“Despite the injustices committed in these competitions, our boxers were able to be in the power ring,” Alireza Esteki told IRNA in Belgrade on Sunday on the eve of returning to Tehran with full satisfaction. Show yourself.
He added: “Our national boxing team has successfully passed the world championship in Serbia and is now preparing for the Asian competitions.”
“As much as we can camp with countries, train and compete with foreign teams to be more prepared, it is very useful and effective for our boxers,” Stecki said, referring to the good hosting of matches and the need for more overseas camps.
He considered Serbia suitable for the army and national trainings and said: “Serbia is very suitable for holding camps and competitions for various reasons, including the great interest of the Serbian people in sports, and we can cooperate well with different boxing teams in this country.” .
Asked what preparations the national team had for the World Cup, he said: “Our team did not have much time to participate in the Serbian championship and we had about three weeks of training and camping.” We were involved in team selection for two weeks and entered the tournament without a preparation game, but as I said, we were successful in the tournament with the efforts of our boxers.
He clarified about the continuation of the activities of our national boxing team on its return to Tehran: We will start our camp and training in about two weeks. God willing, we will implement our plans for the Asian Games so that, God willing, we can shine in the Asian Games.
The head of our national boxing team said about the refereeing of the boxing championship in Serbia: “The refereeing of this competition was better than the previous competitions, but in these competitions, four of our games were captured by injustice.” I can mention the competitions of “Meysam Gheshlaghi” in the weight of 80 kg, “Ashkan Rezaei” in the weight of 63.5 kg, “Seyed Shahin Mousavi” in the weight of 75 kg, “Moslem Maghsoudi” in the weight of 67 kg, respectively. The games of these boxers were quite obvious. Especially Rezaei and Gheshlaghi, who were strongly influenced by the referee.
At the end of the conversation, he thanked “Rashid Hassanpour”, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the cooperation of “Ali Naimi”, the Consul of the Embassy, who regularly accompanied the national team and met the needs of the team.
The World Boxing Championships with the participation of 88 countries started on November 23rd in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, and continued until November 6th.
The national boxing team of the Islamic Republic of Iran, led by Alireza Esteki, won 10 victories and a bronze medal at the end of the World Championships in Serbia, thus ranking 24th in the World Championships.
“Daniel Shahbakhsh” in the weight of 60 kg brought a bronze medal to our country in this world championship.
This is the first time that our country’s flag was raised at the World Boxing Championships.
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