Capturing 4 gold medals, Iran wins team title

Capturing 4 gold medals, Iran wins team title at 2008 junior Asian Greco-roman wrestling championship in Qatar, Doha.

Iran team was champion in four weight classes. Saeid Abdevali at 66kg, Babak Ghorbani at 84 kg, Mohammadreza Akbari at 96kg and Bashir Babajanzadeh at 120kg won gold medal, Shirzad Beheshti at 50kg and Mohsen Hajipour at 55kg were second and Aboozar Noorzadeh wan 60kg bronze medal.
Abdevali defeated Yeldar Kairatov from Kazakhstan 4-1(2-1,2-0) at 66kg final. Babak Ghorbani pinned Lee Se-Yeol from Korea at 84kg final. Also Mohammadreza Akbari downed Yerulan Iskarov from Kazakhstan in three periods(1-2, 2-2,2-1) at 96kg final and last year champion at 120kg, Bashir Babajanzadeh repeated his gold medal at 120kg by winning over Abdulmalik Sartbayev from Kazakhstan 5-1(3-0,2-1).

Final standings of 2008 junior Asian GR wrestling championship:

50kg: 1- Kanybek Zholchubekov(KRG) 2- Shirzad Beheshti(IRI) 3- Nurzhan Sarin(Kazakhstan) & Shota Tanokura(JPN) 5- Shivshankar Bhavale(IND) & Ali Abdulwahhab(IRQ)

55kg: 1- Aleksei Ialoma(KRG) 2- Mohsen Hajipour(IRI) 3- Nurbek Uktamov(UZB) & Choi Dae-Han(KOR) 5- Hayanobu Shimizu(JPN) & Ichalid AlMarri(QAT)

60kg: 1- Ryu Han-Su(KOR) 2- Nurdaulet Yelmurajov(KAZ) 3- Bishnoi Bansilal(IND) & Aboozar Noorzadeh(IRI)  5- Mouzane Wejdan Fahd(IRQ) & Almaz Tiumenbaev(KRG)

66kg: 1- Saeid Abdevali(IRI) 2- Yeldar Kairatov(KAZ) 3- Yuji Okamoto(JPN) & Hayder Kareem Hasan(IRQ) 5- Tirath Rana(IND) & Chou Kuan Wen(TPE)
74kg: 1- Doszhan Kartikov(KAZ) 2- Magomed Mutaev(KRG) 3- Chmikara Ragbir(IND) & Kim Woo jin(KOR) 5- Chahine Abdallah(JOR) & Mohammad Sorkhenejad(IRI)

84kg: 1- Babak Ghorbani(IRI) 2- Lee Se-Yeol(KOR) 3- Alkhazur Ozdiev(KAZ) & AZat Beishebekov(KRG) 5- Jabbar Saman Chaker(IRQ) & Yosuke Sato(JPN)
96kg: 1- Mohammadreza Akbari(IRI) 2- Yerulan Iskarov(UZB) 3- Artur Berdimuradov(UZB) & Takuma Arizono(JPN) 5- Suhail Mohammad(IRQ) & Singh Gagandeep(IND)

120kg: 1- Bashir Babajanzadeh(IRI) 2- Abdulmalik Sartbarv(KAZ) 3- Kim Yong Min(KOR) & Murat Ramanov(KRG) 5- Mohammad Abdnnasseur(QAT) & Rohtas(IND)

Team standings:
1- Iran 72 pts.
2- Kazakhstan 66 pts.
3- Korea 52 pts.
4- Kirgizstan 51 pts.
5- Iraq 43 pts.
6- Japan 42 pts.
7- India 40 pts.
8- Uzbekistan 22 pts.
9- Chinese Taipe 19 pts.
10- Qatar 14 pts.
11- Jordan 12 pts.
12- Philippines 1 pts.

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