Mohammadi qualifies Iran for the Olympic in 60kg weight class
At the second day of freestyle Olympic qualifying tournament in Martigny, Switzerland, Morad Mohammadi stood third place at 60kg weight class and qualified Iran for Olympic. 2006 world champion, defeated Tlegenov from Uzbekistan and Mike zadick from USA but lost to 2004 Olympic champion, Yandro Quintana from Cuba. In Repechage, Mohammadi had three straight wins over Noriyuki Takatsuka from Japan and Ganzorig from Mongolia.
In this weight class, Quintana was champion and defeated Zalimkhan Huseynov from Azerbaijan. 1-0, 3-0.
Two other Azerbaijani wrestlers qualified for Olympic. Norouz Temrezov defeated Chagnadorj Ganzorig from Mongolia in 84 kg final round 4-0, 3-0 and Khetag Gazyumov won against Nicolai Ceban from Moldova 2-1, 5-0 in 96kg final.
Four top wrestlers in each weight qualify for 2008 Olympic Games.
Morad Mohammadi performance:
First round: WINS Vais Tlegenov(UZB) 2-0, 3-0
Second round: WINS Mike Zadick(USA) 1-0, 0-1, 1-0
Third round: LOSS Yandro Quintana(Cuba) 8-0, 2-0
Fourth round: WINS Noriuki Takatsuka(JPN) 1-0, 1-0
Fifth round: WINS Mandakhnaran Ganzorig(MGL) 6-0, 7-0Pin
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Second day standings:
60kg:
1- Yandro Miguel Quintana(CUBA)
2- Zalimkhan Huseynov(Azerbaijan)
3- Vitalij Korjakin(Tajikistan)
3- Seyed Morad Mohammadi(IRAN)
5- Malkhaz Kurdiani(Georgia)
5- Mandakhnaran Ganzorig(Mongolia)
7- Martin Berberyan(Armenia)
8- Park Sang-Man(Korea)
9- Mahamedkamil Mahamedua(Belarus)
10- Andrei Perpelita(Moldova)
84kg:
1- Nauruz Temrezov(Azerbaijan)
2- Chagnaadorj Ganzorig(Mongolia)
3- Haratyun Yenokyan(Armenia)
3- Roerlandry Zuniga(Cuba)
5- Yutaka Suzuki(Japan)
5- Gennadiy Laliyev(Kazakhistan)
7- Miroslav Gechev(Bulgaria)
8- Armands Zvirbulis(Austria)
9- Sergei Borchanka(Belarus)
10- Arpad Ritter(Hungry)
96kg:
1- Khetag Gazyumov(Azerbaijan)
2- Nicolai Ceban(Moldova)
3- David Zilberman(Canada)
3- Ruslan Sheykhov(Belarus)
5- Luis Vivenez(Venezuela)
5- Shamil Gitinov(Armenia)
7-Mihai Stroia(Romania)
8- Kiyotaka Kodaira(Japan)
9- Enkhamgalan Tumurkhuu(Mongolia)
10- Nikolay Chterev(Bulgaria)