schedule for Iranian wrestlers

[Doroudi]

Nope he lost!!! He was 6-0 up after 1st period but ran out of gas. Looked like he either didn't sleep well or something else was going on.

Well that was a shitty 2nd day!!! Russia coming back strong today. Expect them to post some medals on the board.

2 chances for reperchage but they both looked dead on their feet! So, I'll be calling it a day

😑 Well bad prediction!

[khosro]

😑 Well bad prediction!

Glad I was wrong!

[Tehranto]

Olympic medalist Hassan Rahimi calls out for lack of help

[khosro]

Olympic medalist Hassan Rahimi calls out for lack of help

Does anyone know if Khosrow Semnani ever paid out? In Rahimi's case he would receive $5,000. Not a huge amount but everything helps!

"The Semnani Foundation has pledged to contribute to that fund in the amount of $20,000 for winners of gold, $10,000 for silver and $5,000 for bronze."

http://www.sltrib.com/sports/4191661...cash-donations

Hopefully, it wasn't all talk.

[khosro]

Cadet World Championships

Day 1 - Greco Roman (Morning Session)

50Kg

Marz (IRI) will wrestle for BRONZE this evening vs Nuriyev (AZE). He lost in the QF to Shotadze (Geo) who was his main rival. No disgrace and another potential appearance on the podium for him.
54Kg

Mardi (IRI) lost in round of 16. No further progress through repêchage.

58Kg

Moktari (IRI) will wrestle Petic (MDA) for GOLD.

63 Kg

Hosseinvand Fathi (IRI) will wrestle Stepanov (RUS) for GOLD.

100 Kg

Dadkhah Gheasem Abadi (IRI) will wrestle Kurniczak (POL) for GOLD.

NB. Medal matches will take place in evening session which will start at 17:30 (CET) and can be viewed outside of the US from: https://unitedworldwrestling.org/eve...championship-4

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All in all a very satisfactory morning session in GR and a positive sign for the future.

42, 26, 69, 76 and 85 Kg will wrestle tomorrow.

[khosro]

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Ended up with 1 Gold and 2 Silvers. No complaints about the losses in the finals.

Marz lost his bronze medal match against a good wrestler.

Our gold medal came from Hosseinvand (63) who dominated his match.

Moktari (58) did well but just didn't have enough on the day.

Abadi (100) had a close fight and was winning on criteria with 1 minute to go when he was pushed out.

We are currently 3rd (with 34 points) behind Turkey 2nd (35) and Russia 1st (42].

Here's hoping for another productive day 2 of GR. One of our guys has a potential fight against an Israeli but let's hope that it doesn't come to that.

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[khosro]

Cadet World Championships

Day 2 - Greco Roman (Morning Session)

42Kg

Arami (IRI) vs Kuzko (UKR) for GOLD.

46Kg

Mehrabi (IRI) lost his SF and will wrestle Ramirez (MEX) for BRONZE.

69Kg

Rostami (IRI) lost in the qualification round but wrestled his way through the repêchage to face Turan (TUR) for BRONZE.

76 Kg

Forouzandeh (IRI) lost in the QF but wrestled his way through the repêchage to face Hunc (TUR) for BRONZE.

85 Kg

Forouzandeh (IRI) lost his SF and will wrestle Yarashevich (BLR) for BRONZE

NB. Medal matches will take place in evening session which will start at 17:30 (CET) and can be viewed outside of the US from: https://unitedworldwrestling.org/eve...championship-4

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Another good morning session with the prospect of at least silver and potentially more.

[khosro]

Cadet World Championships

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Day 2 - Greco Roman (Medal Session)

42Kg

Arami won GOLD!!!

46Kg

Mehrabi lost the bronze medal match by a wide margin.
69Kg

Rostami lost 4 points mid way through the first period and the bronze medal with it. It proved to a margin he could not close.

76 Kg

Forouzandeh (IRI) lost the bronze medal match. He had a 2 point scored denied on appeal in the dying seconds which would have won him the fight. A very close match which could have gone either way. In my mind losing by criteria when the points scored are penalities as opposed to as a result of a move is not the best way to win/lose (and this is not sour grapes). Something which GR needs to rethink to make the sport less controversial.

86 Kg

Forouzandeh (IRI) lost the bronze medal match. He was on the front foot for the whole match but gave up 2 early points.

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Another gold so one cannot moan but it could have been more with our guys losing all of their bronze medal matches.

