Four Medal Chances in Five Second-Stage Weights; / Two More Golds Await Freestyle Under-23s

Apart from the heavyweight freestyler, four other Iranian national team members have medal chances in the five second-stage weight categories of freestyle wrestling.

According to "Verzeh Se", the preliminary stage of the second five weights of the under-23 world championship wrestling competitions was held this morning in the weights of 55, 63, 77, 87 and 130 kg in Las Vegas, USA.

At the end of the preliminaries, Iran's wrestling team has two finalists and two wrestlers are trying to win the bronze medal again.

In the 55 kg category, Armin Shamsipour defeated Maxim Sarmanov from Moldova in the first round with a score of 13:4. In the next round, he defeated Zhao from China with a score of 8-0. Shamsipour lost to Moreh from India in the quarter-finals with a result of 8-1, and due to the presence of this wrestler in the finals, Shamsipour returned to the chance group again. First, he has to wrestle with Issac Marin Mata from Mexico, and if he wins, he will face Malik Gigieff from Russia.

In the weight of 63 kg, Irfan Jerkani defeated Khozervanizeh from Georgia with the result of 4:2 in the first round. In the next stage, he passed the Tropolini dam from Albania with a score of 9-0. In the next stage, Jerkani passed the barrier of Vitali Eriomenko from Moldova with a score of 2:1 and went to the semi-finals. In this stage, he defeated Angi from Türkiye 5-1 and became a finalist. Jerkani will fight Manato Nakamura from Japan in the final match.

In the weight of 77 kg, Ahura Boiri defeated Yermif from Estonia in the first round with a score of 9:0. In the next round, he lost to Alameddin from Egypt with a score of 5-1, and due to the presence of his opponent in the final, Boiri returned to the table of chances again. First, he has to wrestle with Ruslan Noorullahyev from Azerbaijan, and if he wins, he will then face Goneim Hotland from Norway, and if this wrestler loses, he will go to the classification match, in which case he will have to fight with Irfan Mirzayev from Ukraine to win the bronze medal.

In the weight of 87 kg, Yasin Yazdi defeated Vamos from Serbia in the second round with a score of 11:0 after taking a break in the first round. He then defeated Hajiyev from Azerbaijan with a score of 6-2 and went to the semi-final match. At this stage, Yazdi beat Martin Lusak from Norway with a score of 3-1 and reached the final. To win the gold medal, he must face Tamirlan Turdakin from Kazakhstan.

In the weight of 130 kg, Abolfazl Fathi Tzangi, after resting in the first round, was defeated by Darabos from Hungary in the second round with a result of 1:1, and due to the defeat of this wrestler in the next stage, Tzangi withdrew from the competition.