3 Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers shine in Astana

Tehran - BORNA -  At the end of the morning session competitions of the second 3 weight classes of the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, all 3 Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers advanced to the semifinals by decisively defeating their opponents.

Danial Sohrabi, Iran's 72 kg Greco-Roman wrestler and world bronze medalist, after resting in the first round, defeated Dahlin from Sweden with a superb 10-0 score. He then defeated Ismailov from Kyrgyzstan in 55 seconds with a superb 9-0 score and powerfully advanced to the semifinals.

Mohammad Hadi Saravi, Iran's 97 kg Greco-Roman wrestler and world and Olympic gold medalist, rested in the first round, then went to the mat against Khulayan, world U23 gold medalist from Armenia, and secured a superb 8-0 victory in the first 3 minutes.

In the third round and the quarterfinals, Saravi went to the mat against Anton Vog from Germany and ultimately won 5-0 to advance to the semifinals.

Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia, a 5-time world and Olympic gold medalist and Saravi's traditional rival in world and Olympic arenas, is the big absentee of these competitions due to surgery.

But in the 130 kg weight class, Fardin Hedayati, world youth and U23 gold medalist, faced Frederikas from Lithuania in the first round and won in 11 seconds. Hedayati's opponent, who was taken to the bridge (pinned), did not continue wrestling due to injury.

In his second match, Hedayati also defeated Sirlybay from Kazakhstan with a superb 8-0 score and advanced to the quarterfinals.

In his third match, Hedayati went to the mat against Jiang from China and ultimately won with a superb 9-0 score in the first period, also advancing to the semifinals.

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