US, Russia and Iran to wrestle in New York

Published: May 14, 2013 

Olympic Wrestling Unity

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 10, 2012 file photo, from left: Silver medalist Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi, from Iran; gold medalist Jordan Ernest Burroughs, from the United States; bronze medalist Soslan Tigiev, from Uzbekistan; and bronze medalist Denis Tsargush, from Russia, participate in the medals ceremony for men's 74-kg freestyle wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London. The U.S., Russian and Iranian wrestling teams will meet on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, for an historic exhibition in New York. It's a showcase event for what the sport's international governing body has dubbed “World Wrestling Month.”

Paul Sancya, File — AP Photo

The governments of the United States and Russia can sometimes be at odds.

Americans and Iranians rarely see eye to eye on anything.

But the possibility of wrestling losing its Olympic spot has given these three often-divergent nations a cause to rally around.

The U.S., Russian and Iranian wrestling teams will meet on Wednesday for an historic exhibition in New York. It's a showcase event for what the sport's international governing body has dubbed "World Wrestling Month."

The New York exhibition, known as "The Rumble on the Rails" and to be held at Grand Central Terminal, is designed to highlight the sport's international appeal and popularity.

Nenad Lalovic, the acting president of wrestling's governing body, says this crisis has forced all wrestling nations to stick together.

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