According to Mehr reporter, the national freestyle wrestling team of our country is the runner-up Competitions The United States won the 2022 World Cup, and many wrestling people and experts in this field considered the sending team worthy of the championship title. Wrestling experts believe that if the Iranian team had played with a better composition and arrangement in the World Cup finals against the American team, winning the championship title would not have been far from reach.
The arrowhead of the criticism of the wrestling people was mainly towards the technical staff regarding sending Kamran Ghasempour against Kyle Snyder in 97 kg weight. They believe that Qasimpour’s presence in this match with his natural weight and physical condition was not logical and expert at all, and maybe he could have been used in the best way in the final.
At the same time, the website of the World Wrestling Federation also reacted to this issue and announced: “Unlike the response of the Iranian technical staff by sending Ali Sawadkohi to the field against Jordan Burrows, the gamble of the coaches on Kamran Qasempour against Snyder did not work and this “The wrestler at 97 kg weight had nothing to say.”
Of course, this national champion of our country also reacted to this issue as soon as he returned to Iran last night and said: “I faced Snyder in this wrestling situation when my weight was about 90 kg. While my American opponent weighed about 99 kg with two kilos of extra weight! Anyway, it should be kept in mind that I entered the field with this weight difference. Anyway, due to testing my ability in this weight and also helping the team, I wrestled in 97 kg. Anyway, this weight was not my specialized weight and I had never wrestled in this weight until now.
On the other hand, the head coach of our country’s national freestyle wrestling team, Pejman Dostrakar, said in defense of the composition of the team that played in the finals: “We were not just looking for results in these competitions, and the composition of the team was completely clear. We were looking for goals to achieve and fortunately we were successful in achieving our goals. Anyway, these competitions were a very good training ground for the members of the national team. The results and the events that happened in this tournament made everyone respect the Iranian team. Many experts admitted that we have a good and promising team. Besides, our ultimate goal is the Paris Olympics.”
According to the head coach of our country’s national freestyle wrestling team, the ups and downs process of visa issuance by the host country was also considered one of the problems of this team before the deployment, because the team was undecided for a long time and reached America with difficulty. In addition, the second group of freelancers entered the competition venue two days before the competition due to the late issuance of visas.
According to Mehr reporter, the finals of the Freestyle Wrestling World Cup were held in the state of Iowa, USA, between the Iranian and American teams. Before the final, the students of Pejman managed to defeat the Japanese and world teams.