We had gained 2 silvers (Beckhan aldamov in 66kg, and Amir Kanjani in 74kg) and 2 bronze (Abdurahim Hibeel in 96kg and Nate Higgins in 74kg) in freestyle, As well as 2 gold in Greco-Roman (Vladimir Trofim in 84kg, and Gaga Adeshivili in 60kg) and 3 silvers in Greco-Roman (Roman Sickho 74kg, and Aydin Mallender 84kg, and Freddy Brown 66kg) and 1 Bronzes in Greco-Roman (Billy Vasilius at 84kg). In total we gained 2 Gold’s, 5 Silvers and 3 Bronzes. We would like to thank all the wrestlers who had Competed and made great effort to prepare for the British Seniors (even though we only ahd 3 weeks to prepare), the coaches who made the effort and time to be there, and the camera man and the guys who drove us there and put up with our tiresome antics. We are now preparing the juniors for the English Juniors in May we hope you will support us.

The 2011 Athletes of the Year are: Men’s No-Gi Grappling: Baranov Dmytro (UKR, 47 points); Women’s No-Gi Grappling: Talvard Océane (FRA, 45 points); Men’s Gi Grappling: Baginski Piotr (POL, 47 points); Women’s Gi Grappling: Talvard Océane (FRA, 47 points); Men’s Pankration: Baranov Dmytro (UKR, 45 points); Women’s Pankration: Bezhenar Anna (UKR, 42 points); Men’s Amateur MMA: Dosalchuk Oleksandr (UKR, 40 points); Women’s Amateur MMA: Bezhenar Anna (UKR, 42 points). Consult the complete list and point system

FILA conveys its warm congratulations to these five outstanding athletes, and especially to those who managed to win a double title, as well as to the National Federations of Ukraine, France, and Poland which can take much pride in their sportsmen’s accomplishment. The award ceremony will be held on the occasion of the senior European Championship that will take place in Brussels from 28-30 June 2012.

On that occasion he officially signed with the Qatar Wrestling Federation the contract for the running of the FILA Training Center for all Arab and Asian countries in the region. The center is wonderfully located, with all accommodation and training facilities, and will be operational by January 2012. Two professional coaches are already in place and FILA will send at its own expenses one or two more coaches if necessary.

The countries wishing to send wrestlers to the Doha Training Center must contact the Qatar Wrestling Federation through its President, Mr. Zamel Sayyaf Al-Shahrani, who was instrumental to this success ( QAT@fila-wrestling.com).

FILA congratulates all referees for their work and encourages all National Federations to continue sending referees to the candidate and promotion courses in order to increase the number of qualified referees around the world and thus guarantee a sound supervision of our sport.

With a new venue on the cards for 2012 with a purpose fitted matted room, as well as sauna and weights & cardio gym, we hope to open up the Legion Fitness Education Centre, where people can go to learn about their bodies and how to look after their health, via a wide range of classes and GP fitness consultations.

Keep us in your prayers and watch this space!

The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) and FILA were solely responsible for the organisation of this event. They have invited a select group of the world best athletes to compete in the Olympic weight classes and have also offered Legion Wrestling a limited number of places.

66kgs – Bec-khan Aldamov
‘v’ Russia Bye
‘v’ Japan Lost: 0-1 5-2 (link)
Repechage
‘v’ Mongolia Won: 3-0; 5-0 (link) Bronze/6

Bec-khan had a bye in first round. In the semi-finals, he wrestled Tanaka from Japan. It was a close match. Tactically, Bec-khan wrestled well, coming out the narrow loser on points. But he equipped himself in a positive fashion.

In the repechage, Bec-khan gave a good controlled performance in which he took his opportunities well and executed a good high altitude throw to score a 5 point move which ended the contest.

For his first outing in international competition, Bec-kham approached the matches mentally, tactically and technically very well and he can hopefully build on this experience for future.

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The test event will also be the occasion for the annual meeting of the Refereeing Department that will go over the international referees’ work throughout 2011 in view of their promotion or demotion. At the end of the meeting, the referees’ categories for 2012 will be available for consultation on the FILA website. The Refereeing Department will also update the Olympic referee list for 2012 and appoint the delegates for next year’s competitions. All Olympic referees were invited by LOCOG to take part in a two-day course held on 08-09 December in order to guarantee the utmost quality of their work during the test event.

Test event for the London Olympics