Jun 5, 2016, 4:41 PM

Four junior freestylers reach finals of Asian meet

Four junior freestylers reach finals of Asian meet

TEHRAN, Jun. 05 (MNA) – Four Iranian freestyle wrestlers have managed to reach final round of the 2016 Asian Championships underway in Philippines.

Freestyle competitions of the 2016 Asian Junior Wrestling Championships kicked off on June 4 in in Manila of the Philippines where six Iranian athletes faced rivals.

Accordingly, Iran’s Saman Shojaei (66kg), Ahmad Bazri (74kg), Hossein Shahbazi (96kg) as well as Amirreza Amiri (120kg) found their ways to the finals while Alireza Goudarzi (50kg) and Arashk Mohebbi (84kg) will pursue the event in the repechage round.

Iranian freestylers in 50, 66, 74, 84, 96 and 120 weight categories are slated to face rivals from Uzbekistan, India, India, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, respectively.

Meanwhile, representatives of Iran at 55 and 60-kilogram weight groups conceded defeats against rivals yesterday and were dropped out of the continental sportive event.

 

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