Hapsigai on Flowrestling!

Joey Delgado made history by competing in the hapsigai tournament on the center mat after the conclusion of the finals matches tonight. Joey won his first match with a spectacular counter to a single leg. He lost his second match but lasted longer than the reigning Russian national champ. Flowrestling was there to video the historic occasion so you can check it out when they upload it. Tomorrow Toney Chay will compete!

Earlier in the day the team visited a few museums. One was in an old Cossack house on the edge of town with all sorts of interesting bits. Next we visited the "Kingdom of Frozen Things," where we went in an ice cave with all sorts of Christmas themed ice carvings. Finally we hit the Mammoth museum with the skeleton of a full sized mammoth and lots of other ice age stuff. Very interesting.

At this point it's hard to tell the difference between the clothing of Team Oregon and our hosts. The dorm has basically become a Turkish bizarre with trades, sales and highway robbery taking place around each corner. Several of our kids are wearing Russian warm ups and t shirts while "Sweet Home University" was proudly displayed on a Russian chest today among several other Oregon themed shirts, shorts, hats, etc.

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