Kurash Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/kurash/ Wed, 04 Sep 2019 10:53:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://irannewsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-iranlogo-32x32.png Kurash Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/kurash/ 32 32 Iran comes third at 2019 World Kurash C’ships https://irannewsdaily.com/2019/09/iran-comes-third-at-2019-world-kurash-cships/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2019/09/iran-comes-third-at-2019-world-kurash-cships/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2019 10:01:57 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=98480 On Wednesday, the third day of the event, Hamed Rashidi settled for the silver of men’s -100kg with a defeat against his Uzbek rival in the final bout. Rashidi had overpowered fighters from Uzbekistan and South Korea in the path to final. In +100kg, Jafar Pahlavani earned the fourth silver of Iran with again another […]

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]]> On Wednesday, the third day of the event, Hamed Rashidi settled for the silver of men’s -100kg with a defeat against his Uzbek rival in the final bout. Rashidi had overpowered fighters from Uzbekistan and South Korea in the path to final.

In +100kg, Jafar Pahlavani earned the fourth silver of Iran with again another loss in the final against Uzbek practitioners. He had defeated representatives of Vietnam and Thailand before reaching the final.

On Tuesday, Iran won two silver medals by Elyas Ali Akbari and Omid Tiztak.

Uzbekistan claimed the event’s title, and Japan finished runner-up while Iran stood third with four silvers.

The 12th edition of World Kurash Senior Championships kicked off in South Korea’s Chungju on Monday with 184 practitioners from 42 different countries in attendance. The event is also part of the 2019 Martial Arts Masterships which is underway in the South Korean city.

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]]> https://irannewsdaily.com/2019/09/iran-comes-third-at-2019-world-kurash-cships/feed/ 0 Iran wins two silvers at 2019 World Kurash Championships https://irannewsdaily.com/2019/09/iran-wins-two-silvers-at-2019-world-kurash-championships/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2019/09/iran-wins-two-silvers-at-2019-world-kurash-championships/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2019 10:30:42 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=98419 Elyas Ali Akbari, world’s best kurash player of 2018, settled for a silver on Tuesday after conceding a defeat to an Uzbek rival in the final match of -81kg men’s category. Ali Akbari had defeated practitioners from India, Ukraine, and Tajikistan in his path to the final. Another silver of men’s event for Iran was earned […]

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]]> Elyas Ali Akbari, world’s best kurash player of 2018, settled for a silver on Tuesday after conceding a defeat to an Uzbek rival in the final match of -81kg men’s category. Ali Akbari had defeated practitioners from India, Ukraine, and Tajikistan in his path to the final.

Another silver of men’s event for Iran was earned by Omid Tiztak in -90kg category. He defeated rivals from the Philippines, Vietnam, and France before suffering a defeat against an Uzbek practitioner in the final.

Iran will have two other representatives in the event which will wrestle with their rivals on Wednesday.

The 12th edition of World Kurash Senior Championships kicked off in South Korea’s Chungju on Monday with 184 practitioners from 42 different countries in attendance. The event is also part of the 2019 Martial Arts Masterships which is underway in the South Korean city.

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