TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a message on Monday commended the country�s national freestyle wrestling team for winning the world championship title.
 



Iran�s national freestyle wrestling team was crowned world cup championship in the United States on Sunday evening.

Following the Iranian wrestlers� brilliant performance and major victories against strong teams such as the US and Russia, the Supreme Leader in a Monday message acknowledged the national wrestling team�s considerable efforts in the competitions.

�I thank the wrestlers, coaches and the other members of the national freestyle wrestling team of our dear country Iran, who delighted the nation with their efforts,� Ayatollah Khamenei stated in the message.

Iran took part in the competitions with 16 wrestlers in eight weight category.

ran free-style wrestling team won the World Cup for the third straight year.

The Iranian team beat Russia 6-2 in the World Cup finals at the Forum in Los Angeles.

Iran, backed by a noisy crowd of fans, also won the team title at the 2013 World Championships in freestyle wrestling.

In third-place match, host US defeated Ukraine 7-1.

Iran had already defeated Armenia (8-0), Turkey (7-1), US (5-3), and India (8-0) in Pool A.

Iran 6, Russia 2

57 kg � Viktor Lebedev (Russia) dec. Hassan Rahimi (Iran), 4-3

61 kg � Masoud Esmailpoor Jouybari (Iran) dec. Aleksandr Bogomoev (Russia), 12-6

65 kg � Sayed Ahmad Mohammad Pahnehkolaie (Iran) dec. Alibeggadzhi Emeev (Russia), 10-0

70 kg � Mostafa Hosseinkhani (Iran) dec. Khetik Tsabolov (Russia), 9-0

74 kg � Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov (Russia) tech. fall over Ezzatollah Akbari Zarinkolaei (Iran), 11-0

84 kg � Ehsan Lashgari (Iran) dec. Anzor Urishev (Russia), 2-1

97 kg � Reza Yazdani (Iran) dec. Yuri Belonovskiy (Russia), 12-2

125 kg � Komeil Ghasemi (Iran) dec. Anzor Khezriev (Russia), 3-0

By Tasnim News Agency

 

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