According to the Mehr news agency, the preliminary competitions of the first five weights of the freestyle wrestling competitions were held last night in Belgrade, Serbia. At the end of this stage, Amir Ali Azarpira in the weight of 97 kg reached the final. Also, Ahmad Mohammadnejad Javan, Ali Akbar Fazli and Ali Savadkoohi in the weights of 57, 70 and 79 kg entered the group of losers.
In the 57 kg weight category, the young Ahmad Mohammadnejad, after resting in the first round, crossed the Patrick Glory barrier in the United States with a result of 11 to 11 in the second round and reached the quarterfinals. At this stage, he lost to Bacbolat Mirzanzar Olu, the Asian bronze medalist from Kyrgyzstan, with a result of 7: 0, and due to the presence of this wrestler in the final match, the representative of our country went to the group of losers. He must first wrestle with Diamantito Yona Fafe of Guinea-Bissau, and if he wins, he will advance to the qualifiers and face Dmitri Shamla of Belarus.
In the 65 kg weight category, Seyed Hassan Ebadi defeated Caroli Case of Hungary 11-0 in the first round. Javit Ajar of Turkey lost 5-4 in the second round. Ebadi withdrew from the competition.
In the weight of 70 kg, Ali Akbar Fazli, after resting in the first round in the second round, due to the non-participation of Basar Nodom from Guinea-Bissau, won and reached the quarter-final stage. At this stage, he lost to world silver medalist Arnazar Akmat Aliyev of Kyrgyzstan 10-6, and Fazli went to the losers as the Kyrgyz wrestler advanced to the final. In this group, he will have to wrestle with Chiristos Chiristoforidis from Greece, and if he wins over this opponent, he will go to the qualifying match to face Murad Oliviev from Azerbaijan.
In the first round, Ali Savadkoohi (79 kg) passed the Wiki Dam in India with a result of 4: 4. In the second round, he defeated Oktay Hassan of Bulgaria 10-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. Savadkoohi lost to Magomed Magomayev of Russia 7-0 at this stage. The qualifying match will take place against Ashraf Ashirov from Azerbaijan.
In the 97 kg weight category, Amir Ali Azarpira defeated Vasil Polyuchenka of Belarus 5-0 in the first round. In the next round and in the quarterfinals, he won 5: 3 against Zoriko Ortashvili from Georgia and reached the semifinals. At this stage, Azarpira defeated Jonathan Ilo from the United States with a score of 9: 0 and advanced to the final match. His opponent in the final match of Rado Lifter is the European silver medalist under 23 from Moldova.
The classification and final matches of the first five weights of the World Hopes Freestyle Wrestling Championship will be held tonight.
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