• Iran lineup for Freestyle World Cup

      Iran sends strong team to 2016 Men’s Freestyle Wrestling World Cup at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., June 11-12.

      • 8:58 2016/6/8


      Iran sends strong team to 2016 Men’s Freestyle Wrestling World Cup at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., June 11-12.

      The World Cup is the annual international dual meet championships, and will feature the top eight men’s freestyle wrestling teams in the world.

      The Iranian team is experienced and talented, with a World or Olympic medalist in six of the eight international weight classes. Iran has won four recent titles in World Cup seeking to fifth.

      Iran competes against USA, India and Azerbaijan in group B.

      Iran Freestyle World Cup Team

      57 kg: Hassan Rahimi - Reza Atri

      61 kg: Behnam Ehsanpoor - Masoud Esmaeilpoor

      65 kg: Seyed ahmad Mohammadi - Meysam Nasiri

      70 kg: Mostafa Hosseinkhani - Saeid Dadashpoour

      74 kg: Hassan Yazdani - Alireza Ghasemi

      86 kg: Alireza Karimi - Reza Bayat

      97 kg: Amir Mohammadi - Abbas Tahan

      125 kg: Komeil Ghasemi - Parviz Hadi