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Nominations of best coach in Asia; Bana, Mohammadi won

reporter 1222 — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:56:34 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – United World Wrestling Asia has announced Bana and Mohammadi as nominations of the Best Coach in each style.

The results of the contest are based on the performance criteria for 2019, which has been approved at General Assembly of the United Wrestling Asia in Xi’an (China) on the initiative of the President of the United World Wrestling Asia Daulet Turlykhanov to promote and develop wrestling in Asian continent.

In the nominations “Best Greco-Roman coach of the year” won the head coach of the Iranian national team, the legendary Mohammad Bana. Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers won three bronzes and three Olympic licenses at the World Championships, and four gold and three bronze medals at the continental championship under the leadership of Bana.

In the nominations “Best freestyle wrestling coach of the year” also won the representative of Iran, a well-known wrestler in the past (four-time medalist of the World Cup), and nowadays the head coach of the Iranian team Gholamreza Mohammadi. This year, the Iranian national freestyle wrestling team dominated at the Asian Championship by winning seven gold and three bronze medals.

To reveal the winner of the nomination “Best freestyle wrestler of the Year” was very difficult. Two wrestlers in this nomination scored an equal (90) points. Nurkozha Kaipanov (70 kg) from Kazakhstan and Alireza Karimi Machiani (92 kg) from Iran. Both wrestlers won Asian Championship and ranking series in Sassari (Italy).

Also, they became owners of silver medals in the World Championship. To objectively identify the best wrestler, the following criteria were taken into consideration: victory in other important events and the number of participants in the weight category at the World Championships.

If Alireza Karimi Machiani won the World Club Championship this year, Nurkozha Kaipanov won the silver medal of the World Military Games in Xi’an (China).

In 92 weight category in World Championships (Nur-Sultan) participated 18 athletes, while 30 wrestlers participated in 70 kg. This factor has become crucial in identifying the best freestyle wrestler, uww.asia reported.

In the nomination “Most Active National Federation” won the national federation of Kazakhstan, which held a high-level senior World championship and the cadet Asian championship in Nur Sultan city.

All winners will be awarded with valuable prizes from the United World Wrestling Asia. The time and place of official delivery will be announced later.

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Alans wrestling tournament; Iran win two medals

reporter 1222 — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 06:06:09 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian freestyle wrestlers claimed two medals at the Alans wrestling tournament. Mohammad Javad Ebrahimi claimed a silver medal at the 92kg and Amirhossein Zare seized a bronze in the 120kg.

The team is headed by Ebrahim Mehrban and Oveis Mallah.

The Alans wrestling tournament in Ossetia is now in its third year and has quickly become one of the toughest in the world. In just two years, there have been six world champions to compete in it and not win.

Iran sent six wrestlers to the competition which was held in Vladikavkaz, Russia from Dec. 5 to 8.

The competition is held in Vladikavkaz, Russia from Dec. 5 to 8.

The team is headed by Ebrahim Mehrban and Oveis Mallah.

The tournament in Ossetia is now in its third year and has quickly become one of the toughest in the world. In just two years, there have been six world champions to compete in it and not win.

Iran men’s freestyle roster present in tournament

57 kg: Alireza Sarlak
61 kg: Majid Dastan
65 kg: Amirmohammad Yazdani
92 kg: Mohammadjavad Ebrahimi
97 kg: Abbas Forootan
125 kg: Amirhossein Zare

According to unitedworldwrestling.org, this tournament is associated with a new style of ranking for Olympics and world cup competitions.

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Greco-Roman World Cup Host for 2019: Iran

reporter 1222 — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:11:39 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs announced on Wednesday that the 2019 Greco-Roman World Cup host will surely be Iran.

“With the efforts of the National Olympic Committee, Iran’s Wrestling Federation and talks with President of Russian Wrestling Federation Mikhail Mamiashvili, and also contributions of Iranian Foreign Ministry and using capacities of Georgian, Japanese, and Russian envoys to Iran, the Greco-Roman World Cup host has been choosed as Tehran with a change in its date,” said the ministry.

The United World Wrestling announced on Sunday that the Greco-Roman World Cup, which was slated to take place in Tehran on Nov. 28-29, has been postponed till further notice, citing concerns over security situation as the reason behind the decision.

Meanwhile, the Iranian Wrestling Federation objected to the decision. “Everything is ready for an ideal hosting of the event; so I believe postponing the games is meaningless,” the federation’s spokesman Hassan Rangraz said on Monday in an interview with IRIB.

He said that the federation was trying to present the required clues and evidence to the international body to prove the country’s stable condition and its readiness to hold the event.

Also, President of Iran’s National Olympic Committee Reza Salehi Amiri officially protested to the decision in a letter to the president of the United World Wrestling (UWW) Nenad Lalović on Tuesday.

