Iranian Freestylers Win Two Medals at Cadet World Championships
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Two Iranian freestyle wrestlers claimed a silver and a bronze medal at the Cadet World Championships at Athens, Greece on Saturday.
Abbas Ali Foroutan lost to Alan Bagaev from Russia in the final match of the 85kg.
Gavin Hoffman from USA and Ukraine’s Danylo Stasiuk won bronze medals.
In the 69kg weight class, Mohammad Ashghar Nokhodi defeated Japanese Masaki Sato 5-2 in the bronze medal match.
Gold medal went to William Lewan from USA, who defeated Azerbaijan’s Daud Ibragimov 3-1.
The Cadet World Championship is a yearly event where the best Greco-Roman, Freestyle and Women wrestlers in the world aged 16 and 17 years old compete.
The championships has brought more than 100 wrestlers from Iran, the US, Russia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia and other countries together at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall in Athens, Greece.
