Winning three silver and two bronze, Iran Freestyle wrestling team placed second at 2014 World Wrestling Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Winning three silver and two bronze, Iran Freestyle wrestling team placed second at 2014 World Wrestling Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Masoud Esmaeilpour(61kg), Seyed Ahmad Mohammadi (65kg) and Komeil Ghasemi(125kg) captured silver medals and Hassan Rahimi(57kg) with Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian(86) achieved bronze medals as Iran team placed second after Russia and Turkey came third in team rankings.

Summaries of the Medal Finals

61kg - Aliev broke open a seesaw bout with a back-arching throw for 12-6 lead against 2013 world bronze medalist Masoud EMAILPOUR (IRI) and made it stand for the win.

“I know the Iranian very well and we always have close matches, so to score that many points was surprising and rewarding,”  Aliev told reporters later.

In the bronze medal matches, ENKHSAIKHAN Nyam-Ochir (MGL) had a late takedown by Artas SANAA (KAZ) waved off after a challenge for a 2-1 win. London Olympian Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB) rolled up exposure points in second period for an 8-2 win over Andrei PERPELITA (MDA).

GOLD: Haji ALIYEV (AZE) v. Masoud Mahmoud ESMAEILPOORJOUYBARI (IRI), 12-7
BRONZE: Nyam-Ochir ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL) df. Artas SANA (KAZ), 2-1
BRONZE: Yowlys BONNE (CUB) df. Andrei PERPELITA (MDA), 8-2

Semifinal: Haji ALIYEV (AZE) df. Yowlys BONNE (CUB), 4-2.  
Semifinal: Masoud Mahmoud ESMAEILPOORJOUYBARI (IRI) df. Artas SANA (KAZ) by TF, 10-0. 

65kg - Ramonov opened the gold medal match with a carry for four points and whipped Asian champion Sayed Ahmad MOHAMADDI (IRI) to his back late in the first period and pressed of the fall.

GANZORIG Mandakhnaran (MGL) overcame a 7-point deficit and forced a disqualificiation on Azamat NURIKOV (BLR) for his second straight world bronze medal. Mihail SAVA (MDA) gave up two late four-point turns but held for the win in a 16-15 free-for-all over Mustafa KAYA (TUR).

GOLD: Soslan RAMONOV (RUS) df. Seyed Ahmad MOHAMMADI (IRI) by FALL
BRONZE: Mihail SAVA (MDA) df. Mustafa KAYA (TUR), 16-11 
BRONZE: Mandakhnaran GANZORIG (MGL) df. Azamat NURYKAU (BLR) by DQ, 8-7 

Semifinal: Seyed Ahmad MOHAMMADI (IRI) df. Mustafa KAYA (TUR), 17-10
Semifinal: Soslan RAMONOV (RUS) df. Azamat NURYKAU (BLR) by TF, 10-0

74kg – Tsargush countered the low-level attack of Sosuke TAKATANI (JPN), countering and spinning behind for an 8-2 victory and his third world championship title.

Burroughs converted a double leg takedown to a fall at 2:48 over Rustam DUDAEV (UKR). World silver medalist at 66kg in 2013, Livan LOPEZ AZCUY (CUB) launched Jumber KVELASHVILI (GEO) twice with back-arching throws for an 11-1 technical fall at 3:40.

GOLD: Denis TSARGUSH (RUS) df. Sohsuke TAKATANI (JPN), 8-2 
BRONZE: Jordan Ernest BURROUGHS (USA) df. Rustam DUDAIEV (UKR) by FALL
BRONZE: Livan LOPEZ (CUB) df. Jumber KVELASHVILI (GEO) by TF, 11-1 

Semifinal: Sohsuke TAKATANI (JPN) df. Jumber KVELASHVILI (GEO), 3-1.  
Semifinal: Denis TSARGUSH (RUS) df. Jordan Ernest BURROUGHS (USA), 9-0.

97kg – European champion Gadisov took two penalty points and gave one back in a hard-fought affair for a 2-1 win over Khetag GAZUMOV (AZE), who was world silver medalist for the second year in arrow.

Shamil ERDOGAN (TUR), who upset world champion Reza YAZDANI (IRI) in the quarterfinals, defeated Pan American champ Javier CORTINA (CUB) by technical fall, 10-0, at 5:20.

London 2012 silver medalist Valeri ANDRIITSEV (UKR) landed on top of an inside trip attemp by Elizbar ODIKADZE (GEO) and pressed for the fall at 1:07.

GOLD: Abdusalam GADISOV (RUS) df. Khetag GAZYUMOV (AZE), 2-1
BRONZE: Valerii ANDRIITSEV (UKR) df. Elizbar ODIKADZE (GEO) by FALL
BRONZE: Samil ERDOGAN (TUR) df. Javier CORTINA (CUB) by TF, 10-0

Semifinal: Khetag GAZYUMOV (AZE) df. Valerii ANDRIITSEV (UKR), 5-1
Semifinal: Abdusalam GADISOV (RUS) df. Samil ERDOGAN (TUR), 4-2

Team Standings:

1. RUS: 62 (5)
2. IRI: 45 
3. TUR: 41 (1)
4. AZE: 36 (1)
5. CUB: 31
6. MGL: 29
7. BLR: 28
8. GEO: 23
9. UKR: 20
9. USA: 20