Media accreditation for Freestyle World Cup in Los Angeles underway
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by USA Wrestling
USA Wrestling has initiated the media accreditation process for the 2015 Freestyle World Cup, which will be hosted at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., 11-12 April.
The World Cup is the annual international dual meet championships, and will feature the top eight men’s freestyle wrestling teams in the world. This is the second straight year that USA Wrestling has hosted the World Cup in Los Angeles.
Media members will be requested to completely fill out an accreditation form, providing complete information about their media outlet, their job function and additional information. Each media member seeking accreditation will be required to fill out their own form.
Click Here to download credential form as a pdf
The completed accreditation form can be sent to Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling via FAX at 719-598-9440 or by mail. USA Wrestling will respond to each media request in a timely fashion.
Accreditation requests sent by email will be accepted, if the requested information is included. Information required in email applications includes name of journalist, name of media outlet, address of journalist, phone number, cell phone number, email, website, FILA wrestling events attended, Olympic Games attended, AIPS number, media category, job function, arrival and departure dates.
The media categories include: newspaper, magazine, website, television, radio, agency, federation or other. The job functions include: print journalist, photographer, videographer, commentator, technician and other.
Deadline for media accreditation requests is 1 April, 2015.
Media members will have the opportunity to stay at the official host hotel, the Hilton Los Angeles Airport, as part of the World Cup Wrestling Friends and Family room block there. Rooms are approximately $122 per night plus tax. Media must go online to wrestlingworldcup.com and can directly to secure their room at the following website link:
https://aws.passkey.com/g/45273134
Accredited media are not required to stay at the host hotel and may make their own arrangements, as desired. USA Wrestling and FILA will not handle hotel accommodations for media attending the Freestyle World Cup.
Journalists who are approved for accreditation will receive additional information, including event press releases, press conference information and other event related materials. Please note that accredited journalists will have access to wireless internet while covering this event.
The eight nations which will compete for the World Cup are: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Mongolia, Russia, Turkey and the United States.
At the 2014 World Cup held in Los Angeles, Iran was the team champion, with Russia in second place and the host United States in third place in a 10-nation field.
To learn more about the Freestyle World Cup, visit WrestlingWorldCup.com
For more information on accreditation, contact Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling via email at gabbott@usawrestling.org, or via telephone at the office at 719-265-3641.
The World Cup is the annual international dual meet championships, and will feature the top eight men’s freestyle wrestling teams in the world. This is the second straight year that USA Wrestling has hosted the World Cup in Los Angeles.
Media members will be requested to completely fill out an accreditation form, providing complete information about their media outlet, their job function and additional information. Each media member seeking accreditation will be required to fill out their own form.
Click Here to download credential form as a pdf
The completed accreditation form can be sent to Gary Abbott of USA Wrestling via FAX at 719-598-9440 or by mail. USA Wrestling will respond to each media request in a timely fashion.
Accreditation requests sent by email will be accepted, if the requested information is included. Information required in email applications includes name of journalist, name of media outlet, address of journalist, phone number, cell phone number, email, website, FILA wrestling events attended, Olympic Games attended, AIPS number, media category, job function, arrival and departure dates.
The media categories include: newspaper, magazine, website, television, radio, agency, federation or other. The job functions include: print journalist, photographer, videographer, commentator, technician and other.
Deadline for media accreditation requests is 1 April, 2015.
Media members will have the opportunity to stay at the official host hotel, the Hilton Los Angeles Airport, as part of the World Cup Wrestling Friends and Family room block there. Rooms are approximately $122 per night plus tax. Media must go online to wrestlingworldcup.com and can directly to secure their room at the following website link:
https://aws.passkey.com/g/45273134
Accredited media are not required to stay at the host hotel and may make their own arrangements, as desired. USA Wrestling and FILA will not handle hotel accommodations for media attending the Freestyle World Cup.
Journalists who are approved for accreditation will receive additional information, including event press releases, press conference information and other event related materials. Please note that accredited journalists will have access to wireless internet while covering this event.
The eight nations which will compete for the World Cup are: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, Mongolia, Russia, Turkey and the United States.
At the 2014 World Cup held in Los Angeles, Iran was the team champion, with Russia in second place and the host United States in third place in a 10-nation field.
To learn more about the Freestyle World Cup, visit WrestlingWorldCup.com
For more information on accreditation, contact Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling via email at gabbott@usawrestling.org, or via telephone at the office at 719-265-3641.
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