The winner has been determined in Ulugazi Oil Wrestling, which IMM has made traditional after 83 years. Last year's chief wrestler, Hüseyin Gümüşalan, repeated his success by defeating Yusufcan Zeybek in the final. Gümüşalan, the President of İBB, won the golden belt. Ekrem İmamoğlutook it from her hand.
Hosted by Spor Istanbul, a subsidiary of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), the 2nd Ulugazi Oil Wrestling held in Maltepe Orhangazi City Park witnessed breathtaking struggles. In Ulugazi Oil Wrestling, which became traditional for the first time since 1938, approximately 9 wrestlers wrestled, 500 of which were chief wrestlers with golden belts. IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlumade a speech before the semi-finals of the tournament, which lasted for two days, and at the award ceremony.
OUR NATION IS THE AGA OF Wrestling, WHERE GAZI IS NAMED
President İmamoğlu, who greeted the wrestlers and welcomed the people of Istanbul in his speech before the semi-finals, touched upon the history of Ulugazi Oil Wrestling, which started with Atatürk's desire to popularize and expand wrestling. Reminding that they brought Atatürk's heirloom back to life with the information they obtained from past documents and records, İmamoğlu said, “It was very good. Years later, we are proud and honored to start Ulugazi Oil Wrestling in Istanbul. We wish it to continue for many more years," he said. Stating that competitions with a deep-rooted history are held in every corner of Turkey, such as Elmalı and Kırkpınar, İmamoğlu said, “However, Istanbul can of course add a different color and a different momentum to wrestling. Due to its name in Istanbul, Ulugazi Wrestling does not have an 'Ağalık' race. Because where the name of Gazi is, the Agha of those wrestlings is our nation,” he said.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE Wrestling in ISTANBUL
Noting that the İBB Sports Club athletes, who participated in the World Wrestling Championship with the national team uniform, returned with medals, İmamoğlu said, “I congratulate our wrestlers. Istanbul may be the source and infrastructure of wrestling. In this sense, we will make this even stronger with our athlete screening unit. It will become very colorful with its competitions and with our citizens. You will see, Istanbul will be the center of wrestling, this branch in the international arena, again on behalf of our country. We will continue to keep the most special moment of oil wrestling, our ancestral sport, in Istanbul.”
BAŞPEHLİVAN HÜSEYİN GÜMÜZALAN
Having taken a souvenir photo with Hüseyin Gümüşalan, Mustafa Taş, Serhat Balcı and Yusufcan Zeybek, who made it to the semi-finals, in the private square, İmamoğlu wished success to the wrestlers and took his place to watch the matches. Hüseyin Gümüşalan was matched with Mustafa Taş, while the other match of the semi-finals was between Serhat Balcı and Yusufcan Zeybek. Gümüşalan and Zeybek were victorious and made their names in the finals. IMM President Ekrem İmamoğluGumusalan became the chief wrestler, winning the match between Hüseyin Gümüşalan and Yusufcan Zeybek, which was started by .
DON'T LET A STONE TOUCH YOUR FEET…
IMM President gave his gold belt and cup to Chief Pehlivan Hüseyin Gümüşalan, and gold and medals to the second and third winners of the competitions, and made a short speech at the award ceremony. Stating that the wrestlers exhibited a great example of struggle, İmamoğlu said, “I watched with pleasure. We will do much better next year. I hope it will continue like this, three, five, seven, ten. Our wrestler, who won the gold belt for the second time, has already made the third claim. We have worthy wrestlers who fight at least as much as he does. Don't let a stone touch their feet. Good thing they are. The presence of these wrestlers preserves this noble struggle. May God give them health and peace," he said.
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