The International Freestyle Wrestling Tournament dubbed as ‘Stepan Sargsyan’ is scheduled to be held from 24 to 26 June, 2016 in Vanadzor of Republic of Armenia.
Iran’s Reza Yazdani will face rivals at the Armenian tourney after a long period of injury to give the technical staff a clear evaluation of his performance for the Rio Olympic Games.
Wrestling Federation of Armenia will award money prizes for each weight category (1st place – US $3000, 2nd place – US $2000 and 3rd place – US $1000) and for the coach of the winner US $500, as well as Cups, Diplomas and medals.
The international sportive event will attract national teams from Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, France, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Uzbekistan, Greece, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Italy, Turkey, Poland, Bulgaria, USA, China as well as Moldova.
The names of the selected senior Iranian freestyle athletes are as follow:
57kg: Reza Atri
65kg: Seyed Ahmad Mohammadi & Meysam Nasiri
74kg: Hossein Yazdani
86kg: Alireza Karimi
97kg: Reza Yazdani, Amir Mohammadi & Abbas Tahan
125kg: Komeil Ghasemi & Parviz Hadi
Head Coach: Rasoul Khadem
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