Iran win three medals at Cadet Greco World
Iran win three medals at Cadet Greco World

Three Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers claimed medals on Day 2 of the Cadet World Championships in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday. Mohsen Fathollah Madhani from Iran claimed gold medal after defeating Indian Sonu Sonu 14-3 at the 58kg weight category. Bronze medal went to Sergey Aleksandrovitch Chigirev from Russia and Japan’s Kosei Takeshita. In the 63kg category, […]

Three Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers claimed medals on Day 2 of the Cadet World Championships in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday.

Mohsen Fathollah Madhani from Iran claimed gold medal after defeating Indian Sonu Sonu 14-3 at the 58kg weight category.

Bronze medal went to Sergey Aleksandrovitch Chigirev from Russia and Japan’s Kosei Takeshita.

In the 63kg category, Iran’s Mostafa Kayed Khordeh lost to Dmytro Miroshnyk from Ukraine 3-1 and claimed the silver medal.

Russian Artem Erokhin and Otar Abuladze from Georgia seized the bronze medal.

Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini beat Kantemir Shibzukhov from Russia 6-2 in the 100kg category and won the bronze medal.

Cohlton Schultz from the U.S. won the gold medal after beating Balint Vatzi of Hungary in the final.

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 bring more than 100 wrestlers from Iran, the U.S., Russia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia and other countries together.