Road to Olympics 2020 Tokyo

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Asian qualifying tournament for Greco-Roman wrestling took place today. We got 2 out of 3 remaining spots through Reza Geraei and Saravi. Now we have qualified 5 out of 6. Hossein Nouri had an extremely disappointing performance and lost to China in a weight that could have brought us an Olympic medal.

Geraei on the other hand was absolutely fantastic. We this form both him and his brother Ali are our best medal hope in Greco. Here is his final vs. 2 time world champion from Korea.

Here is Saravi's final. He was also great today.

Here is Nouri's shocking loss in the semis. Notice he is leading 4-0 with 35 seconds remaining. He just needed to control the game, not blindly attack for no reason.

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Asian qualifying tournament for Greco-Roman wrestling took place today. We got 2 out of 3 remaining spots through Reza Geraei and Saravi. Now we have qualified 5 out of 6. Hossein Nouri had an extremely disappointing performance and lost to China in a weight that could have brought us an Olympic medal.

Geraei on the other hand was absolutely fantastic. We this form both him and his brother Ali are our best medal hope in Greco. Here is his final vs. 2 time world champion from Korea.

Here is Saravi's final. He was also great today.

Here is Nouri's shocking loss in the semis. Notice he is leading 4-0 with 35 seconds remaining. He just needed to control the game, not blindly attack for no reason.

is abdevali not involved?

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is abdevali not involved?

His selfishness is causing him his 3rd Olympics. His weight category is 82 kg which is in the middle of Olympic weights 77kg and 87 kg. He wants to cut down to compete in 77kg where we already have Ali Geraei who has got the us the quota and is our best Greco wrestler right now. Everyone has told him for months to gain weight to compete in 87kg. If he had done that maybe he could have got us the quota instead of technically inept Nouri who lost!

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His selfishness is causing him his 3rd Olympics. His weight category is 82 kg which is in the middle of Olympic weights 77kg and 87 kg. He wants to cut down to compete in 77kg where we already have Ali Geraei who has got the us the quota and is our best Greco wrestler right now. Everyone has told him for months to gain weight to compete in 87kg. If he had done that maybe he could have got us the quota instead of technically inept Nouri who lost!

damn what a shame. Was always a big fan of his style whenever I watched him.

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As far as i know there is 1 more tournament where we can qualify for the weightclasses we didnt make it ( even 87)another one in bulgaria but with all countries involved

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^ Yes, the final world qualification tournament next month.

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Good news. All 3 of our Freestyle wrestlers got the Olympic quota with convincing wins.

If anyone is interested in watching their gold medal matches they will be shown on varzesh channel and unitedworldwrestling website in a couple of hours.

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Yazdani is Asian champ again

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Yazdani Triumphs as Iran, Kazakhstan Score Double Golds at Asian C’Ships | United World Wrestling

For superstar Hassan YAZDANI (IRI), the Asian Championships are just a stepping stone in preparing for his ultimate goal of winning a second straight Olympic gold medal in Tokyo. He rocked it anyway.

Hassan YAZDANI (IRI) proved once again he is in a class by himself, schooling Deepak PUNIA (IND) in their long-delayed first encounter to take the 86kg gold medal as the six-day tournament in Almaty concluded Sunday night with the last five finals in freestyle.

Yazdani, who won the gold in his only other Asian Championships appearance in 2018, was never in danger as he outclassed Punia with a 10-0 technical fall -- nearly two years after an inaugural meeting between them in the final at the 2019 World Championships in Nursultan was aborted when the Indian defaulted due to injury.

Prior to Almaty, Yazdani had not competed in an individual tournament since the 2019 worlds, and wanted to get in some mat time prior to the Tokyo Olympics, where he will defend the title he won at Rio 2016.

"After the pandemic started, it was hard to compete," Yazdani said. "I thought I would compete in the World Cup for preparation, but I did not," he said, referring to the Individual World Cup held in December last year in lieu of a World Championships.

"The Asian Championships was a good event and I wanted to see my preparations and now I will continue to prepare for the Olympics as a wrestler who will win the gold medal. Only the gold."

After Punia defaulted at the Nursultan Worlds due to an ankle injury suffered earlier in the tournament, many speculated on what might have been, given Punia's impressive run to the final just a year after winning a silver medal at the World Junior Championships.

