Iranian wrestlers captured 7 medals in International wrestling tournament of Bulgaria.

Iranian wrestlers captured 7 medals in International wrestling tournament of Bulgaria.

Iranian freestyle and Greco-roman wrestlers competed at 2015 International wrestling tournament Nikola Petrov and Dan Kolov in Sofia and they captured 2 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals as seven time world and Olympic champion Hamid Soryan didn’t continue the match against Ivo Angelov protesting to referee decisions.

In Greco-roman, Afshin Biabangard (71kg) and Habibollah Akhlaghi (85kg) won gold medal. Olympic champion Omid Noroozi placed third at 66kg and Mostafa Salehizadeh(98kg) earned bronze.

Seven time world and Olympic champion Hamid Soryan won his first match 8-0 against Algeria but didn’t continue in second round against 2013 world champion Ivo Angelov from Bulgaria. Soryan proteseted to judgment of the match and when the referees ignored his take down points, he refused to continue.

In freestyle, Reza Atari (55kg) and Yadollah Mohebbi (125kg) achieved silver medal and Ali asghar Jebeli won bronze at 65kg.