Freestyle Wrestling

2021 World Junior C’ships:

Iran freestyle wrestlers win 2 gold, 1 bronze

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestlers managed to win two gold and one bronze medal in the 2021 edition of the World Junior Championships underway in Russia.

4 Iranian wrestlers into final of world c’ships in Russia

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) – Four Iranian freestyle wrestlers have advanced to the final of the Junior World Championships underway in Russia's Ufa.

Iran's Zare takes bronze medal at Tokyo 2020

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – Amirhossein Zare from Iran claimed a bronze medal in the men's freestyle 125 kg of the 2020 Olympic Games on Friday.

Freestyle wrestler Ghiasi loses to Indian rival

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestler in the men’s 65kg weight category Morteza Ghiasi lost the quarterfinal match to his Indian rival Bajrang Punia on Friday.

Tokyo Olympics:

Hassan Yazdani settles for silver

TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani received the silver medal of the men’s 86kg category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics:

Hassan Yazdani defeats Russian rival to win ticket to final

TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – Iran's Hassan Yazdani beat his powerful opponent from Russia Naifonov 7-1 in the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympic Games to advance to the final of the competition.

Iran freestyle wrestlers bag 9 medals at Turkish tournament

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – The Iranian men's freestyle wrestling team won 5 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals in Turkey's Yaşar Doğu Cup.

Iranian wrestlers shine on 2nd day of Turkey's tournament

TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) – The Iranian national freestyle wrestling team won seven more victories on the second day of the Turkish Yaşar Doğu Cup on Saturday.

Yazdani says will do his best for Olympics gold

TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – Iran’s Olympian Hassan Yazdani vows to do his utmost in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

Iran wins Asian freestyle wrestling title

TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – The freestyle team of Iran claimed the title of the Asian Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan’s Almaty.

Asian Olympic Qualifiers:

Iran freestylers win two gold, one silver

TEHRAN, Apr. 12 (MNA) – Iran’s freestyle wrestlers collected two gold and one silver medal at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers.

3 more wrestling berths for Iran at Tokyo Asian qualifier

TEHRAN, Apr. 11 (MNA) – Iranian wrestling freestylers secured three more berths at the Asian Olympic qualification tournament in Almaty in Kazakhstan.

Iran wrestling teams to participate in Bulgarian event

TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – Iran will dispatch freestyle and Greco-Roman teams to an international event in Bulgaria dubbed ‘Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov’.

Alireza Karimi wins silver at Matteo Pellicone

TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestler Alireza Karimi won a silver medal at Matteo Pellicone in Italy’s Rome.

Iranian wrestlers snatch 4 medals from Ukrainian tourn.

TEHRAN, Feb. 28 (MNA) – Iranian wrestlers managed to win four medals at the XXIV Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial in Kiev.

UWW announces hosts for 2022, 2023 World C’ships

TEHRAN, Feb. 06 (MNA) – United World Wrestling confirmed this week that due to the CAS decision towards RUSADA the location of the 2022 and 2023 Senior World Championships have been shuffled.

Yazdani vs Taylor; maybe in Italy

TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) – 2016 Rio gold medalist Hassan Yazdani confirms he may take on 2018 world 86kg champion David Taylor in an event in Italy.

Iranian wrestler reaches semi-finals at Individual World Cup

TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestler Rahman Amouzad Khalili advanced to the semi-finals of the 2020 Individual World Cup, which is underway in Belgrade, Serbia.

Iran freestyle league to kick off Oct. 1

TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) – Iran’s freestyle wrestling league will start on October 1 with Tehran as the host of the first round.

Iranian wrestler to be awarded 2012 London Olympic gold

TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestler Komeil Ghasemi will be awarded the gold medal from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the press service of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Tuesday.

Wrestler Alireza Karimi undergoes successful knee surgery

TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestler who was suffering a torn-ACL injury undergone a successful surgery this morning in a hospital in Tehran.

Alireza Karimi may undergo surgery as Olympics postponed

TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestler Alireza Karimi may undergo surgery as he now has enough time to recover due postponement of the Tokyo Olympics.

Alireza Karimi continues individual training following gradual recovery

TEHRAN, Mar. 09 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle wrestling star Alireza Karimi who injured some three months ago is now continuing his individual training as he hopes to secure his berth to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Iran retains Asian freestyle wrestling title

TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (MNA) – Iranian freestyle team gained the title of the 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships with a total of eight medals and 168 points.

Iran freestyle wrestlers grab four medals in Asian C’ships

TEHRAN, Feb. 22 (MNA) – Iranian wrestlers grabbed one gold, one silver and two bronze medals on the first day of the 33rd Asian Wrestling Championships.

Iranian wrestlers grab four coveted medals in Asian Greco-Roman Wrestling C’ships

TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – Iranian representatives grabbed two gold, one silver and one bronze medals in the first day of Asian Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship.

Mohammadian bulldozes all rivals, incl. Olympic champion, to win Matteo Pellicone

TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (MNA) – Iran’s freestyle wrestler of 97kg category Mohammadhossein Mohammadian gained commanding victories against all his rivals on Friday to win the gold medal of the Matteo Pellicone in Italy.