May 7, 2016, 2:25 PM

Greco-Roman roster released for 2016 World Cup

Greco-Roman roster released for 2016 World Cup

TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) – The final list of Iranian wrestlers has been announced for 2016 Greco-Roman World Cup to be held in Shiraz.

According to the United World Wrestling, the 2016 Greco-Roman World Cup will be held in Iran during May 19-20 and will be attended by eight top teams of 2015 competitions.

It is the third consecutive year that Iran holds Greco-Roman World Cup and Shiraz city will be the host city for 2016.

Iran won team title in 2014 and placed third in 2015 World Cups.

 

The names of the selected senior Iranian Greco-Roman athletes are as follow:

59kg: Saman Abduwali and Amin MArdani

66kg: Mahdi Zeidvand and Omid Norouzi

71kg: Afshin Biabangard and Azim Garmsiri

75kg: Saeid Abduwali and Payam Bouyeri

80kg: Ramin Taheri and Yousef Ghaderian

85kg: Habibollah Akhlaghi and Hossein Nouri

98kg: Mehdi Aliyari and Ghasem Rezaei

130kg: Bashir Babajanzadeh and Behnam Mehdizadeh

Head Coach: Mohammad Bana

 

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