According to Mehr reporter, according to the selection cycle of the national freestyle wrestling team, which recently ended with the determination of the national team members sent to the 2022 World Championships in Serbia and the 2022 Islamic Countries Games in Turkey, some of the freestyle wrestlers had gone to the Tunisian tournament to be under the microscope. be technically One of these freestylers was Alireza Sarlek, the runner-up of the 2021 world championship, who was finally able to win the bronze medal in the Tunisian tournament and become the Iranian national team member in the 57 kg weight category in the world competition.
The international wrestling competition of the World Wrestling Federation was held on July 25 and 26 in Tunisia, and in the weight of 57 kg, the competitions were held periodically with the participation of 6 wrestlers in 2 groups of 3 people.
In this way, Ahmad Mohammadnejad Javan and Alireza Sarlak, together with Odit from India, faced each other, and the match between Azadkaran of our country ended with a result of 2-0 in favor of Sarlak.
In the next match, Serlak defeated “Udit” from India with a score of 4-1, but in the semi-final, he lost to the world champion “Thomas Gilman” from America with a score of 11-7 and went to the classification match. In this race, due to the absence of “Horst Lehr” from Germany, Serlak won the bronze medal.
In this regard, after returning from the international tournament in Tunisia, Alireza Sarlek said: This tournament was very important for us and the technical staff as the last selection stage of the national team in the weights of 57 and 79 kg, and fortunately, I was able to reach the runner-up position of the national team. I just hope to be a worthy representative of this weight in the world competitions and to make people happy by winning a medal.
He continued: The Tunisian ranking tournament was held at a high level and good wrestlers participated in it. I was also able to win the bronze medal in the 57 kg wrestling, which was held periodically, with a loss to an American opponent. Anyway, participating in this tournament was a good opportunity before the World Cup to get in shape for the competition.
According to the reporter of Mehr, the World Wrestling Championship will be held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 19 to 27 September.