Two Iranian wrestlers qualified to Beijing Olympic in first day of Martigny tournament.

Two times world junior champion, Mehdi Taghavi, won 66kg final match by defeating Serafim Barzakov from Bulgari 5-3(1-0, 0-1, 4-2) and grabbed Olympic license. Before that Iranian 21years old wrestler won against Albert Batyrov from Belarus.

Also 21 years old, Abbas Dabbaghi, won three straight matches against China, Greece and Germany wrestlers to take 55kg third place and qualify to Olympic. In this weight, Radoslaw Velikov from Bulgaria defeated Kim Hyu Sub from Korea in Final. First to third place winners of this tournament receive Olympic licenses.

Iranian performance in 55 and 66kg

55kg: Abbas Dabbaghi

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First round: WINS Genadi Tulbea(MLD) 1-0 , 4-3

Second round: LOSS to Radoslaw Velikov(BUL) 1-0, 0-4, 1-2

Third round: WINS  Meng Luo(CHN) 4-3, 6-0

Fourth round: WINS Amiran Kardanov(GRE) 1-0, 2-3, 2-1

Third place match: WINS Marcel Ewald(GER) 1-0, 1-0

66kg: Mehdi Taghavi

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First round: WINS dumitru Sirku(MLD) 3-0, 2-0

Second Round: WINS Ignatij Androsov(TJK) 4-0, 4-0

Third round: WINS Albert Batyirov(BLR) 0-1, 5-4, 6-0

Semi final: WINS Grégory Sarrasin(SUI) 0-1, 2-1, 3-1 

Final: WINS Serafim Barzakov(BUL) 1-0, 0-1, 4-2

First day standings

55kg:

1- Radoslaw Velikov(BUL) 

2- KIM Hyo-Sub(KOR)  

3- Namik Sevdimov(AZE)  

3-  Abbas Dabbaghi Souraki(IRI)  

5- John Pineda(CAN)  

5- Marcel Ewald(GER)  

7- Amiran Kardanov(GRE)  

8-Ali Rifaei Fira(SYR)  

9- Siyavush Navkonov(TJK)  

10- Vinicius Pedrosa(BRA)

66kg:

1- Mehdi Taghavi Kermani(IRI)  

2- Serafim Barzakov(BUL)  

3- Albert Batirov(BLR)  

3- Suren Markosyan(ARM)  

5- Grégory Sarrasin(SUI)  

5- Sándor Tozser(HUN)  

7- Akzhurek Tanatarov(KAZ)  

8- Wojciech Sadowski(POL)  

9- Ignatij Androsov(TJK)  

10- Stefan Daniliuc(ROU)