According to the Mehr news agency, the international freestyle wrestling competitions of the Turkish Yashardoglu Cup as one of the World Union ranking competitions ended after two days of competitors in Istanbul, Turkey, where our country’s representatives won 3 gold and 1 bronze medal.
Accordingly, Amir Mohammad Yazdani in the weight of 70 kg, Ahmad Bazari in the weight of 92 kg and Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian in the weight of 97 kg won the gold medal and Ali Savadkoohi in the weight of 79 kg won the bronze medal.
By attending these competitions, Pejman Dorostkar’s students competed with the title and great contenders and were able to test their technical ability well for the important events ahead.
The performance of our country’s freestyle wrestlers in this international tournament is as follows:
Seyed Ali Azimi (57 kg) lost to Beka Bojiashvili of Georgia 14-4 in the second round after a break in the first round. Due to the presence of this wrestler in the final match, Azimi went to the group of losers. While against Zanabazar, Zandanboud from Mongolia was 8-0 behind and suffered a hand injury and was eliminated from the competition.
In the 61 kg weight category, Saeed Anvari and Mohammad Baqer Yakhkashi competed in the second round after a break in the first round. Yakhkashi won 5-1 in the third round and in the quarterfinals with a score of 7-5 and a technical kick Suleyman Atli defeated world silver and bronze medalist from Turkey and advanced to the semifinals. At this stage, with a result of 9 to 2 and a technical blow, Ravi Kumar won the Olympic silver and world bronze medals from India and went to the ranking match. He lost to Nicholas Megalodis of the United States 6-4 and finished fifth.
Saeed Anvari in the weight of 61 kg also withdrew from the competitions due to a frost defeat.
In the weight of 65 kg, Morteza Ghiyasi defeated another representative of our country in this weight with a result of 10 to 0: Rahman Rahimpour. In the second round, he lost 7-0 to Shamil Mammadov, the world youth champion from Russia, and due to the presence of his opponent in the final, he went to the group of losers. The competitions were eliminated.
Rahman Rahimpour, another representative of our country in the weight of 65 kg, also withdrew from the competitions.
In the 70 kg weight category, Amir Mohammad Yazdani, after a break in the first round, defeated the most qualified European silver medalist from Turkey, Turkey, with a score of 10: 0. In the second round, he defeated Lavan Kiliksashvili of Georgia 10-0 to advance to the semifinals. At this stage, with a result of 3: 1, he defeated the world bronze medalist Zurabi Yakubishvili from Georgia and advanced to the final match. In this match, he defeated the world silver and bronze medalist James Green from the United States with a result of 8: 2 and won the gold medal.
Ali Akbar Fazli, another representative of our country in the weight of 70 kg, after a break in the first round, defeated Jordan Oliver from the United States 4: 2 in the second round. In the next round, he lost to James Green, the world silver and bronze medalist from the United States, with a result of 10: 0, and due to the presence of this wrestler in the final match, Fazli went to the group of losers. He won 11-4 and was classified for the match. In this match, Fazli lost to Viktor Rasadin from Russia with a result of 8-4 and a technical blow and the fifth.
In the 74 kg weight category, Mohammad Sadegh Firuzpour defeated Abdullah Abdul Karim of Kuwait 10-0 in the first round. It was finalized. At this stage, he won 11-2 against Bekjanov from Kazakhstan and advanced to the semifinals. At this stage, he was injured in front of Sanur Demirtas, the Olympic and world bronze medalist from Turkey, while he was 5-1 behind and lost the wrestling, and due to this injury, he also lost the qualifying match.
In the 79 kg weight category, Ali Savadkoohi, after a break in the first round, defeated the Yargash government of Kazakhstan 13-2 in the second round. In the next round, in the quarterfinals, he defeated Gamkrelidze from Georgia with a score of 10 to 1 and a technical kick, and advanced to the semifinals. Savadkoohi at this stage against Jordan Burroughs, the world and Olympic champion from the United States, while the wrestling was equal with a result of one to one, with another warning, the judges gave another point to the American opponent, and finally lost with a result of 2 to 1 against this wrestler. Meet to be categorized. In this match, he overcame Gadji Murad Alikhmayev from Russia with a result of 5: 4 and won a bronze medal.
In the 86 kg weight category, Ali Mansouri defeated Ahmet Batohan Kish from Turkey in the first round with a result of 9 to 12 and a technical kick. In the next round, he defeated Sandip Mann from India with a result of 8-5 and a technical blow from the front. Mansouri lost in the third round and the quarterfinals with a result of 8-6 against Lars Schaffle from Germany, and due to the defeat of this wrestler in the semifinals, he was eliminated from the competition. Mojtaba Asghari, another representative of our country in this weight, after a break in the first round in the second round, defeated Jordan Bianbasorn from Mongolia with a result of 7: 0. In the next round and in the quarterfinals, he lost 8-6 to Fatih Ardin, the world silver medalist from Turkey, and due to the presence of this wrestler in the Asghari final match, he went to the group of losers. In this group, he lost to Gadji Murad Magomedseidov, the silver medalist of the under-23 world, from Azerbaijan, with a result of 10: 0, and was eliminated from the competition.
In the 92kg category, Ahmad Bazri defeated Mirlan Chinibkov of Kyrgyzstan 12-1 in the first round. The stage became semi-final. At this stage, with a result of 7: 0, he defeated Al-Khan Asadov from Kazakhstan and advanced to the final match. In the final match, Bazari defeated world bronze medalist Erhan Yalaji of Turkey from Turkey with a score of 6 to 1 and won the gold medal.
In the 97kg weight class, Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian defeated Magomedserul Rahimov of Uzbekistan 11-0 in the first round. In the second round, he crossed the Mammad Ibragimov Dam in Kazakhstan 16-4 and advanced to the semifinals. At this stage, with a result of 10 to 0, he defeated Mustafa Sessiz from Turkey and advanced to the final match. In the final match in a close wrestling match, Mohammadian crossed the barrier of world bronze medalist and European champion Alikhan Jabrailov 4: 3 and won the gold medal.