shiraz321

From what I saw at junior asians today and yesterday it will be a much weaker team this year for Iran at junior worlds compared to last year.

Elahi wont do anything internationally at the senior level unfortunately

Maybe he was encouraged by Bazri vs Azarpira, lol. He crushed Bazri when they wrestled a few years back. https://www.aparat.com/v/1Loa5

Lol, not sure how many wrestling fans are even in Armenia for them to hate on him. But he made the right choice. I would think Azerbaijan has better training partners and opportunities. Their program seems better funded to me. Only reason Armenia would have been cool is they are far less successful than Azerbaijan in Freestyle. He could have got them some medals they never won before, maybe even an olympic gold . I don't think most Iranians hate him either, just a few weird people, many of whom have left Iran themselves.

He is still around, just failed to make the junior team this year. He is at 61kg now. Maybe if the guy they send to asian juniors this weekend at 61 flops they will give him another chance.

Apparently it is done.

Is he Talysh? I never heard that he was before.

He just has to wait 2 years from the date of asian champs 2025 and then he doesn't need permission. They threatened to remove him from the u23 team if he doesn't attend the camp. Not sure how much leverage they have over him when he has won a hundred age group world championships.

The team has not been set yet, but I think he probably will be.

Yaz will come back next year either at 92 or 97. It's very possible it turns out that way. Even if it is at 92, Firouzpour is a miserable guy to wrestle against.

He's just a Mazandaran guy, they all get support, lol. He got silver in junior worlds 2016 losing to Mark Hall USA at 74kg and was unable to make another team ever, he has been stuck in Iran. He is very tall, must be around 6'3 or so and looked ridiculous at 74kg back in the day. I don't think he is that good. Azarpira got his takedown and was never in danger of losing. Azarpira has a lot of close scoring matches anyway. I think he should be able to get a bronze or so again.

Azarpira beats bazri 3 - 0 in a one match wrestle off to make the world team. Iran world team so far 57 - momeni 61- javan 65 - amouzad 70 - to be determined 74 - emami 79 - to be determined 86 - ghasempour 92 - firouzpour 97 - azarpira 125 - zare

They will go to worlds for all age groups, unless of course fighting starts back up. They even have a few trials coming up for world team spots. Azarpira vs Bazri for the 97kg spot is this Friday. You could say as far as wrestling goes the country is back to normal. And the FS team is going go Hungary. 70 and 79 world reps will be determined there, or it will at least be a stage in the selection process.

Not sure, Amouzad lost to Mamedov at 67kg in that Iran vs Russia event. About that olympic final, the only thing the coaches ever said was that Kiyooka was a bad match up for him. I never heard anything about weight. I would be interested to see Amzouad and him hit day 1 this time and see if the weight thing had any impact. I suspect if weight was in issue it would have show on day 1 also but we will see.

Can Kiyooka be the first guy to go back to back at 65/66 in nearly 20 years?