In an interview with Mehr reporter, Ebrahim Javadi said about the defeat of Iranian wrestlers against the Russians in the Yarigin Cup: The continuous defeat of Iranian wrestlers against the Russians is a serious alarm for Iranian wrestling, when Ma Hajiev was brought as a coach to the national freestyle wrestling team. At the same time, I criticized that the presence of a Russian coach is bad for Iranian wrestling because we own the style in the world. I wrestled with the Russians for 6 years, but I never once gave up the result.
He said: “Unfortunately, now all Iranian wrestlers leave the result to Russian wrestlers.” In this year’s league matches, the Russians showed their superiority to the Iranian wrestlers, now in the Yarigin Cup, out of the 8 representatives of Iran in this tournament, only one wrestler was able to reach the silver medal and the rest were defeated by the Russians. This shows that Iran’s wrestling has lost a lot compared to the Russians, and they kept themselves ready during this time when they were away from the competition.
The former veteran of freestyle wrestling emphasized: The successive defeats of Iranian wrestlers against the Russians is a warning sign for Iranian wrestling, and if the technical staff does not do something, we will definitely face problems. The Olympics will be held in less than 8 months and the Russians will participate in these competitions after a long ban.
Javadi said: “Participating in the Olympics and facing Russian wrestlers is not a joke.” The federation should invite those who were proud in wrestling and ask their opinions in several meetings. In my opinion, the head coach of the national team has not done anything, either when he was in charge of leading the national team or now that Kaveh has accepted the responsibility, there has been no change in freestyle wrestling and the results have not been satisfactory.
He said: Considering these conditions, in my opinion, the federation should seek help from wrestling elders to improve the conditions a little. Successive defeats against the Russians are a warning sign and should be taken seriously.
Referring to the performance of Swadekohi, the Iranian wrestling veteran said: Swadekohi once defeated Jordan Burrows, but he is old and not like that legendary wrestler. He defeated Jordan Burroughs, who is far from the peak of preparation, so we should not think that he should now become the world champion by defeating Jordan Burroughs. I think we should think about free shipping. In the Croatian tournament, some wrestlers did not perform well and did not meet the expectations, so we have to think about it now.