To Our Friends in Wrestling Around the world
By Ikuo Higuchi
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public
Information Committee
Six best wrestlers will participate the Women's
World Cup
The first annual Women's World Cup will
be held in Levallois, France, on 3-4 November.
The Japan Women's Wrestling Federation will
send the best member, that is to say the
same wrestlers with that of the World Championships,
to the competition and will aim to the champion
of the World.
Off course, the fedaration understand the
World Championships will be held in Sofia,
Bulgaria, on 22-25 November. But Since the
second wrestler's team couldn't win at the
Asian Championships in Ulan-Bator, Mongolia,
on June, the fedarition decided to send the
best team.
The member is as follows:
Team leader and Head coach : Akira Suzuki (Japan Beverage)
Coach : Ryo Kanehama (Japan Beverage)
46kg : Misato Shimizu (Japan Beverage)
51kg : Hitomi Sakamoto (Chukyo Women's University)
56kg : Seiko Yamamoto (Nihon University)
62kg : Rena Iwama (Chukyo Women's University)
68kg : Mimi Sugawara (Kokushikan University)
75kg : Kyoko Hamaguchi (Hamaguchi Gym)