OLIVEIRRA ARYEH SHOWS UP AT KURES WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN KAZAKHSTAN

Ghana’s Oliveirra Aryeh was in Kazakhstan for the Kazakh Kures Wrestling World Championship on December 2, 2018.Oliveirra was able to bring down the giant of New Zealand champion Chico Reremoana who weighed 170 kg in his preliminary draw match. Kazakh Kures Wrestling is another form of wrestling like Judo and it’s been fought in countries Russia, Poland etc .The Ghanaian who has knowledge and also trains for the same wrestling was able to win his first fight against the \new Zealander but his weight is around 92 kg said it was by divine intervention not by strength that he won. When he proceeded to the quarter final stage, he faced another tough opponent, Tomasz Piotr Talach from Poland weighing 130 kg, but he lost the fight. Representatives from 30 countries competed in the tournament. Some of the nations were the USA, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Tunisia, Russia, Poland, Latvia, New Zealand, Norway, Korea, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cameroun, Cuba, Czech Republic, Greece, Ghana, Mongolia, Lithuanian, The event took place at the Almaty Sports Arena in Kazakhstan. Olivierra Aryeh was invited by the Kazakh Kures Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan who took care of his flight, accommodation and feeding expenses. He said the sport is very interesting, just like the traditional wrestling, but with Kures, they wear the kimono. He promised to compete more and also participate in such events to put Ghana on the world map when Kures Wrestling is mentioned in Ghana and beyond but also appealed for support from the sports authorities, especially the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) and companies. 

 

Story by Cecil Stanley Nii Teiko Tagoe