Publish Date: 27 December 2015 - 19:01

TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) – Iranian team has announced the names of its Junior Greco-Roman athletes to attend the 36th Senior Free style, Greco-Roman and 2nd Pahlavani International Tournament (Takhti Cup) in Tehran.

Following the request made by the head coach of Iran’s Junior Greco-Wrestling team for the participation of a junior team for the sake of gaining experience in Takhti Cup and upon the agreement of the technical staff of national Greco-Roman teams, the roster for the Iranian national Junior Greco-Roman team was announced.

According to the decision made by the Technical Council of the event, the junior team will only participate in Takhti Cup with the aim of gaining experience.

The International Senior Free style, Greco-Roman and Pahlavani wrestling Tournament (Takhti Cup) will be held on January 14-15, 2016 in Tehran, Iran by the Iranian Wrestling Federation.

The Tournament will be organized under the United World Wrestling Regulations on 4 approved mats in seven eight categories.

The names of the selected junior athletes are as follow:

59kg: Mohammad Reza Geraei

66kg: Hossein Asadi

71kg: Mahmoud Habibi

75kg: Ali Norouzi

80kg: Keivan Rezaei

85kg: Soheil Raeisi

98kg: Alireza Abdi

130kg: Amin Amirzadeh

 

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