According to Mehr News Agency, the fights of the first four weights of the 2021 World Freestyle Wrestling Championship ended in Oslo, Norway, while two gold medals in the weights of 86 and 125 kg went to Hassan Yazdani and Amir Hossein Zare.
In the 61 kg weight category, Rahman Amouzad crossed the Gomsatgadzi Halidov Dam in Hungary in the first wrestling with a result of 5: 0. In the next round, he lost 9-5 to Toshihiro Hasgawa, the world under-23 gold medalist from Japan, and his cousin dropped out of the competition due to the wrestler’s defeat in the semi-finals.
In the 74 kg weight category, Younes Emami defeated Bayambadorj Enkhbayar of Mongolia 12-2 in the first round. In the next round, he defeated Kazakhstan, the world silver medalist and Asian champion Norkja Kaipanov, 12-0, to advance to the quarterfinals. Emami lost 10-1 to world silver medalist Avtandil Kentchadze of Georgia at this stage, and due to the wrestler’s defeat in the semi-finals, Emami dropped out of the competition.
In the 86 kg weight category, Hassan Yazdani defeated the government of Kazakhstan Bekov 12-2 in the second round after a break in the first round. In the next round and in the quarter-finals, he defeated Ethan Ramos of Puerto Rico with a score of 10: 0 and advanced to the semi-finals. At this stage, he passed the barrier of Olympic and world bronze medalist Arthur Nayfonov with a result of 8: 2 and reached the final match. He defeated Olympic and world champion David Taylor of the United States 6-2 in the final, breaking the spell of the wrestler’s losses and winning the gold medal.
In the 125 kg weight category, Amir Hossein Zare, after a break in the first round, defeated Dezanis Kharamiankov of Belarus 6-0 in the second round and advanced to the quarterfinals. At this stage, with a result of 10 to 0, he defeated the world bronze medalist Nikolas Goyazdovsky from the United States and reached the semi-finals. At this stage, he crossed the barrier of Olympic and world champion Taha Akgul from Turkey with a result of 4: 0 and reached the final match. In this match, Zare defeated Gnu Petriashvili, the holder of world gold and Olympic silver medals from Georgia, in a calculated result with a result of 9: 2, and after 32 years and after the living memory of Alireza Soleimani, Iran won the gold medal for the second time. The world weighed in heavily.
The ranking of the top four weights is as follows:
61 kg1- Abbas Gadji Magomedov (Russia) 2- Daton Fix (USA) 3- Arsen Harutyunyan (Armenia) and Toshihiro Hasgawa (Japan)… 11- Rahman Amouzad (Iran)
74 kg1- Kyle Duck (USA) 2- Timuraz Salkazanov (Slovakia) 3- Fazli Erylmaz (Turkey) and Timur Bizhevov (Russia)… 8- Younes Emami (Iran)
86 kg1- Hassan Yazdani (Iran) 2- David Taylor (USA) 3- Arthur Nayfonov (Russia) and Abu Bakr Abakarov (Azerbaijan)
125 kg1- Amir Hossein Zare (Iran) 2- Gno Petriashvili (Georgia) 3- Taha Akgul (Turkey) and Lakhaguagrel Monkhtor (Mongolia)
Today (Monday), Erfan Elahi (70 kg) and Mojtaba Gleej (97 kg) will compete in the final 2 weight classes.
Also tonight, Alireza Sarlak, Amir Mohammad Yazdani, Mohammad Nakhodi and Kamran Ghasempour will compete in the finals of 57, 65, 79 and 92 kg, respectively.
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