Iran’s Greco-Roman Wrestling Team Heads to World Championships
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestling team left Tehran on Friday to take part at the World Championships in Las Vegas, the US.
Iran has sent eight wrestlers to the 2015 Greco-Roman World Championships.
Over 100 nations expected to compete at the World Wrestling Championships in the three Olympic wrestling styles of Greco-Roman, women’s freestyle and men’s freestyle from September 7 to 12.
Iran Greco-Roman Team:
59kg: Hamid Sourian
66kg: Mehdi Zeidvand
71kg: Afshin Biabangard
75kg: Saeid Abdevali
80kg: Yousef Ghaderian
85kg: Habibollah Akhlaghi
98kg: Ghasem Rezaei
130kg: Mehdi Aliyari