The Walton Refrigerator Independence Day Open Wrestling will be held at the Kabbadi Stadium tomorrow.
Around 100 wrestlers from across the country will participate in the daylong meet. Wrestlers from BGB, Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Ansar, Dhaka Metropolis and Bangladesh Army will also lock horns for the titles in eight categories in the men’s and women’s sections. The weight categories include 57, 61, 65, 70, 75, 85, 97 and 125+ kg for men and 48, 51, 55, 59, 63, 70, 75, 80 kg for women.
Tabiur Rahman Pahlawan, the general secretary of the Bangladesh Wrestling Federation presented the meet to the press in a press conference held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium conference room yesterday. A.F.M. Iqbal Bin Anwar Dawn, the Additional Director of Walton; S.M. Zahid Hasan, the Executive Director of Walton; Mezbahuddin Azad, the Joint Secretary of the federation and Nazrul Islam, an executive committee member were also present on the occasion.