USA Wrestling and the Metropolitan Wrestling Association have started the accreditation process for media to attend the ASICS 2005 East Coast National Beach Wrestling Championships in Long Beach, N.Y., August 13.    The media will have an opportunity to cover the first national-level event in the new sport of beach wrestling held in the United States.     Click here to download a PDF file with the accreditation form for the ASICS 2005 East Coast National Beach Wrestling Championships.    http://www.themat.com/newusaw/press/Beachaccred.pdf    Accredited media will be located in a special media area at the beach wrestling venue, and will have access to athletes and event organizers for interviews during and after the competition.    FILA, the international wrestling federation, announced that Beach Wrestling would be added as a new international wrestling style during the 2004 Olympic Games.    On Saturday, August 13, a rules clinic is set for 11:30 a.m. The wrestling will begin promptly at 12:00 Noon at Riverside Boulevard Beach.    There will be five competition divisions for the Beach Wrestling event: High School Boys, High School Girls, College, Open Men, Open Women.    Men must wear athletic swim trunks, and women must wear one-piece or two-piece bathing suits. The tournament will be a double-elimination bracketing format. Athletes wrestle on a sand surface, with a 20-foot diameter circle marked in the sand. Matches start in the standing position and last three minutes.    Media accreditation forms must be sent in to Gary Abbott, Director of Communications for USA Wrestling via FAX at 719-598-9440 by Monday, August 8.    For more information on covering the ASICS 2005 East Coast National Beach Wrestling Championships, contact Gary Abbott at 719-598-8181 (office) or (719)659-9637 (cell).