22 June 2007
International Olympic Committee president invited to wrestling tournament in Minsk
Alyaksandr Myadzvedz (Medved), a three-time Olympic wrestling champion, has invited Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), to attend a wrestling tournament in Minsk this October.
"The IOC president has accepted the invitation but he has to look at his schedule," Mr. Myadzvedz, deputy chairman of the Belarusian National Olympic Committee, told reporters in Minsk on June 22.
Mr. Myadzvedz handed the invitation to the IOC president at a ceremony inaugurating a new office of the world wrestling federation in Lausanne, Switzerland, earlier this month.
The tournament, which bears the name of the Belarusian wrestling legend, has been held annually since 1970.// BelaPAN
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