New Wrestling Star: Cousin of Olympic Silver Medalist

Abolfazl Mehmadi was the only Iranian wrestler to reach the final in the first five weight categories of the U23 World Freestyle Wrestling Championships.

According to "Verzeh Se", in the first five weights of under-23 wrestling in the world, which started last night in Las Vegas, Abolfazl Mehmedi was the only undefeated star of Hassan Rangers team.

After taking a break in the first round, Abolfazl Mehmadi defeated Mikladze from Georgia with a score of 4:1 in the second round in the weight of 82 kg and went to the quarter finals.

Mehmadi defeated Mihael Lukacs from Croatia in the quarter-finals with a score of 9-0 and reached the semi-finals.

But the peak of this young Iranian wrestler's work was in the semi-final against Arapkhanov from Russia, who was able to defeat his strong opponent with a score of 5-0 and was named the first finalist of the Iranian national wrestling team.

Mehmadi will face Martik Petrosyan from Armenia to win the gold medal on Wednesday morning and could be Iran's first gold in Las Vegas.

Abolfazl, Alireza Mehmedi's cousin, is the world and Olympic runner-up, who is currently in the senior national team, and is scheduled to wrestle in Kazakhstan in a few days at 87 kg weight.