Iranian and Hungarian wrestlers won 6 gold medals at Greco-roman wrestling tournament “Yadegar Imam” Cup in Iran, Tehran city as 2013 world champion from North Korea failed to win gold at 59kg.
Hungary sent a strong team to Iran and they captured three gold and two bronze medals, winning 34000$ of tournament prizes.
But the surprise came from 59kg final bout where 2013 world champion Yun Won Chol from North Korea dropped his final match to Iranian Mohsen Hajipour.
Olympic silver medalist and 2013 European champion Tamas Loerincz from Hungary dominated at new weight 71kg and 75kg gold medal went to 2011 world champion Saeid Abdevali from Iran. Abdevali won his world title at 66kg but he moved up to 75kg in Yadegar Imam Tournament.
New comer Mojtaba Karimfar captured 85kg title as 2013 world bronze medalist Victor Loerincz took bronze medal. Karimfar pinned 2011 Asian champion Davoud Akhbari in semifinal.
Balazs Kiss was another Hungarian wrestler who won 5000$ prize. 2013 world bronze medalist beat Iranian Ali Alyari in 98kg final match.
Johan Euren from Sweden was another European who won gold medal from Middle East wrestling tournament. Swedish Olympics and world bronze medal winner defeated Iranian Behanm Mehdizadeh narrowly in 130kg final match.
Wrestlers from 10 countries competed in the Iranian Greco-roman tournament and 96000$ was shared between medal winners, 5000$ for gold medal 3000$ for silver and 2000$ for bronze.
Final results
59kg
Gold: Mohsen Hajipour(IRI) dec. Yun Won Chol (PRK) 6-3
Bronze: Mohammad Nourbakhsh (IRI) dec.Shirzad Beheshti Tala, 2-0
Bronze: Elman Mukhtarov (AZE) tech fall Ota Shinbu (JPN), 8-0
66kg
Gold: Azad Aliyev (AZE) tech fall Maradi Abuladze (GEO), 11-0
Bronze: Ramin Taheri (IRI) dec. Istvan Kozak (HUN), 4-0
Bronze: Ri Hak Won (PRK) dec. Hideyuki Otoizumi (JPN), 6-5
71kg
Gold: Tamas Loerincz (HUN) tech fall Broman Aslan (IRI), 15-4
Bronze: Vahid Babaei Jafari (IRI) tech fall Sharur Vardanyan (SWE), 10-0
Bronze: Mohammad Karimi (IRI) dec. Tsutomu Fujimura (JPN), 3-0
75kg
Gold: Saeid Abdevali (IRI)dec. Rafik Manukyan (ARM), 7-0
Bronze: Takehiro Kanakubo (JPN) dec. Niyamaddin Ibrahimov (AZE), 2-0
Bronze: Robert Rosengren (SWE) tech fall Mohsen Mehdizadeh (IRI), 10-1
80kg
Gold: Peter Basci (HUN)dec. Mehdi Hodaei (IRI)3-0
Bronze: Mehdi Mohammadi (IRI) dec. Elvin Mursaliyev(AZE), 8-2
Bronze: Yousef Ghaderian (IRI) pin Hossein Nouri (IRI)
85kg
Gold: Mojtaba Karimfar (IRI)dec. Saman Azizi (IRI), 5-1
Bronze: Davoud Akhbari (IRI) dec. Vakhtang Khalvashi (GEO), 9-0
Bronze: Victor Loerincz (HUN) dec. Ali Gheitasi (IRI), 2-1
98kg
Gold: Balazs Kiss (HUN) dec. Ali Aliyari (IRI), 1-0 Aliyari disqualified
Bronze: Davoud Abedinzadeh (IRI)tech fall Irakli Kajaia(GEO), 8-0
Bronze: Majid Aliyari (IRI) dec. Araz Hasanov (AZE), 3-1
130kg
Gold: Johan Euren (SWE)dec. Behnam Mehdizadeh (IRI), 3-1
Bronze: Amir Ghasemi Monjazi (IRI) dec. Parsa Nazari (IRI), 2-0
Bronze: Balint Lam (HUN) dec. Masoud Nemat Chekani(IRI), 7-0
Individual standings:
59kg: 1- Mohsen Hajipour(IRI) 2- Yun Won Chol (PRK) 3- Elman Mukhtarov (AZE) & Mohammad Nourbakhsh (IRI) 5- Ota Shinbu (JPN) & Shirzad Beheshti Tala (IRI)
66kg: 1- Azad Aliyev (AZE) 2- Maradi Abuladze (GEO) 3- Ramin Taheri (IRI) & Ri Hak Won (PRK) 5- Istvan Kozak (HUN) & Hideyuki Otoizumi (JPN)
71kg: 1- Tamas Loerincz (HUN) 2- Broman Aslan (IRI) 3- Vahid Babaei Jafari (IRI) & Mohammad Karimi (IRI) 5- Sharur Vardanyan (SWE) & Tsutomu Fujimura (JPN)
75kg: 1- Saeid Abdevali (IRI) 2- Rafik Manukyan (ARM) 3- Takehiro Kanakubo (JPN) & Robert Rosengren (SWE) 5- Niyamaddin Ibrahimov (AZE) & Mohsen Mehdizadeh (IRI)
80kg: 1- Peter Basci (HUN) 2- Mehdi Hodaei (IRI) 3- Mehdi Mohammadi (IRI) & Yousef Ghaderian (IRI) 5- Elvin Mursaliyev(AZE) & Hossein Nouri (IRI)
85kg: 1- Mojtaba Karimfar (IRI) 2- Saman Azizi (IRI) 3- Davoud Akhbari (IRI) & Victor Loerincz (HUN) 5- Vakhtang Khalvashi (GEO) & Ali Gheitasi (IRI)
98kg: 1- Balazs Kiss (HUN) 2- Ali Aliyari (IRI) 3- Davoud Abedinzadeh (IRI) & Majid Aliyari(IRI) 5- Araz Hasanov (AZE) & Irakli Kajaia(GEO)
130kg: 1- Johan Euren (SWE) 2- Behnam Mehdizadeh (IRI) 3- Amir Ghasemi Monjazi (IRI) & Balint Lam (HUN) 5- Parsa Nazari (IRI) & Masoud Nemat Chekani(IRI)
Team standings:
1- Iran 74 pts 2- Hungary 55 pts 3- Azerbaijan 39 pts 4- Japan 30 pts 5- Georgia 27 pts 6- Sweden 24 pts 7- North Korea 17 pts 8- Armenia 17 pts 9- Turkey 12 pts 10- Iraq without pts
