• Iran, The champion of Greco-roman wrestling in Olympic Games

      With three days of Greco-Roman competition complete, Iran won three gold medals out of seven weight classes, while Russia claimed two golds, at the 2012 Olympics at ExCel Centre in London Tuesday.

      • 21:25 2012/8/9

      With three days of Greco-Roman competition complete, Iran won three gold medals out of seven weight classes, while Russia claimed two golds, at the 2012 Olympics at ExCel Centre in London Tuesday.

       

      The three Iranians who stood atop the podium at the 2012 Summer Games: Hamid Soryan at 55 kg/121 pounds, Omid Noroozi at 60 kg/132 lbs., and Ghasen Rezaei at 96 kg/211 lbs.

       

      The two Russians with gold medals are Roman Vlasov at 74 kg/163 lbs., and, at 84 kg/185 lbs., Alan Khugaev.

       

      Korea's Hyeon Woo Kim earned the gold medal at 66 kg/145 lbs., while Cuba's Mijain Lopez was crowned champion at 120 kg/264.5 lbs.

       

      Greco-roman Standings

       

      Weight 55 kg/121 lbs.

       

      Medals:

       

          Gold: Hamid Soryan, Iran

          Silver: Rovshan Bayramov, Azerbaijan

          Bronze: Peter Modos, Hungary

          Bronze: Mingyan Semenov, Russia

       

      Medal Match Results:

       

          Gold: Soryan (Iran) dec. Bayramov (Azerbaijan), 2-0, 1-0

          Bronze: Modos (Hungary) dec. Hakan Nyblom (Denmark), 2-0, 0-3, 2-0

          Bronze: Semenov (Russia) dec. Gyu-Jin Choi (Korea), 3-1, 1-0

       

      Weigh 60 kg/132 lbs.

       

      Medals:

       

          Gold: Omid Noroozi, Iran

          Silver: Revaz Lashki, Georgia

          Bronze: Zaur Kuramgomedov, Russia

          Bronze: Ryutaro Matsumoto, Japan

       

       

      Medal Match Results:

       

          Gold: Noroozi (Iran) dec. Lashki (Georgia), 1-0, 1-0

          Bronze: Kuramagomedov (Russia) dec. Hasan Aliyev (Azerbaijan), 2-0, 2-0

          Bronze: Matsumoto (Japan) pinned Almat Kebispayev (Kazakhstan), 1-2, 3-0, 1:07

      Weight 66kg

       

      Medals:

       

          Gold: Kim Hieon Woo (KOR)

          Silver:Tamas Lorincz (HUN)

          Bronze: Steve Genot (FRA)

          Bronze: Manucher Tskhadaia(GEO)

      Weight 74 kg/163 lbs.

       

      Medals:

       

          Gold: Roman Vlasov, Russia

          Silver: Arsen Juffalakayan, Armenia

          Bronze: Aleksandr Kazekevic, Lithuania

          Bronze: Emin Ahmandov, Azerbaijan

       

      Medal Match Results:

       

          Gold: Vlasov (Russia) dec. Julfalakyan (Armenia), 1-0, 1-0

          Bronze: Kazekevic (Lithuania) dec. Mark Madsen (Denmark), 2-0, 2-0

          Bronze: Ahmadov (Azerbaijan) dec Aliaksandr Kikiniou (Belarus), 0-2, 2-1, 2-0

       

      Weight 84 kg/185 lbs.

       

      Medals:

       

          Gold: Alan Khugaev, Russia

          Silver: Karam Gaber, Egypt

          Bronze: Danjel Gajiyev, Kazakhstan

          Bronze: Damian Janikowski, Poland

       

      Medal Match Results:

       

          Gold: Khugaev (Russia) dec. Karam Gaber (Egypt), 1-0, 1-0

          Bronze: Gajiyev (Kazakhstan) dec. Vladimer Gegeshidze (Georgia), 0-1, 1-0, 2-0

          Bronze: Janikowski (Poland) dec. Melonin Noumonvi (France), 1-0, 1-0

       

      Weight 96 kg/211 lbs.

       

      Medals:

       

          Gold: Ghasem Rezaei, Iran

          Silver: Rustam Totrov, Russia

          Bronze: Artur Aleksanyan, Armenia

          Bronze: Jimmy Lidberg, Sweden

       

      Medal Match Results:

       

          Gold: Rezaei (Iran) dec. Totrov (Russia), 2-0, 1-0

          Bronze: Lidberg (Sweden) dec. Tsimafei Dzeinichenka (Belarus), 0-2, 1-0, 4-1

          Bronze: Aleksanyan (Armenia) dec. Yunior Estrada Falcon (Cuba), 2-0, 1-0

       

      Weight 120 kg/264.5 lbs.

       

      Medals:

       

          Gold: Mijain Lopez, Cuba

          Silver: Heiki Nabi, Estonia

          Bronze: Riza Kayaalp, Turkey

          Bronze: Johan Euren, Sweden

       

       

      Medal Match Results:

       

          Gold: Lopez (Cuba) dec. Nabi (Estonia), 2-0, 1-0

          Bronze: Kayaalp (Turkey) dec. Guram Pherselidze (Georgia), 1-0, 1-0

          Bronze: Euren (Sweden) dec. Ioseb Chugoshvili (Belarus), 1-0, 0-1, 1-0