The competition, formerly known as the New York Athletic Club International (NYAC), is named after the late Hall of Famer Bill Farrell.
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The Bill Farrell Memorial International 2022 will be held at the New York Athletic Club in New York City from November 18 to November 19, bringing back one of the great events in American International wrestling. This Senior-level event, which dates back decades, is returning to its traditional location at the New York Athletic Club. The event was rescheduled owing to the pandemic. The most recent Bill Farrell Memorial was hosted on February 1-2, 2022, in Cedar Falls, without international competitors.
Athletes from other nations have been invited again this year and the three Olympic disciplines of men’s freestyle, women’s freestyle, and Greco-Roman will have a fair mix of international and American athletes. Albania, Armenia, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Georgia, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Puerto Rico, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and the United States have all registered athletes for the event as of November 15, 2022. The competition, formerly known as the New York Athletic Club International (NYAC), is named after the late Hall of Famer Bill Farrell, a giant in international wrestling who was connected with the NYAC for decades as an athlete, coach, and leader. Some of the wrestlers to watch out for are Adlan Askarov of Kazakhstan, India’s Bajrang Punia, Avtandil Kentachadze, Andrii Dzhelep, etc.
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The LIVE Streaming of the Bill Farrell Memorial International will be available on the FloWrestling website.
Friday, November 18
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM – Session I
Senior Greco-Roman: 1st Round, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Consolation
Senior Women’s: All rounds through 3rd and 1st place
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Session II
Senior Greco-Roman: Consolation, Consolation Semifinals, 3rd place and 1st place
Saturday, November 19
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM – Session III
Senior Men’s Freestyle: Preliminaries to Medals
57kg: Andrii Yatsenko (UKR) – World Championship Bronze Medalist 2017
61kg: Andrii Dzhelep (UKR) – World Championship Junior Silver Medalist 2019, Cadet World Championship Cadet Champion 2016
61kg: Rakhat Kalzhan (KAZ) – Asian Silver Medalist 2022
61kg: Taiyrbek Zhumashbek Uulu (KGZ) – U23 Asian Champion 2022
65kg: Adlan Askarov (KAZ) – U23 World Championship Silver Medalist 2019, World Championship Junior Bronze Medalist 2019, Erik Arushanian (UKR) – World Champion Junior 2019
70kg: Arman Avagyan (ARM) – U23 World Championship Bronze Medalist 2021, Senior World Championship 2022 5th position
74kg: Arman Andreasyan (ARM) – World Championship 2021 and 2022 5th position
79kg: Avtandil Kentachadze (GEO) – World Championship Silver Medalist 2018, U23 World Champion 2018, Vasyl Mykhailov (UKR) – Senior World Championship 2022 Bronze Medalist
86kg: Mukhammed Aliiev (UKR) – U23 World Champion 2021
