21, and the Southeast Asian Games will be held in May in Hanoi, Vietnam.
In September, the Chinese city of Hangzhou will host the Summer Asian Games, the second most prestigious post-Olympic Games in the world.
In order to thoroughly prepare for these competitions, the Vietnamese national team on kurash is holding trainings in Uzbekistan, the homeland of Kurash.
The training was organized in cooperation with the International Kurash Association, the International Kurash Institute and the Kurash Federations of Uzbekistan.
Today, the Vietnamese athletes were at the headquarter of the International Kurash Association and visited the IKA Museum.
Founded in 2012, the IKA Museum houses more than 500 Kurash achievements from five continents.
During the visit, souvenirs were presented to the IKA Museum on behalf of the Vietnam Kurash Federation.
The exhibits were received by the Head of the Administration Staff of the International Kurash Association — Mansur Mirzaev.
For information, the Vietnamese athletes also held trainings in Uzbekistan in August 2016.
