Iran Freestyle Team Claims Asian Wrestling Championship Title


TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran freestyle team won the title of the Asian Wrestling Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar Thursday night.

Iran won the championship with 68 team points, after winning four gold medals, two silvers and one bronze.

Japan, who claimed three silver medals, finished in second  place with 60 points.

Kyrgyzstan came third with one gold, two silver medals and 54 points.

The Greco-Roman competition will kick off on May 9-10 in Doha.

Medal Results

Men's Freestyle -- 57kg
GOLD:  Erdenebat BEKHBAYAR (MGL) df. Samat NADYRBEK UULU (KGZ), 4-1
BRONZE: Fumitaka MORISHITA (JPN) df. Hak Jin JONG (PRK), 6-3
BRONZE: Younes Firouz SARMASTI (IRI) df. Nodirjon SAFAROV (UZB) by FALL

Men's Freestyle -- 61kg
GOLD: Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) df. Behnam Eshagh EHSANPOOR (IRI) via criteria, 3-3
BRONZE: Batbold NOMIN (MGL) df. Adilet MAMATAEV (KGZ) by FALL
BRONZE: Masakazu KAMOI (JPN) df. Zhenguang TIAN (CHN) by TF, 12-2

Men's Freestyle -- 65kg
GOLD: Masoud ESMAEILPOOR (IRI) df. Tomotsugu ISHIDA (JPN) via criteria, 1-1
BRONZE: Ganzorig MANDAKHNARAN (MGL) df. Azat MIRAKHIMOV (KGZ), 6-0
BRONZE: Ruslan PLIEV (UZB) df. Ryong Hak HWANG (PRK) by TF,13-2

Men's Freestyle -- 70kg
GOLD: Bekzod ABDURAKHMONOV (UZB) df. Zelimkhan YUSUPOV (TJK), 6-4
BRONZE: Elaman DOGDURBEK UULU (KGZ) df. Gantulga IDERKHUU (MGL) by TF, 12-2
BRONZE: Takafumi KOJIMA (JPN) df. Parveen RANA (IND) via criteria, 2-2

Men's Freestyle -- 74kg
GOLD: Peyman Morteza YARAHMADI (IRI) df. Daisuke SHIMADA (JPN), 8-2
BRONZE: Rashid KURBANOV (UZB) df. Muslim EVLOEV (KGZ), 3-0
BRONZE: Narsingh Pancham YADAV (IND) df. Zhiger ZAKIROV (KAZ) by criteria, 8-8

Men's Freestyle -- 86kg
GOLD:   Alireza KARIMI (IRI) df. Atsushi MATSUMOTO (JPN) , 6-3
BRONZE: Umidjon ISMANOV (UZB) df. Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ), 8-6
BRONZE: Purevee USUKHBAATAR (MGL) df. Muhammad INAM (PAK), 10-8

Men's Freestyle -- 97kg
GOLD: Mohammadhossein MOHAMMADIAN (IRI) df. Magomed MUSAEV (KGZ), 10-3
BRONZE: Takeshi YAMAGUCHI (JPN) df. Alikhan JUMAYEV (KAZ), 3-1
BRONZE: Jaegang KIM (KOR) v. Mohammed AL OBAIDI (IRQ) by TF, 10-0

Men's Freestyle -- 125kg
GOLD: Aiaal LAZAREV (KGZ) df.  Komeil GHASEMI (IRI) by FALL
BRONZE: Zhiwei DENG (CHN) df. Mohammed Sabah Abdulmalek SAKLAWE (IRQ) by TF, 10-0
BRONZE: Farkhod ANAKULOV (TJK) df. Hitender HITENDER (IND) by criteria, 2-2