Iran won three gold medals at first day of the 34^th Annual Freestyle wrestling tournament Takhti Cup in Tehran Feb. 6 and Feb. 7.

Iran won three gold medals at first day of the 34^th Annual Freestyle wrestling tournament Takhti Cup in Tehran Feb. 6 and Feb. 7.

The special wrestler of the tournament was Georgia wrestling President Eldar Kurtanidze. Kurtanidze,42, appeared on mat but defeated to Turkish wrestler Ali Boncioglu 12-10. After the mat Iran wrestling President Rasul Khadem and vice president of federation Alireza Heydari went to the mat and praised his participation at this tournament. Also the fans cheered for great wrestler of Georgia.

Three Iranians also won gold medal at first day. The surprise came from 74kg bout where 2013 world silver medalist Ezatollah Akbari defeated to Reza Afzali 6-6 in semi final match.

 96000 $ in total prize money handed out to winning wrestlers. The allocation of prize money is $5000 for gold, $3000 for silver and $2000 for bronze.

First day standings of Takhti Cup:

57kg: 1- Jong Hak Jin (PRK) 2- Rasul Kaliyev(KAZ) 3- Batbold (Mongolia) & Yang Kyong Il(PRK) 5- Younes Sarmasti(IRI) & Reza Atari(IRI)

65kg: 1- Meysam Nasiri(IRI) 2- Konstantin Khabalishvili(GEO) 3- Farzad Kolivand(IRI) & Daren Zhumagaziyev(KAZ) 5- Ebrahim Nasiri & Takatani(JPN)

74kg: 1- Reza Afzali (IRI) 2- Iman Mohammadian(IRI) 3- Hamed Rezaei(IRI) & Ezatollah Akbari(IRI) 5- Balamidze(KAZ) & Shopokov(KGZ)

97kg: 1- Hamed Talebi Zarrinkamar(IRI) 2- Abbas Tahan(IRI) 3- Pavlo Olynik(UKR) & Dato Krashvili(GEO) 5- Roman Bakirov(AZE) & Magomed Musaev(KGZ)