Rangraz said on Wednesday that “we will definitely host the World Cup but we are waiting to receive information [from UWW] about the exact date of the event.”

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Iran Reacts to UWW’s Decision to Postpone Greco-Roman World Cup

reporter 1222 — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:44:48 +0000

Iran Reacts to UWW’s Decision to Postpone Greco-Roman World Cup

According To Iran News, Spokesman of Iran Wrestling Federation Hassan Rangraz criticized United World Wrestling for postponing the 2019 Greco-Roman World Cup.

In response to current situation in Iran, the World Cup, originally slated to be held next weekend in Tehran, has been postponed.

The UWW Executive Committee held a meeting on Sunday in Istanbul and assessed a variety of sources including the associated Foreign Ministries recommendations to travelers in Iran and the recent decision of other sports.

It was also acknowledged by the Executive Committee that two teams had already withdrawn their participation due to the recommendations of their nations.

“The postponing the competition is meaningless. We are ready to host the competition and have finalized preparation. UWW has canceled the event without considering our condition. We have no security problems in the country and want to fix some difficulties for the participants,” Rangraz said.

“Iran is ready to host one of the most glorious competitions. We believe that the postponing the competition in Tehran is meaningless,” he added.

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Iranian collect medals in U23 World Wrestling Championships

reporter 1222 — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 13:49:24 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s freestyle team gained one gold and one bronze medal on Tuesday night in 2019 edition of the U23 World Wrestling Championships in Hungary.

Mojtaba Goleij gained a commanding 8-2 victory over 2017 U23 World Wrestling Championships Shamil Musaev of Russia in the final of 97kg category to collect his second world title.

Also, Alireza Sarlak defeated Mongolia’s Zanabazar Zandanbud in the bronze contest of 57kg. Cuba’s Reineri Andreu Ortega overpowered Adlan Askarov of Kazakhstan to win the gold medal of this category.

Here are the full results of Tuesday’s competitions as reported by United World Wrestling:

57 kg

GOLD – Reineri ANDREU ORTEGA (CUB) df. Adlan ASKAROV (KAZ), 10-0

BRONZE – Afgan KHASHALOV (AZE) df. Ramiz GAMZATOV (RUS), 5-2

BRONZE – Alireza Nosratolah SARLAK (IRI) df. Zanabazar ZANDANBUD (MGL), 7-4

65 kg

GOLD – Turan BAYRAMOV (AZE) df. Takuma TANIYAMA (JPN), 3-2

BRONZE – Maxim SACULTAN (MDA) df. Ilman MUKHTAROV (FRA), 7-3

BRONZE – Ihor NYKYFORUK (UKR) df. Ernazar AKMATALIEV (KGZ), 8-8

70 kg

GOLD – Mirza SKHULUKHIA (GEO) df. Cherman VALIEV (RUS), fall

BRONZE – Haruki SENO (JPN) df. Oleksii BORUTA (UKR), 3-0

BRONZE – Daud IBRAGIMOV (AZE) df. Amirhossein Ali HOSSEINI (IRI), fall

79 kg

GOLD – Tariel GAPHRINDASHVILI (GEO) df. Abubakr ABAKAROV (AZE), fall

BRONZE – Ramazan Ishak SARI (TUR) df. Muhamed Mustafa MCBRYDE (USA), 8-3

BRONZE – Radik VALIEV (RUS) df. Veer Dev GULIA (IND), 5-4

97 kg

GOLD – Mojtaba GOLEIJ (IRI) df. Shamil MUSAEV (RUS), 8-2

BRONZE – Dzianis KHRAMIANKOU (BLR) df. Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO), 8-5

BRONZE – Danylo STASIUK (UKR) df. Serik BAKYTKHANOV (KAZ), 4-1

The 2019 U23 World Wrestling Championships began in Budapest on Oct. 28 and will run through Nov. 03. The competition will be held in freestyle, Greco-Roman and women categories.

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Alireza Dabir elected as pres. of Iran wrestling federation

reporter 1222 — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:12:26 +0000

2000 Olympics gold winner secured 31 votes (out of 46) in the second round of the election in Tehran to win the chair.

“I’m neither happy nor sad,” he said after being elected, promising to follow teamwork during the 4-year term and also to cooperate with all, including those who had not voted for him.

Dabir’s best result in wrestling was in 2000 Sydney Olympics where he grabbed the gold medal of 58kg freestyle category. He earned a gold medal at 1998 World Championships in Tehran. Dabir also added three silver medals of World Championships and one silver of Asian Games to his collection in next four years before announcing retirement.

Born in Tehran in 1977, he continued education after retirement and managed to get a PhD in human resource management from Tehran-based Shahid Beheshti University. He is now also a faculty member of Allameh Tabataba’i University as well.

He had also served as a member of Tehran’s City Council for two terms from 2007 to 2017.

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