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Masoumi repeats to lead Iran to U20 Worlds team title
AMMAN, Jordan (August 16) -- At the Asian Championships in Astana, Amirreza MASOUMI (IRI) had two stunning losses. He lost his semifinal against eventual champion Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL), his first-ever loss internationally, and later the bronze-medal bout to BUHEEERDUN (CHN) via fall. The two losses cast doubts over Masoumi's claims of being the closest to replacing Amirhossein ZARE (IRI) in the senior team at 125kg.
But Masoumi is once again back in the talks of being the next big thing at 125kg after he won his second U20 world title in Amman, Jordan on Wednesday.
The defending champion looked in no trouble whatsoever over the two days he wrestled, outscoring his opponents 51-1 in the five bouts. Apart from the two U20 world titles, Masoumi also has gold medals at the U17 and U23 World Championships.
His win capped off the Freestyle competition in Amman with Iran winning the team title with 165 points, 13 more than the United States which finished second. India was third with 102 points.
Along with Masoumi, Mohammadmobin AZIMI (IRI) also won the gold medal as Iran won four gold, two silver and one bronze medal in the tournament.
Masoumi wrestled Said AKHMATOV (AIN) in the final and launched him for a four-point throw nine seconds into the bout. He added a stepout to make it 5-0 soon. He added another stepout to lead 6-0 and showed his frustration towards Akhmatov's unprovoked aggression during the bout.
Returning to the center, Masoumi took his time before getting a single-leg attack and converting it into two points. His solid underhooks kept Akhmatov out of action and Masoumi added another stepout to lead 9-0.
Both wrestlers were warned for aggressive snapping and the referee eventually cautioned Akhmatov and awarded a point to Masoumi thus ending the bout. AIN challenged the call but the original decision was upheld, giving Masoumi an 11-0 win.
While Masoumi's was a very one-sided win, Azimi had to work a lot harder for the gold medal at 92kg.
Azimi was up against senior Asian Championships silver medalist Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ) who made a late comeback in the final but fell 5-4.
After a little scramble to begin the final, Azimi scored a takedown and led 2-0 after Aitmukhan was called for inactivity. Azimi scored a takedown in the second period as he got hold of Aitmukhan's single leg. Aitmukhan tried to hit a whizzer but failed to complete it and Azimi ended up being on the top.
Aitmukhan gave up another stepout as he was trying to circle back in when Azimi was trying to push him. With just 1:18 left on the clock and Azimi leading 5-0, Aitmukhan had a mountain to climb.
But he began with an ankle pick for two, added a stepout to cut the lead to 5-3 and almost got a takedown using head-inside but Azimi pulled his singlet. Azimi was penalized a point for the foul but Aitmukhan still needed another point with 17 seconds on the clock. Azimi managed to hold off Aitmukhan for that time and won the gold, two months after he won the U20 Asian Championships in the same city.
Iran could have had three gold medals on Wednesday but Mitchell MESENBRINK (USA) derailed those plans by winning the 74kg final against Hossein AGHAEI (IRI) 16-5, his fifth technical superiority win of the tournament.
The silver medalist at 70kg from last year, Mesenbrink went all out from the first whistle and scored a stepout nine seconds after the start. In the second scoring action, he trapped Aghaei's arm and scored a takedown before getting two turns. Aghaei got a reversal and went straight for the leg lace for a turn.
Mesenbrink, leading 7-3, added a takedown and stepout to lead 10-3 before Aghaei scored a takedown. But with Aghaei struggling with his conditioning, it was a matter of time before Mesenbrink finished the bout 16-5 to win the gold he missed last year.
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Aghaei left himself WAY too open for the US shooter in the final. It’s like he had no defensive strategy until it was too late. He has to correct that immediately or his senior career will be very tough. His offense was good, but just couldn’t make up for the points lost earlier.Comment
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yes! indeed!Originally posted by diz View Post
Two other mistakes:
1. He made some serious mistakes in the par terre too. Look att how messenbrink gut wrenches him. He locked one of his arms underneath aghaeis body and is holding it.
This makes it ten times easier to get att you can just roll your opponent. He took 4 points there. This technique os quite basic and its sad that he let him do this. He quickly realized this mistake as his coaches yelled at him. In other words apart from the strategy he lacked technical awareness.
2. This the iranian experts talked about is the penn state treatment and he got the treatment really good. That is you wrestle hard from the whistle. It caught our wrestler off guard and smothered him badly. The guy needs to control the first minute of the fight to disturb the rythm and tempo of the opponent. Hand fight for your life, collar tie him. Snap him. Absorb the pressure and disturb the rythm. Amouzad is prime example pf how to absorb aggressiveness. He often just snaps and headlocks his opponents and the do a rakabi or pich kamar. Regarding your excellent point about defensive strategy here was his worst mistake in this regard according to experts on tv.
