• Yazdani Wins Silver, Zare Grabs Bronze for Iran FS Team in 2020 Olympics

      Iran Freestyle wrestling team finished 2020 Olympic Games with one silver and one bronze medal.

      • 19:51 2021/8/7

      Iran Freestyle wrestling team finished 2020 Olympic Games with one silver and one bronze medal.

      2016 Olympic Champion Hassan YAZDANI in 86kg and Amir Hossein ZARE at 125 kg were two Iranian freestyle medalists in Tokyo. Yazdani achieved silver medal while Zare won bronze.
      In a clash of the titans that will go down in the annals of Olympic wrestling history, David Taylor pulled out a victory for the ages with a late takedown to defeat superstar Hassan YAZDANI (IRI) 4-3 in a nail-biting freestyle 86kg final on Thursday, preventing the Iranian from becoming the first two-time Olympic champion in his wrestling-mad country's history.

      Amir ZARE (IRI), the 2019 world U-23 champion, took the other bronze in heavy weight class, also with a 5-0 win, although he did with three stepouts and two activity points against a defensive Zhiwei DENG (CHN).
      While, Reza ATRI in 55kg placed fifth, Morteza GHIASI at 65kg, Mostafa HOSSEINKHANI at 74kg and Mohammad Hossein MOHAMMADIAN at 97kg were eliminated in the Olympic Games.

      Freestyle

      57kg
      GOLD - Zavur UGUEV (ROC) df. Ravi KUMAR (IND), 7-4
      BRONZE - Nurislam SANAYEV (KAZ) df. Georgi VANGELOV (BUL), 5-1
      BRONZE - Thomas GILMAN (USA) df. Reza ATRINAGHARCHI (IRI), 9-1

      65kg
      GOLD - Takuto OTOGURO (JPN) df. Haji ALIYEV (AZE), 5-4
      BRONZE - Gadzhimurad RASHIDOV (ROC) df. Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN), 5-0
      BRONZE - Bajrang PUNIA (IND) df. Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ), 8-0

      74kg
      GOLD - Zaurbek SIDAKOV (ROC) df. Mahamadkhabib KADZIMAHAMEDAU (BLR), 7-0
      BRONZE - Kyle DAKE (USA) df. Frank CHAMIZO (ITA), 5-0
      BRONZE - Bekzod ABDURAKHMONOV (UZB) df. Daniyar KAISANOV (KAZ) by TF, 13-2, 2:13


      86kg
      GOLD - David TAYLOR (USA) df. Hassan YAZDANI (IRI), 4-3
      BRONZE - Artur NAIFONOV (ROC) df. Javrail SHAPIEV (UZB), 2-0
      BRONZE - Myles AMINE (SMR) df. Deepak PUNIA (IND), 4-2

      97kg
      GOLD - Abdulrashid SADULAEV (ROC) df. Kyle SNYDER (USA), 6-3
      BRONZE - Reineris SALAS PEREZ (CUB) df. Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE), 3-3
      BRONZE - Abraham CONYEDO RUANO (ITA) df. Suleyman KARADENIZ (TUR), 6-

      125kg
      GOLD - Gable STEVESON (USA) df. Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO), 10-8
      BRONZE - Amir ZARE (IRI) df, Zhiwei DENG (CHN), 5-0
      BRONZE - Taha AKGUL (TUR) df. Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL), 5-0