"Beat the Streets" in Dagestan

[grapplefann]

Interesting article from the NYT about wrestling as an alternative to joining terrorist groups in Dagestan, where the majority of Russia's best wrestlers come from:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/world/europe/russia-dagestan-wrestling.html

Here's some background on Dagestan wrestling from Flo:
https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/5967578-dagestan-for-dummies
https://www.flowrestling.org/video/5974363-dagestan-for-dummies
https://www.flowrestling.org/video/...rbanaliev-winning-gold-and-dagestan-dominance

Abdulrashid Sadulaev and many others are from Dagestan.

 

[grapplefann]

Bump

 

[Jackhawk87]

Watched Icarus recently RE state sponsored doping in Russia. I would assume most of the Russian wrestlers have been doping forever. Do the wrestlers get tested for the World Championships and events like this?