• Iran placed second at Julfalakian tournament

      Gheytasi captures silver, Abdevali bronze

      • 16:17 2008/6/2

      Iran junior Greco-man team placed second at Levon Julfalakian wrestling tournament in Armenia.
      Ali Gheytasi captured silver medal and Behnam Sadeghi bronze at 84kg at the second day of competition.  Also Saeid Abdevali won bronze at 66kg.
      Khouzestan team which represented Iran in this tournament won second place team title after Russia team. The host country, Aremenia, was third.

      Iranian medal winners at "Julfalakian tournament":

      50kg: Mohammad Hatami(gold)
      60kg: Abouzar Nourzadeh(gold)
      66kg: Saeid Abdevali(bronze)
      74kg: Mohammad Sorkhenejad(silver)
      84kg: Ali Gheytasi(silver) – Behnam Sadeghi(bronze)