Iowa State Championships will also host wrestle offs for ANOC World Beach Games Rathbun Lake, Iowa- Iowa is no stranger to HUGE wrestling events! This weekend, the Iowa Beach Wrestling State Championships will add to that list as Iowa crowns beach wrestling state champions for the 1st time, as well as hosting special wrestle-offs for the 2023 ANOC World Beach Games. The Kraken Tournament was a big hit in its inaugural year last year, drawing nearly 100 wrestlers from five states. Competitors were treated to a day of hot weather as well as hot wrestling action. This year the 2023 ANOC World Beach Games will take place August 5th-12th in Bali, Indonesia, with Beach wrestling taking place August 10-11. These games are essentially the “Olympics” of sand and action sports, and beach wrestling has been a core sport since the