According to the Mehr correspondent, Reza Atari, the representative of Iran 57 kg freestyle wrestling in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, is still longing to win the national team runner-up in this weight again to continue as the first Iranian national wrestler in the upcoming international events. .
Atari, who advanced to the qualifying match at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, faced Thomas Gilman of the United States for the bronze medal, but lost to this famous and powerful opponent as the fifth Olympian. Of course, he still claims this weight and intends to be in the national team again by appearing again in his main weight of 57 kg.
He, who had to lose a lot of weight to compete in the Olympics, reiterated that he would not change his weight for this year’s competition and would continue to wrestle at 57 kg, as he could not go empty-handed.
“I could not cope with myself, I do not want to lose weight without a medal,” Atari said of the possibility of changing his weight to continue wrestling. This year, I will stay at the same weight of 57 kg and I will follow my regular exercises.
He also played in the Zob Amol Steel Wrestling Premier League, where he lost to Russia’s Abbas Gadzhy Magmedov. Of course, Atari, in justifying this defeat in the Premier League final, said: I was injured and did not have proper training. In addition, due to a rib injury, I had three injections so that I could wrestle in the final. I could not breathe at all and my condition was not suitable for fighting at all. Meanwhile, this Russian opponent did not claim 56 kg at all and had lost 61 kg.
Anyway, the member of Iran’s national freestyle wrestling team in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is still longing to return to the national team. He has announced that he will definitely go to the mat in the next match with different physical conditions and training, and he is currently preparing to participate in the national championship.
According to the Mehr correspondent, the national championship freestyle wrestling competition will be held in Gorgan on January 13th and 14th, as the first stage of the national team selection cycle.
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