Experienced iranian wrestlers know this too well and Excel at giving iranian treatment to penn state dorks. This guy was way too passive and loose in his wrestling.Comment
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First day of Greco off to a great start. 4 of the boys are in the final and the other wrestler is in the bronze match. We could wrap up the team title in one day.Comment
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I think this has been uploaded before but its an ultra long and fsntastic documebtary about how iran entered olympic/anateur wrestling up until recent years.
many interesting points. For example many dont knlw how bad the support for the sport was during shah era. They dont even know that we used to get shafted against eastern euro countries even during shah era. 70s we always got shafted.
since 2012-2016 i believe wrestling has become a cleaner and fairer sport. And federation of today have more say in matters than federation during shah era.
I think wrestling is the only sport where we have actually progressed. And as mentioned earlier where federation is good.Comment
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with russia most probably to get kick out 24olympOriginally posted by AGC View Post
ITS ONCE IN LIFE TIME OPPORTUNITY to get some golds in both gr anf fs.....OLYMPICS tm gets horrible results.Comment
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Yes indeed. But even if they compete they either do it as AIN or fir other countries. Either way and even if this is the case they have dimnished and are not the same. As soon as half the support russian govt give these guys they crumble.Originally posted by oracle View PostComment
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Three golds and one silver in greco. One more final and two potential bronzes. Great results!Comment
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Iran wins three Greco-Roman golds in Amman
AMMAN, Jordan (August 19) -- Iran won three gold medals out of the five on offer on Saturday as the first set of Greco-Roman finals got over at the U20 World Championships.
Ahmadreza MOHSEN NEZHAD (IRI) began the gold rush for Iran as he blanked Zhantoro MIRZALIEV (KGZ), 9-0, in the 63kg final. Ahmadreza, the younger brother of Mahdi MOHSEN NEJAD (IRI), got the first par terre position and he scored a turn to lead 3-0 before one more stepout. He got the second par terre position as well and on this occasion, he scored two gut-wrenches and won 9-0.
The 63kg gold was the first of three for Iran as Alireza ABDEVALI (IRI) denied Alexandru SOLOVEI (MDA) a chance to create history for Moldova, beating him 1-1 in the 77kg final.
Solovei was hoping to become Moldova's first U20 world champion in Greco-Roman but for the second straight year, he will have to be satisfied with a silver medal. Abdevali and Solovei exchanged activity points in the final with Abdevali holding the criteria and despite his best efforts, Solovei failed to score the point needed to win.
Abdevali also avenged his 2021 U17 World Championships final's loss to Solovei, a similar final in which the criteria was with Solovei, giving the Moldovan a gold medal.
At 130kg, Fardin HEDAYATI (IRI) claimed the gold after beating Wenhao JIANG (CHN) 5-0 in the final. This is Hedayati's second win over Jiang in two months as the Iranian beat him in the U20 Asian Championships final as well.
Hedayati, who lost the final last year in Sofia, scored four stepouts and two takedowns to win the gold medal in a minute and 32 seconds.
Ali CHOUBANI (IRI) was hoping to overcome his dramatic 2-1 final's loss at the 2022 U20 World Championships but Achiko BOLKVADZE (GEO) added insult to injury as Bolkvadze scored two points via correct throw on third passivity to take a 3-1 lead. Iran challenged the call but it was upheld, ending the bout 4-1 in favor of Bolkvadze.
The fifth gold medal on Saturday was won by Iskhar KURBAYEV (KAZ) who defeated Farid SADIKHLI (AZE), 3-1, in the 55kg final. This was Kazakhstan's first gold medal in Greco-Roman at U20 Worlds in seven years.
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I sit here, watch the fights and think of Ostad Bana. I can't believe how one person could turn Iran into a Greco-Roman power house. He is Gods gift to the iranian people. After the 2012 olympic generation got older, I really thought it was the end of iranian GR performances. The guy has sacrificed everything for Iran and never thought of himself. He has been a father to the wrestlers.
Guy is a gem and is working for 1000 usd a month. He has gotten million dollar offers from left and right but decided to fight for Iran. For me, these kids performances are his legacy.Comment
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Iranian GR results after end of tournament: 3 Golds, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze. Medals in 6 out of 10 weight classes!
Team ends up with 162 point! Georgia comes second with 89. Almost double lead! Amazing! For Greco Roman wrestling, getting 3 golds is hard! The medal spread is always unbelievably even. George came second with 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 bronze medals.Comment
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