But Yazdani is not called "The Greatest" for no reason, and it would take raising to another level to catch him off his game. For Punia, who looked sluggish at times en route to the final in Almaty, this was not the day.

Yazdani basically put on a takedown clinic, scoring four as Punia was able to resist all but one gut wrench, after the third takedown. That gave Yazdani an 8-0 lead, and he ended the match with a great second effort on a takedown attempt.

Punia had wiggled out of a single-leg attempt, but Yazdani pursued him to the edge and gained control to make it 10-0 at 2:53 for his third technical fall in three matches.

Yazdani said he plans to compete again before Tokyo, although he did not specify what events.

"I will participate in some more competitions until the Olympics so that I can keep working on myself and my flaws," Yazdani said. "This is my preparation for the Olympics and to win the gold medal in Tokyo. That is what matters in the end."

Looking at the competition in Tokyo, Yazdani said he is not focusing on any certain opponent.

"All of the competitors are important because all of them are good and everybody comes to win," Yazdani said. "All of them are doing their best to win because it's a dream for all."But my American and Russian competitors are much more difficult, but I take all my competitors serious. I have to make a good program together with my coach and team to beat them."

Not surprisingly, Iran added the team freestyle title to its victory in Greco-Roman earlier in the tournament at the spectator-less Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, amassing 179 points after winning three golds and eight medals overall.

India edged Kazakhstan for second place by just two points, 151 to 149, despite having just one gold to the host nation's three. With two silvers each, the main difference came down to four bronzes won by India, against none for Kazakhstan.

In the lone final pitting Iranian and Kazakh wrestlers, Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ) kept the 74kg title in Kazakh hands and earned a second career Asian gold for himself by rallying to a 6-2 victory over Mostafa HOSSEINKHANI (IRI).

"It was a hard final and that is why I am very happy," Kaipanov said. "I was ill during my training. But thanks to my coaches, I could have great preparation for the Asian Championships. Coaches do many things that we athletes do not see."

Kaipanov, the 2019 world silver medalist and Asian champion at 70kg before moving up to the Olympic weight, trailed 2-0 going into the second period, but gained a takedown and an ankle roll to go ahead. He then added a takedown to clinch the victory.

"I did not like how I wrestled today," he said. "Fortunately, I was able to win the gold medal."

Kaipanov's victory followed the gold-medal run at 74kg last year in New Delhi by compatriot Daniar KAISANOV (KAZ), who finished third at the 2019 Nursultan worlds to earn an Olympic spot.

"Kaisanov is my rival and I have never wrestled him before, but in the future we will," Kaipanov said.

Hosseinkhani had to settle for a second straight bronze medal and third in four years, as the the 2016 world bronze medalist still seeks to add to the Asian titles he won in 2014 and 2016.

Iran's other gold came at 92kg, where Kamran GHASEMPOUR (IRI) showed that while he might not be as well-known as Yazdani, he could be just as dominant by winning the gold with a third consecutive technical fall.

Ghasempour, the 2019 world U-23 and Asian champion at 86kg, stormed to a 10-0 victory in 2:09 over 2020 bronze medalist Tsogtgerel MUNKHBAATAR (MGL), whose bid to become Mongolia's first Asian gold medalist in freestyle since 2015 never got off the ground.

Ghasempour overwhelmed Munkhbaatar with four aggressive takedowns, including a driving tackle for 4 points and powerful lift-and-dump with a single leg that ended the match.

"I feel good to win the medal," Ghasempour said. "In the future, I think I will go down a weight category. The final was very good for me because it is a weight category above my original."

Ghasempour said that dropping down a division will not create a national team clash. "Yazdani goes to the Olympics and I go to world championships," he said.

https://uww.org/article/yazdani-triu...s-asian-cships

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What weights to Sohrab Moradi lift tomorrow to go to the olympics?

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What weights to Sohrab Moradi lift tomorrow to go to the olympics?

It depends on what his opponents from Kirgizstan and Taipei do as well, but he needs around 410 total to be comfortable. That is close to his personal best of 417. I haven't seen him in any tournament for the past 2 years because of his injuries. Let's truly hope he is in good form.
On another note, Kianoush Rostami flopped today as expected and will almost certainly miss the Olympics.

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Can someone tell more what about happend ? Where is the tournament and what did Rostami do ?