Alikhani reaches bronze-medal bout at U20 Greco-Roman Worlds

Tehran - BORNA - Alikhani defeated Laouna of the Netherlands 7-1 in the repechage and will compete for the bronze medal on Tuesday evening.

At the end of the preliminary rounds in the second group of four weight categories, Iran remained in contention for one gold and one bronze medal.

Armin Shamsipour will compete for gold in the 55kg category, while Alikhani will wrestle for bronze at 67kg.

Ahmadreza Mohammadian in the 77kg category and Sam Mohammadi at 97kg, Iran’s other representatives in the second group of four weights, were eliminated from the competition on Monday.

Alikhani had earlier begun his 67kg campaign with a 9-0 victory over Chichso of Slovakia.

He then defeated Mukimov of Uzbekistan on criteria after their bout ended 1-1, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Alikhani lost 4-3 to Markovski of Belarus in the quarterfinals, but moved into the repechage after the Belarusian wrestler reached the final.

In the final two weight categories of the championships, Amirali Heydari opened his 60kg campaign with a 9-0 victory over Chitich of Moldova.

Alireza Mohammadhosseini also began his competition in the 82kg category with a 7-1 win over Hrovai of Slovakia.

Iranian wrestlers had previously won three bronze medals in the first four weight categories of the tournament.

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