
According to the Mehr News Agency, the first five weight freestyle wrestling preliminary matches of the Islamic Countries Games were held in Konya, Turkey, at the end of which 3 representatives of our country made it to the finals and one representative is present in the classification meeting.
At the end of the preliminary round, Mohammadsadeq Firozpour in 74 kg weight, Alireza Karimi in 86 kg weight and Mojtabi Gilij in 97 kg weight defeated all their competitors and made it to the finals. Morteza Qiyasi also qualified for the 65 kg weight class.
In the weight of 57 kg, after taking a break in the first round, Reza Momeni lost to Hikmatullah Vahidaf from Tajikistan in the second round with a score of 6:4, and due to the defeat of this wrestler in the next round against a Kyrgyz opponent, Momeni withdrew from the competition.
In the weight of 65 kg, Morteza Qiyasi won against Hamze Alaja from Turkey with the result of 6:2 in the first round. In the second match, he lost 8-4 against Haji Aliyev, the holder of world gold, silver and Olympic bronze medals from Azerbaijan, and due to the presence of this wrestler in the final match, he qualified for the classification match. The representative of our country will face Omid Jalalov from Uzbekistan in the ranking match.
In the weight of 74 kg, Mohammad Sadegh Ferozpour defeated Fazli Erilmaz from Turkey with a score of 9:6 in the first round. In the next round, he defeated Erzu Isakov from Jordan with a score of 13:4 and went to the semi-finals. In this stage, he won against world silver medalist and Asian champion Nurkja Kaipanov from Kazakhstan with a score of 3:2 and went to the finals. Firozpur will face Turan Bayramov from Azerbaijan in the final match.
In the weight of 86 kg, Alireza Karimi defeated Karipbayev from Kyrgyzstan in the first round with a score of 10:0. In the next round, he defeated Banfar Fatih from Algeria with a score of 10-0 and qualified for the final. In the final match, he will face Abu Bakr Abakarov from Azerbaijan.
In the weight of 97 kg, Mojtabi Gilij defeated Baysal Kobatov from Kyrgyzstan with a score of 10:0 in the first round. In the next round, he beat Rahman Jan Mahmoudbekov from Tajikistan with a score of 10 to 0 and went to the semi-finals. In this stage, he won against Mamed Ibragimov with the result of 13:2 and went to the finals. In this match, Gilij will face Mustafa Sisiz from Turkey.