The head coach of the national youth kurash team and president of the Khorasan Razavi Kurash Association told IRNA on Thursday that the Asian Kurash Championship was held on March 17 and 18 last year in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. , Their return program was also planned from this route.
Mohammad Zandrouhani, pointing out that the convoy included 24 athletes and other members of the national team, added: “Seven of these people competed with their opponents in the men’s section and eight in the women’s section, and finally the Iranian men’s team.” With three gold, 2 silver and one bronze in a total of seven weights, the championship was won and our women’s team with a gold, three silver and two bronze in eight weights, won the valuable third place.
He said: “Kurash has entered the Asian Games for several years and our country has a good capacity in this sport, so that in the 2018 Jakarta Games in Indonesia, Iranian athletes were able to bring colorful medals to our country.”
The head coach of the Kurash national youth team, referring to the position of the tournament, said: The next seven months of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games will be held in China, and this tournament was a good test for the participants due to the presence of many contenders. .
Rouhani pointed to the capacity of Khorasan Razavi in this field and said: 2 members of the men’s team and one member of the women’s team along with one of the coaches participating in this competition were from Khorasan Razavi province, which shows the high capacity of this province. It has this field in educating athletes, and on the other hand, for 2 consecutive years, Khorasan Razavi athletes have been able to win the first place in the country.