Iran wins Greco-Roman wrestling World Championship title

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s national Greco-Roman wrestling team won the early overall title at the World Championships in Kazakhstan, with three gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

In the 130kg final, Iran’s Fardin Hedayati defeated Darius Vitek of Hungary 8-0 to win the gold medal. With this gold, Iran’s national Greco-Roman team secured the early team championship of the competition.

Iran’s national Greco-Roman team is coached by Hassan Rangraz at these competitions.

At the first four weight categories, Iran won gold in the 82kg division, claimed two silvers in the 55kg and 60kg categories, and took bronze in the 77kg division.

On Monday, Iranian wrestlers added a gold and a bronze in the 72kg and 97kg finals and classification bouts. In the 72kg category, Danial Sohrabi won gold after defeating Hungary’s Vancza 4-0 in the final, following dominant wins over Sweden’s Dalen (10-0), Kyrgyzstan’s Amantur Ismailov (9-0) and Russia’s Mingiyan Guryanov (9-0). His gold was Iran’s third in Greco-Roman at this edition of the championships.

In the 97kg category, Mohammad Hadi Saravi claimed bronze with a 3-0 victory over Sweden’s Kessidis in the classification bout, after defeating Armenia’s Khloyan (8-0) and Germany’s Vioug (5-0) and falling 5-1 to Russia’s Artur Sargsyan, the world silver medalist, in the semifinals.