Kurash

Historia

Kurash is the traditional standing wrestling of Uzbekistan and Central Asia, practised for centuries at weddings and festivals. Wrestlers hold each other's towel-like belts and try to throw the opponent onto his back; there is no ground fighting.

Modern sport kurash was organised in the 1990s, and the International Kurash Association was founded in 1998. Kurash was a medal sport at the 2018 Asian Games.

¿Sabías que…?

• Wrestlers wear green and blue jackets.
• Grabbing below the belt and fighting on the ground are forbidden.
• Kurash means "to reach the goal by fair means" in Uzbek tradition.

Glosario de técnicas

Halol

clean throw onto the back, wins at once

Yonbosh

throw onto the side

Chala

smaller score

Armas y equipo

Yaktak

jacket, green or blue

Belt

held with both hands

Fuentes: International Kurash Association · Olympic Council of Asia