The Finals are set for the World Club Cup Championships, host Iran's Shahr Bank team will take on the Russia Federation's PWL team. Interestingly enough, the United States was either not invited or opted out from competing and United World Wrestling ("UWW"), the international governing body for the sport of Olympic Wrestling has been silent on promoting, mentioning, or highlighting the event.
About a year ago, UWW banned Russia and Belarus due to the ongoing dispute with Ukraine. The EXCLUSION and neglect of human rights to wrestle is very contrary to their mission of INCLUSION.
Russia defeated India and Armenia yielding just 1 loss in each dual while Iran defeated Kazakhstan and Georgia to reach the final round.
Had a little fun researching each athlete's Instagram page and noticed Iran severely outnumbered Russia's followers, by a lot. See comparison chart below, with only Shamil Mammedov outpacing his opponent.
Select bouts from the event uploaded HERE
Instagram always has the most real time updates HERE
