Greco-Roman Wrestling U23 World Championships | One Gold, Two Bronze for Iran in First Five Weight Classes

Iranian representatives won one gold and two bronze medals at the U23 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships.

The under-23 world championship wrestling competitions were followed by Iranian representatives winning one gold and two bronze.

According to Ambassador Arjan, the classification matches and finals of the first day of the under-23 world championship wrestling competitions were held this morning in five weights of 60, 67, 72, 82 and 97 kg in Las Vegas, USA.

The results of the representatives of our country are as follows:

In the weight of 60 kg, Mohammad Ashiri was defeated by Skripchak from Poland in the first round with a score of 8-6, and due to the defeat of this wrestler in the next stage against an opponent from Azerbaijan, Ashiri withdrew from the competition.

In the weight of 67 kg, Mohammad Kamali defeated Bustamante from Chile with a score of 9:0 in the first round. In the next stage, he won against Manev from Bulgaria with a score of 9-0 and went to the quarter finals. In this stage, he passed the barrier of Arslanbek Salimov from Poland with a score of 8-0 and reached the semi-finals. In this stage, Kamali lost to Zakrif from Russia with a score of 13:2 and made it to the ranking match. In this match, he won against Yurik Hovian from Armenia with a score of 6-0 and won the bronze medal.

In the weight of 72 kg, Ahmadreza Mohsennejad lost to Kochkurov from Uzbekistan in the first round with a score of 3-1, and due to the defeat of this wrestler in the next round against an opponent from Azerbaijan, Mohsennejad was eliminated.

In the weight of 82 kg, after taking a break in the first round, Abolfazl Mehmadi defeated Mikladze from Georgia in the second round with a score of 4:1 and went to the quarter finals. In this stage, Mehmedi defeated Mihael Lukacs from Croatia with a score of 9-0 and reached the semi-finals. In this stage, he won against Arapkhanov from Russia with a score of 5-0 and was named the first finalist of the national wrestling team. In the final, he won 2-1 against Martik Petrosyan from Armenia and won the first gold medal of Iran's caravan.

In the weight of 97 kg, Mohammad Hadi Saidi defeated Zambrano from Ecuador in the first round with a score of 8:0. In the second round, he beat Chatsaturov from Greece with a score of 6-1 and reached the quarterfinals. Saidi defeated Wojciech Ivanovski from Poland with a result of 5:3 and went to the semi-final match. In this stage, he lost against Ihor Yakushenko from Ukraine with a score of 4:1 and made it to the ranking match. At this stage, Saidi defeated Nurasil Aman Ali from Kazakhstan with a score of 8:0 and won the bronze medal.