According to Mehr news agency, the country’s adult freestyle wrestling tournament and the first stage of the selection cycle of the national team was hosted by the Mazandaran wrestling committee in Sari on Wednesday.
On the first day of this competition, wrestlers weighed 57 kg, 65 kg and 97 kg, during which 32 people in 57 kg weight, 33 people in 65 kg weight and 36 people in 97 kg weight went on two mats.
At the weight of 97 kg, fight Gleej And Dehbanpur finally ended with a result of 5-1 in favor of the Khuzestan representative, so that the first surprise in this period of the competition took place. In the fourth minute of the fight, Glej refused to continue the fight. Before the tournament, Glej claimed that he was injured and sent his medical documents to the federation, but due to respect for the selection cycle, he participated in the tournament, and then he refused to continue wrestling.
Of course, the Secretary General of the Wrestling Federation also announced that Glej’s medical documents were not approved by the authorized doctor of the Federation, and now, considering his loss in the first round of the national team selection, he lost the opportunity to participate in the Olympics, and it is unlikely that he will be given another chance. to be
Also, Ahmad Baziri, who claims to weigh 97 kg in our country, did not step on the scales for unknown reasons, and according to the ultimatum of the wrestling federation, he will not have a chance to participate in the Olympics.
Ali Shabani, another contender for this weight, is not present in this competition. It seems that the main competition in this weight is between Amir Ali Azarpira and Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian to win the country’s championship.
Among other events in the 97 kg weight category, Abolfazl Babalu, the world youth gold medalist, lost to our country’s veteran Amir Mohammadi Azadkar from North Khorasan with a result of 4:4, so that another contender of this weight was on the verge of being eliminated from the competition.
Among the 57 kg contenders in the first round, Ebrahim Khovari, Alireza Sarlak, Ahmed Mohammadnejad Javan and Milad Valizadeh won against their opponents.
The ranking and finals of these three weights will be held tomorrow.