As a side note our wrestlers are quite aggressive which is no bad thing but in the medal matches this was often countered resulting in 2+ points for the opponent. For anyone not familiar with GR such a margin can be decisive at the top level. That being said these guys are very young and will learn from the experience.

Overall I am greatly encouraged by the performance of the GR cadet team. Whilst the youth team secured 2 bronze medals we have many more at cadet level (2 gold and 2 silvers). The bulk of the remainder finished in the top 5.

The likes of Sourian and Noorozi are either retiring or coming towards the end of their career/prime. I suspect there will be drop in performance at the senior level but these young guys (most likely encouraged by our team at London 2012) will hopefully come through the ranks. 2020 in Japan may be a little too early but we may be able to look forward to a repeat of London 2012 at some point in the future.

[khosro]

So the GR team finished top of the table (2 golds, 2 silvers and 5 5th place finishes). See you all (or perhaps the few that are interested) for FS on Saturday/Sunday.

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[dcpp]

Thanks for the update mate. They did well. It's a shame we couldn't get some more bronzes but still well done to our boys

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[Tehranto]

Thanks for updates Khosro, really appreciate it.

[khosro]

Cadet World Championships

Day 1 - Freestyle (Morning Session)

42Kg

AZIMISIYACHEGHAEI (IRI) vs. ABDURAKHMANOV (RUS) for BRONZE

Our guy lost in the first round to USA in a closely fought fight but won his repêchage to make it to the 3-5 match.

50Kg

PARASTEH (IRI) vs. KOPYLOV (RUS) for GOLD

Paratesh had a hard fought first round against Cetin (TUR) winning by criteria but after that he showed control and good point scoring to make the final.

58Kg

ARUJAU (USA) vs. MAGHSOUDI (IRI) for GOLD

The balls on this kid must be huge as he came back from conceding early points in all but his SF. For those that are interested I'd recommend watching his early round fights.

69 Kg

GHOLAMI (IRI) vs. ABAKAROV (AZE) for GOLD

85 Kg

HASHEMIJOUYBARI (IRI) was dominated by SHEBZUKHOV (RUS) in the QF. The Russian didn't make the final so not chance of a medal through the repêchage.

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At the end of the morning session we have a chance of 3 golds and a bronze. I'd caution fans that all of our opponents in the final have looked very good but here's hoping we can bring back a gold or two.

Regardless, of what happens on day 2 I think this is testament to wrestling program that was put in place some years ago. As with GR a positive sign for the future.

[Tehranto]

At the end of the morning session we have a chance of 3 golds and a bronze. I'd caution fans that all of our opponents in the final have looked very good but here's hoping we can bring back a gold or two.

Regardless, of what happens on day 2 I think this is testament to wrestling program that was put in place some years ago. As with GR a positive sign for the future.

What program? What changed? thanks

[khosro]

What program? What changed? thanks

I read somewhere that a greater onus has been put on youth and helping them transition to the senior level. The youth/cadet coach is supposed to take over the seniors which will assist that transition. Wish I had the source ... will do my best to dig it out.

In terms of news we lost our 42Kg and 50Kg matches ... so silver for Paratesh. Hoping the other guys can win a gold!

[khosro]

Cadet World Championships

Day 1 - Freestyle (Medal Matches)

42Kg

AZIMISIYACHEGHAEI (IRI) lost to ABDURAKHMANOV (RUS) in the bronze medal match

50Kg

PARASTEH (IRI) lost to KOPYLOV (RUS) ending up with SILVER.

58Kg

MAGHSOUDI (IRI) beat ARUJAU (USA) with a score of 12-8 to win GOLD.

This was as they say in the USA a barnstormer!

What a to and fro match ... I thought the American had it after the first period but Maghsoudi scored some big points with his moves. Watch out for this guy. He gives up points but when he scores he scores BIG!

69 Kg

GHOLAMI (IRI) lost to ABAKAROV (AZE) ending up with SILVER.

Was a closely fought contest with the taller Azeri able to pass Gholami's guard to take a leg far too often resulting in TDs.

85 Kg

No medal match for as he lost in the QF. The Russian didn't make the final so not chance of a medal through the repêchage.

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So thats 1 GOLD and 2 SILVERS from Day 1. Personally, I had hoped for more but they faced tough opponents. No disgrace for the losing finalists.

All the guy's placed today from 1-5 looked pretty good and I think will transition well to the junior ranks.

My picks for future success would be Parasteh (who looks like an all round solid wrestler)and Maghsoudi (if he can tighten up his defense).