Iran’s Dalkhani Takes Gold at Ibrahim Moustafa Wrestling Tournament


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Meysam Dalkhani of Iran claimed a gold medal in the Ibrahim Moustafa wrestling tournament in Egypt on Thursday night.

Dalkhani defeated Georgian wrestler Leri Abuladze 8-7 in the final bout of 63kg. In the space of 16 months, he has defeated Abuladze twice. Both are ever so dramatic.

The bronze medal went to Kazakhstan’s Dastan Zarlykhanov and Syimyk Makhmudov from Kyrgyzstan.

The Ibrahim Moustafa tournament is the second Ranking Series event this year held on February 23-26 in Alexandria, Egypt.

The first Ranking Series was held in Zagreb, Croatia from February 1 to 5.