World and Olympic champion Hamid SORYAN (IRI) stormed to four technical falls and booked his ticket for Rio 2016 on Friday, the opening day of the “Last Chance” Olympic Games Qualifying Tourney in Istanbul.

World and Olympic champion Hamid SORYAN (IRI) stormed to four technical falls and booked his ticket for Rio 2016 on Friday, the opening day of the “Last Chance” Olympic Games Qualifying Tourney in Istanbul.
“It feels good to finally earn qualification (for Rio 2016),” the defending Olympic Games champion said after his 10-0 semifinal victory over Dimitry TSYMBALIUK (UKR). “But my goal now is to win the gold medal in Rio.”

The six-time Greco-Roman world champion dismissed losses in earlier qualifying events in Kazakhstan and Mongolia this spring, explaining “I had a little trouble losing the weight, but with the Olympic Games as my motivation, I knew I had to do it here.”

On Friday, Soryan dominated from the opening whistle, wrapping up Ivan LIZATOVIC (CRO), a bronze medal finalist at the European championships, and Erik WEISS (GER) in slightly over a minute each.

With the ticket to Rio 2016 on the line, Soryan took European bronze medal winner Dmitriy TSYMBALIUK (UKR) to his back with a bodylock to bear hug, then added a pair of gut wrenches to end the semifinal bout, 8-0, at1:25.

Soryan’s triumph sends him to a third Olympic Games and gives Iran an entry in all 12 men’s events – freestyle and Greco-Roman.
In Friday evening’s finals, Soryan did not let up against Jesse THIELKE (USA), wrapping up the Golden Grand Prix Final bronze medalist with a quick takedown and three gut wrenches for an 8-0 technical fall in just 36 seconds.
- Results --

Greco-Roman

59kg (24 entries)

Gold – Hamid SORYAN (IRI) df. Jesse THIELKE (USA) by TF, 8-0, 0:36
Bronze – Dmitriy TSYMBALIUK (UKR) df. Ivan LIZATOVIC (CRO), 4-1
Bronze – Donior ISLAMOV (MDA) df. Frunze HARUTYUNYAN (SWE), 3-2

Semifinals – Hamid SORYN (IRI) df. Dmitriy TSYMBALIUK (UKR) by TF, 8-0, 1:25
Semifinals – Jesse THIELKE (USA) df. Donior ISLAMOV (MDA) by TF, 17-8, 5:16

66kg (29 entries)

Gold – Rasul CHUNAYEV (AZE) df. Ruslan TSAREV (KGZ), 6-0
Bronze – Armen VARDANYAN (UKR) df. Daniel CATARAGA (MDA), 6-5
Bronze – Dawid KARECINSKI (POL) df. Artak MARGARYAN (FRA) by Injury Default, 1:33

Semifinals – Ruslan TSAREV (KGZ) df. Daniel CATARAGA (MDA) by TF, 10-0, 0:46
Semifinals – Rasul CHUNAYEV (AZE) df. Artak MARGARYAN (FRA) by TF, 8-0, 1:08

75kg (29 entries)

Gold – Selcuk CEBI (TUR) df. Daniel ALEKSANDROV (BUL) by Injury Default, 0:00
Bronze – Robert ROSENGREN (SWE) df. Jonas BOSSERT (SUI), 4-0
Bronze – Bozo STARCEVIC (CRO) df. Jure KUHAR (SLO), 5-4

Semifinals – Daniel ALEKSANDROV (BUL) df. Robert ROSENGREN (SWE), 7-4
Semifinals – Selcuk CEBI (TUR) df. Jure KUHAR (SLO), 2-0

85kg (24 entries)

Gold – Denis KUDLA (GER) df. Robert KOBLIASHVILI (GEO) by Injury Default, 0:02
Bronze – Laimutis ADOMIATIS (LTU) df. Danyal GAJIYEV (KAZ) by Withdrawal, 1:30
Bronze – Metehan BASAR (TUR) df. Artur OMAROV (CZE), 2-0

Semifinals – Robert KOBLIASHVILI (GEO) df. Danyal GAJIYEV (KAZ), 2-1
Semifinals – Denis KUDLA (GER) df. Metehan BASAR (TUR), 2-1

98kg (22 entries)

Gold – Cenk ILDEM (TUR) df. Daigoro TIMONCINI (ITA) by Injury Default, 0:00
Bronze – Oliver HASSLER (GER) df. Abrorbek  MAMASOLIEV (UZB), 4-0
Bronze – Felix BALDAUF (NOR) df. Kevin MEJIA CASTILLO (HON) by Fall, 0:46 (4-0)

Semifinals – Cenk ILDEM (TUR) df. Oliver HASSLER (GER), 4-2
Semifinals – Daigoro TIMONCINI (ITA) df. Felix BALDAUF (NOR), 2-1

130kg (17 entries)

Gold – Johan EUREN (SWE) df. Iakobi KAJAIA (GEO) by Injury Default, 0:00
Bronze – Miloslav METODIEV (BUL) df. Iosef CHUGOSHVILI (BLR), 4-3
Bronze – Radhouane  CHEBBI (TUN) v Mihaly DEAK BARDOS (HUN)

Semifinals – Johan EUREN (SWE) df. Miloslav METODIEV (BUL), 4-1
Semifinals – Iakobi KAJAIA (GEO) df. Mihaly DEAK BARDOS (HUN) by TF, 9-0, 2:11