Iran’s Ghaderian bags bronze in world wrestling championships
Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Yousef Ghaderian has claimed the bronze medal in the men’s 80-kilogram category at the 12th edition of World Wrestling Championships in the United States.
On Tuesday, the 22-year-old Iranian sportsman, who received a bye in the first round of the contests at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, triumphed over his Samoan and South Korean rivals 11-0 and 8-0 respectively in his first two encounters as he marched toward the semi-final round.
He suffered a 3-4 loss from Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler Viktor Sasunovski in the semi-final, setting up a third place contest between himself and Askhat Dilmukhamedov from Kazakhstan.
Ghaderian downed the Kazakh opponent 2-0 in his last competition to win the bronze.
The gold medal went to Turkish athlete Selcuk Cebi and Belarusian wrestler Viktor Sasunovski took the silver.
Other Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers, namely Hamid Sourian, 30, Afshin Biabangard and 26-year-old Mehdi Aliyari, staged lackluster performances on Tuesday, and failed to secure the 59-kilogram and 130-kilogram berths in the 2016 Summer Olympics scheduled to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
On Monday, Iran’s 35-year-old sportsman Ghasem Rezaei conceded a 3-0 defeat to Armenia’s Artur Aleksanyan in the final bout of the 98-kilogram weight category to scoop up the silver medal.
The 12th edition of World Wrestling Championships opened in Las Vegas, the United States, on September 7, and will finish on September 12.
Dozens of sportsmen and women from various countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estionia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Norway, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine are taking part in the event.
Male Greco-Roman wrestlers vied in the 59-kilogram, 66-kilogram, 71-kilogram, 75-kilogram, 80-kilogram, 85-kilogram, 93-kilogram and 130-kilogram weight categories on September 7 and 8.
Female freestyle wrestlers are in action in the 48-kilogram, 53-kilogram, 55-kilogram, 58-kilogram, 60-kilogram, 63-kilogram, 69-kilogram and 75-kilogram weight classes on September 9 and 10.
Male freestyle athletes will be competing from September 10 to 12 to clinch a medal in the 57-kilogram, 61-kilogram, 65-kilogram, 70-kilogram, 74-kilogram, 86-kilogram, 97-kilogram and 125-kilogram sections.
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