According to Mehr news agency, Mohsen Kaveh said about the plans of the national youth freestyle wrestling team: After the country’s championship, our camps started immediately, and because the young wrestlers were inexperienced, we divided them into two groups during the camps. We also took part in the international tournament and tested it.
He clarified: Our previous 3 camps were held in the cities of Kerman, Urmia, and Karaj, and currently our fourth camp is being held in Qaimshahr, hosted by the Hoten Mass Makers Group.
The head coach of the national youth freestyle wrestling team said about the participation in the two tournaments of Armenia’s Vardanian and Russia’s Dimitriev: The people we have are less experienced than last year’s team, and in order to go to the Asian and world competitions with more experience, they participated in two tournaments. We participated in the Vardanian Cup of Armenia, middleweight and heavyweight wrestlers, and we sent most of the middleweight and lightweight wrestlers to the Dmitriev competition in Russia.
Regarding the results obtained in these competitions, Kaveh said: “Good results were obtained, of course, in the Armenian competitions, because we were at the beginning of the preparation process, the results were not like the Russian Dmitriev Cup, but in the Russian competitions, our wrestlers once again shined and were like the competition. At the Ufa World Championships, we won five gold medals and the championship title. Of course, the difference between this competition and other competitions was that there were maybe 20 Russian wrestlers in each weight and our wrestlers won the gold medal by defeating 3-4 Russian opponents.
He continued: In total, 10 representatives of our country who participated in this tournament won 8 medals, including 5 gold medals, 1 silver medal, and 2 bronze medals, along with the championship title, which I think is the championship with 10 wrestlers among hundreds of Russian wrestlers. It is very valuable.
The technical director of the national freestyle wrestling team stated that the goal of the wrestling federation and the country’s freestyle wrestling program is to inject high-quality young wrestlers into the adult team and said: We have come to believe that our young wrestlers have the ability to be able to compete in Ain Jovani in the adult category will win a medal and God willing, we will be able to achieve this important goal this year as well.
Pointing to the importance of the participation of young and teenage wrestlers in overseas international competitions, Kaveh said: Wrestlers should see a foreign field in their youth and measure their caliber, for example, one of our wrestlers in Russia in his first fight against an opponent. The Russian was a little stressed, but after the victory against his opponent, his self-confidence increased to such an extent that he easily defeated his opponent in the final wrestling and won the gold medal.
He added: Of course, the goal of the wrestling federation and the opinion of the head of the federation is to provide a field for young wrestlers in international tournaments so that our wrestlers can succeed in adult competitions and win medals while they are still young.
Regarding the continuation of the programs of the national free wrestling team, Kaveh said: Our camp is in Qaimshahr for 10 days, and our host is a private company called Mass Sazan Hoten, which also has a team in the league and has provided us with good facilities. . After this camp, we will be in Chalus for 5 days and after that we will follow up the training in Baneh so that our wrestlers will be ready to participate in the Takhti Cup international competitions.
The head coach of the national youth freestyle wrestling team said about the participation of young wrestlers in the Takhti Cup: The more our wrestlers appear in big arenas, the more experience they will have, and I think our team will perform well in the Takhti Cup. and our wrestlers will be among the best.
Regarding the fact that there is another tournament on the agenda of the youth team before the Asian and World Championships, he stated: In order to seriously test the wrestlers and give them self-confidence, we asked the wrestling federation to participate in the Yaşarduğu Cup of Turkey, which is ranked We are adults to participate because we have a good experience of participating in these competitions in the past.
He continued: “Participating in these competitions can bring our team to a good level mentally and technically before participating in the Asian and world competitions, and we also had the experience of participating 2 years ago and before participating in the 2021 World Championships in Russia.” We had good results in the Yashardugho Cup, and Ali Qolizadegan, Rahman Amouzad, Mohammad Nakhudi and Amir Hossein Firozpour were among our gold players in these competitions.
The technical director of the national freestyle wrestling teams said about the team’s camps in different cities and outside the camp of the national wrestling teams. is progressing, for example, in Qaimshahr, about 40 wrestlers from other cities of the province and even from Neyshabur attend the camp and train alongside us, and this can help the wrestlers progress and their presence in Urdu shows their interest and love for wrestling.
He continued: On the other hand, the coaches of the provinces are also present in our camps and closely witness the training, and this shows that they are looking to update themselves and increase their knowledge, and this is also very important for our wrestling. useful.
Kaveh stated: The goal of the federation is to develop wrestling in the provinces and cities of the country, and we must pay attention to wrestling capitals in all parts of the country, both wrestlers and coaches can benefit from attending our camps, and the staff and technical staff also We are serving them, although our work is becoming more and more difficult, but our goal is to raise the ship of Iran and we continue our work with all our strength.
