A wrestling team from the Army finished second at the 33rd World Military Wrestling Championship in Moscow on May 18.
According to YJC, the male delegation bagged two gold, three silver and one bronze medals to stand behind Russia.
The first gold medal was hung around the neck of Mehran Rezazadeh in 57kg category. Rezazadeh humbled Brazilian contender in his first match 11-0 and then defeated rivals from South Korea and Germany on his way to the finals.
In the clash for gold, Rezazadeh proved his mettle against a wrestler form North Korea and beat him 4-2.
Second golden boy was Yadollah Mohebi. The wrestler in the 125kg cclass, who has the Asian Championships gold medal, overpowered a Kazakh contester in the last battle.
Silver Men
Bahman Teymouri was successful to get into the final of the 79kg division, but was not able to overcome the Russian world champion Khetag Tsabolov and took silver.
Grabbing the second silver, Amir Mohammadi of the 97kg class lost the final to the Russian European Championships winner, Vladislav Baitcaev.
The last silver medal winner, Hamed Rashidi of 74kg, accepted defeat against Russian wrestler Zaurbek Sidakov in the final.
Iran’s team finished with one bronze medal at the games. Mohammad Namjoo-Motlaq in 61kg division won over Swiss rival in repechage clash and took bronze.
The International Military Sports Council (CISM), one of the largest multidisciplinary organizations in the world, held the tournament.
CISM, as the organizer of various sporting events for the armed forces, has 136 member countries and is one of the global sports organizations in which the largest number of disciplines is represented.
The council annually organizes over 20 championships for almost 30 different sports, continental and regional competitions, the Military World Games and most recently the Winter Games and World Cadet Games. CISM also invests significantly in peace activities.
It is reported that 153 athletes, including 98 male and 55 female, from 22 nations took part in this year’s event in Russia.
