According to Mehr reporter, since the end of this year, the technical staff of the national freestyle wrestling team was able to remove any doubt, ambiguity and marginality in the selection process of the national team and achieve favorable and justice-oriented results. This is while not long ago, the last stage of the selection cycle in some weights was held in the 12,000-seat Azadi hall, and the squad for the 2022 World Championships in Serbia was determined.
But is the cycle that was compiled, approved and implemented by the trustees of the federation and the technical staff of the national freestyle wrestling team from last year, is it suitable and effective for next year’s events or should it undergo changes?
The answer to this question can be found in the recent statements of the head coach of the national freestyle wrestling team, Pejman, because he clearly pointed out interesting points in this regard and believes: “The current cycle should definitely be updated for 2023. This year our selection cycle lasted 8 months and finally the result of Iran’s wrestling was determined and the contenders went to the mat on July 19th in the last selection stage. During the national champion competition until the last day of the national team selection cycle, 700 wrestlers competed. The cycle is updated every year according to the World Union calendar.
According to the head coach of the national freestyle wrestling team, no changes were made in the execution of the cycle and everything went according to the plan and led to good results.
What is certain is that the selection cycle of the national freestyle wrestling team was able to eliminate many of the usual margins in the process of introducing the national team members and to put a clear and fair path in front of the contenders of the national team.
According to Mehr reporter, the new round of training for the national freestyle wrestling team to participate in the games of Islamic countries in Turkey and the world championships in Serbia will be held from 8 to 18 March at the wrestling house. The names of the invited people are as follows:
57 kg: Alireza Sarlak (Lorestan), Reza Momeni (Mazandaran), Ebrahim Khovari (Mazandaran)
61 kg: Reza Atari (Mazandaran), Majid Dastan (Tehran), Dariush Hazratgolizadeh (North Khorasan)
65 kg: Rahman Amozad (Mazandaran), Morteza Qiyazi (Lorestan), Iman Sadeghi (Mazandaran), Mohammad Reza Bagheri (Mazandaran)
70 kg: Amir Mohammad Yazdani (Mazandaran), Hossein Abu Zari (Mazandaran), Adel Panahian (Mazandaran)
74 kg: Younis Emami (Tehran), Mohammad Sadiq Firozpour (Mazandaran), Mohammad Reza Askarpour (Persian)
79 kg: Mohammad Nakhudi (Mazandaran), Ali Sawadkohi (Mazandaran), Mostafa Qiyazi (Lorestan), Mohammad Hossein Norouzian (Kurdistan)
86 kg: Hassan Yazdani (Mazandaran), Alireza Karimi (Alborz), Mohsen Mostafavi (East Azerbaijan), Hadi Vafaipour (Hamadan)
92 kg: Kamran Qasimpour (Mazandaran), Ahmad Baziri (Mazandaran), Mohammad Hossein Mirbaghban (Tehran), Mehdi Hajiluian (Hamadan)
97 kg: Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian (Mazandaran), Mojtabi Gilij (Mazandaran), Maysam Abdi (Tehran), Daniyal Shariatinia (Hamadan)
125 kg: Amir Hossein Zare (Mazandaran), Seyed Mehdi Hashemi (Mazandaran), Ali Akbarpour (Mazandaran), Alireza Karzbor (Lorestan)