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Many thanks for the great updates. I had to search in between all the posts about the important and urgent age dispute to find them, but I managed

Ghassempour weighed in at 89 kg today

Apparently internet is down at the arena. I don't think there will be any broadcasting today until they fix it.

In all honesty, the only reason Ghassempour moved up to the non olympic weight of 92, is that for many years, he could never beat Yazdani. He was 86 for years before he moved up. when the Yazdani came from back his injury, Ghassempour was trying out for 97, and he decided it would be too difficult to get down to 86 after bulking up for 97. During this world championship, they said he was at 91 without losing weight, so he is definitly a natural 86. When you look at Yazdani and Ghassempour next to each other, Yazdani looks a little bigger.

All your points is valid. There is a background that you may not be aware of. Ever since Taylor dominated Yazdani, there has been a strong vocal group in Iran arguing that Ghassempour's style is a much better match for Taylor than Yazdani, and specially for the olympics with Yazdani's injury, there were more people arguing that Ghassempour should go instead of Yazdani. If Ghassempour beats Taylor, specially if he does so with a margin, the "should have" and "could have" arguments will never end in Iran

Good tournament for Japan, Russia and Georgia so far with two wrestlers in each of the finals. Georgia's wrestlers are going against Russians, and I don't like their chances too much

The problem is even if he beats Taylor, people are going to say that he won because Taylor was not near his peak.

Brain Fart is a very accurate way to describe it. At least Nokhodi finally beat JB, so he has something to be happy about, but Ghassempour really F'd up

Ghassempour had a reputation of being a smart wrestler, but now I wonder. With 8 seconds left, all he had to do was stand there and defend if needed. There was no upside in shooting like he did. This was his chance to build his legacy after all his losses to Yazani for the last decade. The problem is even if he beats Taylor, people are going to say that he won because Taylor was not near his peak.

I am sure Taylor will destroy everyone in his way to the match to Ghassempour yes, the silver lining is that we will say Taylor vs Ghassempour, but I still cannot believer Ghassempour gifted the match to Sadulaev with 8 seconds left

Coverage of each of the contenders in Iranian media. Hope google translate does well Nothing earth shattering from any of them Sadulaev Taylor Ghassempour

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Well, JB certainly would be in the conversation as one if the GOATs I am just not sure that he is still the top guy in 79. I like and respect him, I hope he goes out on top

Who do you see as the top 79 Kg wrestler?

People are indeed very high on Khalili, but my expectations are a bit more realistic. I do hope he will grow to 74 Kg in time for the 2028 Olympics. I have personally given up on Amir Yazdani

Pico was good but not the best at his age group in the world.

Khormdel is in fact going to replace Khalili in the U23 now

I suspect they selected him, because of his readiness. He was supposed to go to Albania for the U23, so he was ready. He is an outstanding young wrestler, but probably not ready to be at the top level for seniors

in 70 kg, amir Yazdani has a broken hand that has not recovered in time to participate in the world championship in Albania. He will be replaced by Sina Khalili https://khanehkoshti.ir/سینا-خلیلی-جایگزین-امیرمحمد-یزدانی-در/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cvz6azltFXW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

So, we will either get 2 on one side of the bracket or all three on the same side. i would love it if all three end up on the same side so we hopefully get all three go against each other I know that would suck for the guy who gets 5th place, but it’s the best outcome for the fans. This is assuming all three show up close to their top form. I have my doubts about Sadulaev, but would love to be proven wrong

I am hoping all three will be in the same side of the bracket so we will get to see all three wrestle each other

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I think so. If the the top three guys show up anywhere near their top form it will be an epic competition

Albania finally granted visas to the Iranian delegation we can now focus on the wrestling cannot wait to watch the 92 kg matches As far as I know ghassempour is undefeated in 92 kg his only losses are in 86 to Hassan Yazdani and a couple when he experimented in 97

With one week to go, Albania still has not issued visas to the Iranian delegation. it seems to me, the should require the host country to agree to issue visas to all the participants, before granting hosting of the world championship. iran does not get to host another wild chmpionship because they refuse to issue visa to the Israelis. I agree with that. Similarly , Albania should not be the hot unless they Guarantee to issue visas to all participants