The three day Marcel Refrigerator 22nd National Junior Wrestling starts at the Shahid (Capt) M. Monsur Ali Handball Stadium today.
About 150 male and female wrestlers from across the country will participate in seven weight categories. Sponsors Marcel provided a purse of Tk400,000 to the Bangladesh Wrestling Federation. The winner of each event will win Tk2,000, the runner-up Tk1,500 and the third placed participant Tk1,000.
At a press conference at the handball federation yesterday, Tabiur Rahman, the general secretary of the wrestling federation, said his federation did not receive the money allocated for training from the National Sports Council and sponsors like Marcel had kept the program alive. “We hope this event will help budding wrestlers maintain a high standard,” he said.
Tabiur said the federation is interested in hosting the Islamic Solidarity Wrestling Championship in Dhaka in March 2014.
A.F.M. Iqbal bin Anwar Dawn, the additional director of RB Group, wrestling federation vice president Jahidul IUslam Khokon, joint secretary Mesbauddin Azad, ATN Bangla representative Shamimn Ara Munni were also present on the occasion.