The head coach of the national freestyle wrestling team said about the technical staff of this team: All the coaches who have been invited to the camp are coaches who have clubs in their cities and train, for example, Arash Moradi, Yaser Tahmasabi and Jafar Shams in Mazandaran and their own cities. Reza Afzali has a wrestling training class in Kermanshah, Akbar Ethiri and Mehdi Ghasemi Jo also have a wrestling training class in Tehran. Hamed Mir Emadian, as an experienced trainer and as someone who knows how to manage the ship, has joined us in order to have a good and sympathetic technical staff.
Regarding his prediction for this year’s World Youth Championships, he said: We won the championship title in Russia in 2021 and won the championship in Bulgaria last year. Send our wrestlers to the senior category properly and if we think fairly and think about the country’s wrestling, we are going the right way.
Kaveh stated: I would really like for the Russians to participate in the world championships this year and form the three poles of the competition together with the Iranian and American teams, because both the competition level will rise and it will be a very good experience for the wrestlers. .
He said about the growth of American wrestling in the youth category: Americans are known for their physical fitness and they are sending good wrestlers to the field with science and knowledge. But in recent years, we have seen that they have increased their techniques and techniques and raised it in their physical fitness level. Last year, we won and lost against American wrestlers, and this year, the Americans are definitely our main competitors. But in my opinion, world wrestling is not beautiful without Russians, because wrestling in countries like Bulgaria, Turkey, Romania, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan also had good wrestlers in the past, it has suffered a decline in the past few years, and the presence of Russians can raise the quality. Competitions help a lot.
Regarding the level of freestyle wrestling in Iran, Kaveh said: “Currently, world wrestling is counting on our wrestling technique. In the competitions of the Dimitrif Cup, Abdulsalam Gadisov, the head coach of the Russian national wrestling team, confirmed the preparation of our team and suggested the participation of our teams in the competitions. He gave himself, and I said that we will come to Russia on the condition that you also participate in our Mohavad and Hasheminejad Cup. The quality of our youth and young wrestlers helps both mentally and technically, and when our wrestlers go to the adult category, the work becomes easier for the staff and they can spend more time discussing tactics and how to fight. put
Regarding sending wrestlers to international tournaments, he said: I personally believe that the sending should be targeted and we should not send every wrestler to these tournaments, we should aim to send wrestlers to international competitions and wrestlers Let’s send the talented and promising to these competitions.
The technical director of the national freestyle wrestling teams said about his presence in the youth team: I have been wrestling for more than forty years. Since I entered the field of coaching, I say without exaggeration that my day and night is wrestling, and if I accept something, I do it with love and I am proud of it.
He continued: The opinion of the head of the federation was that I should be an intermediary between the youth and adult ranks and somehow lead the youth wrestlers to the adult ranks. In fact, I say that I am very excited to work in this category and I am looking to be able to bring the tactics of the wrestling day in the training and adapt the type of physical fitness that is needed in these days of our wrestling to the training. On the other hand, I have tried to establish a good relationship with the wrestlers, and thanks to God, things have gone well so far.
Kaveh stated: Of course, it is difficult for me to hold camps in the cities, considering my conditions and being in one city for 12 days and in Tehran for 2 days, but I will bear all these hardships for the love of wrestling, because I accept the responsibility. I did and I like to serve the country’s wrestling and in the last 2 years, by God’s grace, we have reached our goal, which is the injection of young wrestlers into the adult team.
He added: Of course, I have to say one thing about camp training, and that is that we are looking for wrestlers not to go to camp, and recreational programs are also on our agenda, and we have tried to make the kids, along with hard training, be mentally and spiritually fresh.
The director of the national freestyle wrestling teams noted about the performance of the national freestyle wrestling team in Kazakhstan: Our result in the Asian Championship was an exception after achieving brilliant results in the last 2 years, maybe this was a push that should be done better and more. and try, but in fact, our freestyle wrestling has grown and developed in the world, and every match we go to, all eyes are on our wrestlers, and even Gatsalov, the head coach of the Russian national freestyle wrestling team, who was present in Tehran for the club cup competitions He also acknowledged this issue and wanted to establish more communication between Russian and Iranian wrestlers.
In the end, he said: What I said was without exaggeration and I don’t want to delete anything. We should not only look at the results of Kazakhstan, the prestige of Iranian wrestling has increased and now the world accepts our wrestling. God willing, we will be able to compensate for the results of Kazakhstan and make the hearts of the people happy by working hard and achieving good results.