Young Iranian freestyle wrestlers finish 2nd at Cadet World Championships
Young Iranian freestyle wrestlers have ended their campaign at the 2015 Cadet World Championships in Bosnia and Herzegovina and finished runner-up in the tournament, having garnered six medals, including two silvers.
On Sunday, Iran’s Amir Parasteh overwhelmed his American opponent Dylan Demilio 15-4 by a technical fall in the third-place encounter of men’s 46-kilogram weight category at the Amel Beckovic Sports Hall in Sarajevo, and clinched the bronze medal.
In the 63-kilogram class, Ahmad Mehdizadeh downed Vasilii Diaconu from Moldova 11-6 to pick up another bronze for Iran.
The developments came a day after Amir Mohammad Yazdani conceded an 8-0 defeat by a technical fall to Russia’s Ivan Okoneshnikov in the men’s 42-kilogram weight class, and claimed the silver medal.
Iran’s Erfan Aeini lost 6-10 to Indian rival Anil Anil in the last competition of the 50-kilogram category to clinch another silver medal.
Amir Hossein Kavousi and Mojtaba Osmavandani also received bronze medals in the 58-kilogram and 69-kilogram weight categories respectively after beating Canadian Connor Mcneice 12-8 and Georgia’s Iveriko Julakidze 8-6 in their third place bouts.
The 2015 Cadet World Championships opened in Sarajevo on August 25, and finished on August 30.
Dozens of wrestlers from different countries, including Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Poland, Russia and the United States participated in the tournament.
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