• SARIGERME, TURKEY - MAY 28: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this handout image provided by United World Wrestling, Mert Cikmaz (bottom) of Turkey competes against Nika Kenchadze of Georgia during the first day of the first stop of the UWW Beach Wrestling World Series at Sarigerme, Turkey on May 28, 2022. (Photo by Dean Treml/UWW via Getty Images)
    SARIGERME, TURKEY - MAY 28: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this handout image provided by United World Wrestling, Mert Cikmaz (bottom) of Turkey competes against Nika Kenchadze of Georgia during the first day of the first stop of the UWW Beach Wrestling World Series at Sarigerme, Turkey on May 28, 2022. (Photo by Dean Treml/UWW via Getty Images)
  • Somonjon Ikromov (top) of Tajikistan wrestles Yvan Brandon Guiadem Kamdem of France.
    Somonjon Ikromov (top) of Tajikistan wrestles Yvan Brandon Guiadem Kamdem of France.
  • French wrestler Quentin Jean-Rene Sticker plants a tree as part of a climate project at the UWW Beach Wrestling World Series at Sarigerme.
    French wrestler Quentin Jean-Rene Sticker plants a tree as part of a climate project at the UWW Beach Wrestling World Series at Sarigerme.
  • Muhammad Inam (top) of Pakistan wrestles Mahmut Seyfi Ozkaya of Turkey.
    Muhammad Inam (top) of Pakistan wrestles Mahmut Seyfi Ozkaya of Turkey.
  • Aysegul Ozbege (L) of Turkey competes against Stefania Zacheila of Greece.
    Aysegul Ozbege (L) of Turkey competes against Stefania Zacheila of Greece.
  • Ibrahim Yusubov (L) of Azerbaijan wrestles Robin Singh of India.
    Ibrahim Yusubov (L) of Azerbaijan wrestles Robin Singh of India.
  • Emine Cataloglu of Turkey during her match against Stefania Claudia Priceputu of Romania.
    Emine Cataloglu of Turkey during her match against Stefania Claudia Priceputu of Romania.
  • Hatice Ede Tekin (L) of Turkey wrestles Yulia Kremezna Malyk of Ukraine.
    Hatice Ede Tekin (L) of Turkey wrestles Yulia Kremezna Malyk of Ukraine.
  • Aysegul Ozbege (facing camera) of Turkey competes against Stefania Zacheila of Greece.
    Aysegul Ozbege (facing camera) of Turkey competes against Stefania Zacheila of Greece.
  • Stefania Zacheila celebrates during her match against Aysegul Ozbege.
    Stefania Zacheila celebrates during her match against Aysegul Ozbege.
  • Greek wrestlers Archilleas Chrysidis and Christos Christoforidis (in blue) take part in a beach clean-up at the UWW Beach Wrestling World Series in Sarigerme, Turkey.
    Greek wrestlers Archilleas Chrysidis and Christos Christoforidis (in blue) take part in a beach clean-up at the UWW Beach Wrestling World Series in Sarigerme, Turkey.

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UWW Beach Wrestling World Series in Turkey - in pictures

Competitors gathered to take part in the annual event on Saturday and Sunday

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May 30, 2022

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Updated: May 30, 2022, 12:51 PM
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