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Jun 25, 2020 · "Freestyle wrestling is Iran’s national sport, so when Hassan Yazdani pinned down the 74kg gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics, he became an instant national hero. He moved up to 86kg, which better suited his growing frame, taking out the world championships gold medal at his new weight division in 2017 and 2019.
Aug 17, 2021 · The Iranian Wrestling Federation announced the selection of Pejman Dorostkar as the new head coach of the national freestyle wrestling team. Dorostkar replaced Gholamreza Mohammadi, who was in charge of Iran's freestyle wrestling at the Tokyo Olympics, by order of Alireza Dabir, president of the Iranian Wrestling Federation.
May 13, 2021 · However, the reason Iran wasn’t qualified for the Olympics at 97kg is due to Shabani’s 11-8 loss to Georgia’s Elizbar Odikadze at 2019 Worlds. Shabani’s poor performance opened the door ...
1 - Wrestling is in the Geraei family's blood. Geraei grew up in the central Iranian city of Shiraz as one of three siblings, two of whom would become accomplished Greco-Roman wrestlers. His brother Mohammadali Geraei, older by two years, is one of his nation's most consistent grapplers in recent times, having won world bronze medals in 2017 ...
Five of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57 and 86 kg), men's Greco-Roman (60, 77, and 130 kg) at the 2019 World Championships, while five additional licenses were awarded to the Iranian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 Asian ...
Mar 9, 2021 · Iran’s judo boycott of Israel came to a head in February 2019. Judoka Saeid Mollaei threw a match to avoid facing his Israeli counterpart, Sagi Muki. In May of that year, IJF President Marius Vizer extracted a letter from the presidents of Iran’s National Olympic Committee and judo federation guaranteeing they would “fully respect the ...
Sep 26, 2019 · The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is likely to sack men's free style national coach Hossein Karimi, six months after the Iranian was hired on a contract till the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Iranian had joined the national camp in February but has been struggling to adjust to the 'system'. He went on leave after India savoured its best ever ...
