TEHRAN - Two of Iran's biggest Greco-Roman stars got their preparations for the World Championships underway with gold medals.Mohammadhadi Saravi and Amin Mirzazadeh won the 97kg and 130kg weight classes respectively at the Kaba Uulu Kozhomkul & Raatbek Sanatbaev Ranking Series event in Bishkek on Thursday.Saravi, who has actually not contended since winning a bronze medal at the World Championships in September 2022, returned to the mat and powered himself to the top of the podium in a 25-2 rout of his opponents.While he controlled all his bouts, the most considerable win for Saravi was over compatriot Mehdi Bali in the semifinals.
This likewise makes him the front-runner to represent Iran at the World Championships in Belgrade in September.Bali was wanting to make a put on the nationwide team but his 7-1 loss to Saravi all however closes the doors for him.In the last, Saravi was up against Yiming LI (CHN) and walked to a 3-1 win to clinch the gold.
He got the turn from pat terre while Li stopped working to do the very same which proved to be the distinction between the two, UWW.org reported.Mirzazadeh, a world silver medalist, claimed two confidence-boosting wins, initially over Osman Yildirim (TUR) who defeated him a year ago in Almaty and 2nd over 2019 world silver medalist and Pan-American champion Oscar PINO (CUB) at 130kg.
After winning the Asian Championships last month, Mirzazadeh entered into Bishkek with the very same type and faced Yilidrim 4-1.
Yildirim had beaten Mirzazadeh in Almaty in 2022 at the Bolat Turlykhanov Cup.In a bout worthwhile of being a World Championships final, Pino began as the preferred in the last however as Mirzazadeh construct pressure, he tired up and Mirzazadeh got the edge.
The 2 exchanged passivity but Mirzazadeh got an extra stepout to win the medal which has pressed him to the top of the rankings also, changing world and European champ Riza Kayaalp (TUR).
I feel happy to win this gold, Mirzazadeh said.
I worked truly difficult for this competitors.
I will do the same to win the gold medal in Belgrade.
On winning against Pino, Mirzazadeh said that it is constantly hard to win at 130kg.
In my weight class, most are great wrestlers, he stated.
But I train really hard for the Olympics.
My weight has excellent wrestlers from Turkey and Cuba however I am training actually hard for the gold medal and I am the best.
Another young Iranian who shone in Bishkek was Daniel Sohrabi, who won the 67kg.
The U20 and U23 world champion wrestled Abror Atabaev (UZB) in his first bout and came out on top 7-5.
If he believed his next bout be an easier one, Joni Khetsuriani (GEO) did not let that occur.
Despite a barn-burner, it was Shorabi who won 6-5.
In the semifinal, Shorabi defeated Sultan Assetuly (KAZ) 10-2 and booked a place in the last versus Husiyuetu (CHN) who blanked Olympic champion Luis Orta (CUB) 9-0, his 2nd win over the Cuban in 4 months.
But Husiyuetu failed to hold up against Shorabi who won the gold medal after a dominating 8-2 win.Uzbekistan became the second-best group with 2 gold medals while Georgia and Kazakhstan won one gold each.