Three Iranian wrestlers and a Kazakh won gold medal in second day of 2014 Freestyle wrestling tournament “Takhti Cup” held in Iran, Tehran.

Three Iranian wrestlers and a Kazakh won gold medal in second day of 2014 Freestyle wrestling tournament “Takhti Cup” held in Iran, Tehran.

2013 World bronze medalist Daulet Niyazbekov from Kazakhstan captured first gold medal of second day as he pinned 2008 Olympic silver medalist Vasyl Fedyroshin from Ukraine in final match of 61kg.

But Niyazbekov’s toughest bout was in semi final where Kazakh wrestler defeated Seyed Ahmad Mohammadi 10-9.

The surprise of second day came from 125kg where Olympic bronze medalist Komeil Ghasemi from Iran was pinned by Kazakh wrestler Daulet Shabanbay by a sudden throw. But Iranian Parviz Hadi took revenge in final match and defeated Shabanbay 9-4. Hadi is a two time Asian champion in heavy weight.

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

The second day standings of FR wrestling Takhti Cup:

61kg: 1- Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ) 2- Vasyl Fedyroshin (UKR) 3- Noriyuki Takatsuka (JPN) & Seyed Ahmad Mohammadi (IRI) 5- Myong Ri Jong (PRK) & Valodya Frangulyan (ARM)

70kg: 1- Mostafa Hosseinkhani(IRI) 2- Peyman Yarahmadi (IRI) 3- M. Mehdi Yeganeh Jafari (IRI) & Saeid Dadashpour (IRI) 5- Bolat Sakayev (KAZ) & Azamat Omurzhanov (KAZ)

86kg: 1- Meysam Mostafa Jokar (IRI) 2- Jalal Zaman (IRI) 3- Esmaeil Nejatian (IRI) & Mohammad Javad Ebrahimi (IRI) 5- Yeraly Abarashev (KAZ) & Alireza Karimi (IRI)

125kg: 1- Parviz Hadi (IRI) 2- Daulat Shabanbay (KAZ) 3- Abdollah Ghomi (IRI) & Komeil Ghasemi (IRI) 5- Aiaal  Lazarev (KGZ) & Mohammadreza Azarshakib (IRI)