Abolfazl Mahmadi Reaches Final

The semifinals of the World U23 Freestyle Wrestling Championships wrapped up in the first five weight categories. Iran’s wrestler at 82 kg advanced to the final, paving his way to a medal.

According to ambassador Arjan; On the first day of the under-23 world wrestling championship in Las Vegas, the semi-final stage of 60, 67, 72, 82 and 97 kg weights was held.

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

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

In the weight of 67 kg, Mohammad Kamali defeated Bustamante from Chile in the first round with a score of 9:0. 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 the weight of 72 kg, Ahmedreza 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 a break in the first round, Abolfazl Mehmadi defeated Mikladze from Georgia with a score of 4:1 in the second round and made his way 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, the representative of Iran won against Arapkhanov from Russia with a score of 5-0 and was named the first finalist of the national wrestling team.

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, the national weight 97 kg lost against Ihor Yakushenko from Ukraine with a result of 4:1 and made it to the classification match.