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    FILA POSTPONES TURKISH WRESTLER'S SUSPENSION

    Xinhua General News Service, China
    August 14, 2013 Wednesday 5:10 AM EST

    ANKARA Aug. 14

    Wrestling's governing body (FILA) has delayed Turkey's Riza Kayaalp's
    suspension for racism, announcing that the case will be reviewed
    after next month's World Championships, Turkish media reported Tuesday.

    Turkish wrestler Kayaalp had targetted Greeks and Armenians in his
    tweets posted during the Gezi Park unrest in Turkey. He advocated
    that "Armenians" were at the root of the Gezi protests in a series
    of tweets he later deleted.

    Kayaalp was handed a six-month ban by FILA earlier this month, but
    the Turkish Wrestling Federation (TGF) appealed the decision. FILA
    then ruled to postpone the case, opting to review the case against
    the former world and European champion athlete's anti-Armenian tweets.

    A day earlier, TGF Chairman Hamza Yerlikaya defended Kayaalp, calling
    the ban, which barred him from next month's World Championships, was
    "unlawful" and vowed to take the issue to Court of Arbitration for
    Sport (CAS) if their appeal to FILA was not successful.

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