According to Mehr reporter, at the end of the first five weight bouts of the under-23 freestyle wrestling competition (Amid) held in Ponte Vedra, Spain, our country’s team was able to win the gold medal by Amir Ali Azarpira in the weight of 97 kg. Also, Amir Mohammad Yazdani won a silver medal in the 70 kg weight category, and Kian Mahmoud Janlou finished fifth in the 65 kg category.
In this way, at the end of the first five weight fights, Georgia team with 76 points and Ukraine with 63 points were in the first and second ranks of the team ranking table, and Iran stood in the third place with 59 points. Also, the Turkish, American and Armenian teams were ranked fourth to sixth with 48, 47 and 46 points, respectively.
Based on this, the representatives of our country have a tough day ahead of them tonight in the final stage of the second five-weight competition. They have to compete in three weights to win the gold medal. Mohammad Sadiq Ferozpour in 74 kg, Amir Hossein Ferozpour in 92 kg and Amirreza Masoumi in 125 kg are the three finalists of Iran. The rivals of the Ferozepour brothers in the final will be Khadji Murad Gadjeev from Azerbaijan and Jacob Cardenas from America, and Masoumi will have to face Solomon Manashvili, the European under-23 champion from Georgia, to win the gold medal.
Also, Sajjad Gholami must also try to reach the ranking meeting today in the losers group in the weight of 86 kg. In order to win the bronze medal, he must first wrestle against Nortilik Karipbayev from Kyrgyzstan, and if he wins, he will face Maksat Satibaldi from Kazakhstan.
The ranking and finals of the second five-weight freestyle wrestling of the Omidhai World Championship will be held tonight (Sunday) and the fate of the champion of this competition will be determined.