Barents wrestling competition 2013
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“It is very important for the local kids to compete with other kids from the Barents Region, says Willy Bangsund, one of the Norwegian organizers. “They learn to know and respect their neighbors, and it makes the overall level much higher in Finnmark then other counties in Norway”. -
Mart Abdulhayza from Norway and Anton Turlakov from Russia in the final match in weight class 66. -
Kaja Bergersen (13) from Kirkenes in Northern Norway in a professional battle with her good friend Ramona Eriksen (17) from neighboring city Vardø. -
Sergey (from the the right) and his friends Yaroslav, Artem and Alexey from Snezhnogorsk in Northwest-Russia agree that the most exciting thing is to play with the other kids when being abroad. -
Sports injuries are treated rapidly during the october championship. -
Synne M. Haagensen from Norway fighting Tilda Naslund from Sweden. -
Wrestling is predominantly a male sport, but 30 girls from the Barents Region found their way to Kirkenes on Saturday to prove that notion wrong.
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