According to Mehr news agency, the international wrestling competition of the Dimitri Kerkin Cup of Russia is being held in the city of Yakutsk, and the Iranian team participated in this competition with 5 representatives. At the end of the preliminaries, Mobin Azimi reached the final in the weight of 86 kg, and this evening he will go to the mat to win the gold medal.
The results of our country’s wrestlers are as follows:
In the weight of 57 kg, Mohammadreza Esadi won the first match against a Russian opponent, and in the second match, he was defeated by another Russian opponent, and due to the defeat of his opponent, he withdrew from the two competitions.
In the weight of 61 kg, Ebrahim Elahi won his first two matches against Russian wrestlers, and in the third match, he lost against a Macedonian opponent, and due to his opponent’s defeat, he withdrew from the two competitions.
In the 65 kg weight, Ali Rezaei defeated an opponent from Tajikistan in the first bout. Rezaei lost to another Russian opponent in the third match and due to the defeat of this wrestler in the next round, the representative of our country withdrew from the competition.
In the weight of 92 kg, Mobin Azimi won two matches against opponents from Russia and went to the finals. This afternoon, he will face Guram Chertkov from Russia to win the gold medal.
In the weight of 125 kg, Salar Habibi was defeated in the first match against an opponent from Belarus, and due to the defeat of this wrestler in the next round against Salaperz from Cuba, the representative of our country was eliminated.
150 wrestlers from Russia, Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Cuba, Macedonia, Mongolia, Bulgaria and Tajikistan are participating in this tournament.