According to Mehr reporter, Amir Ali Azarpira, representative of freestyle wrestling in 97 kg weight, in the international freestyle wrestling competitions of the Zagreb Open Cup and the first ranking of the World Wrestling Federation in 2024, succeeded in defeating Kyle Snyder, the Olympic and world champion from America, with a result of 6:3. He won the gold medal of this competition.
After the end of this competition, the World Federation wrote in response to Azarpira’s victory: Azarpira was ready to wrestle for Iran in the 97 kg weight after the Tokyo Olympics. At the age of 19, he won the U23 World Championship. He also repeated the title in 2022. After spending a year of trying at 92 kg weight, he was in his best condition at 97 kg weight with the decision of Iran’s sports managers. He defeated Gilij and Mohammadian in Iran on Thursday and shocked the wrestling world by winning the gold medal against Kyle Snyder (USA) at the Zagreb Open.
Snyder, who claimed to win the gold medal especially after an easy 4-0 victory against Kamran Qasimpour in the semi-finals, suffered a defeat in the final with a score of 6-3.
The memories of last year’s Zagreb Open final were repeated for Azarpira; Because he lost 3-0 against Snyder in that match and won the silver medal. But this year, Azarpira won the final with 6-3 with its consecutive attacks.
In 2023, Amir Ali Azarpira prepared for the World Championships at 92 kg weight after Qasimpour’s injury, and because of this, he lost his confidence to some extent. After losing to Zahid Valencia (USA), he finished fourth at the Ranking Series in Budapest and eighth at the World Championships. But in 2023, Melli covered He defeated Iran to earn his spot for Zagreb and with a win against Sneijder, he will advance to the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Bishkek in April.