Iran wins Freestyle Wrestling World Cup 2013 title

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Iran wins Freestyle Wrestling World Cup 2013 title

Iran has grabbed the 2013 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup title after beating Russia on the final day of the tournament in Tehran.

Russia finished runner-up, followed by the United States on Friday at the 12,000-seat hall of the Azadi Sports Complex in west Tehran.

Iranian wrestlers beat their Russian rivals in the 55-, 60-, 74-, 84-, 96-, and 120-kilogram weight classes.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad joined the jubilant crowd and awarded the Iranian wrestlers their gold medals.

Hassan Rahimi competed in the 55-kilogram weight class, Massoud Esmailpour in the 60-kilogram weight category, Mehdi Taqavi in the 66-kilogram weight class, Sadeq Goudarzi in the 74-kilogram weight category, Ehsan Lashkari in the 84-kilogram weight class, Hamed Tatari in the 96-kilogram weight category and the Iranian Komeil Qasemi in the 120-kilogram weight class.

The Freestyle Wrestling World Cup competitions opened on February 21.

Ten countries, including Iran, Russia, US, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Belarus, Bulgaria and Turkey took part in the tournament.

PressTV - Iran wins Freestyle Wrestling World Cup 2013 title

 

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[T-123456]

Congratulations Iran.

 

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Dont forget to fastforward to 1:26

 

[Rostam]

I wonder which dumb piece of ignorant shitt came up with the idea of excluding wrestling, one of the world´s most ancient sports, from the Olympic games?

 

[Rostam]

It does smell like ping pong diplomacy for sure...

 

[Esfand]

It does smell like ping pong diplomacy for sure...

Very nice, that is the beauty of sport, it brings us together.

 

[S.U.R.B.]

Congratulations!!!

 

[danger007]

congrats to Iran... Sad we can't win medals in Olympics....

 

[JanjaWeed]

Well done to Iran.. Unfortunate to see this sport being dropped from the Olympics.

 

[Ayush]

congrats to all the Iranians here.

 

[Pakistanisage]

Congratutlations to our Iranian Brothers.

 

[Rostam]

In memory of perhaps Iran´s most beloved wrestler, Jahan Pahlevan Takhti:

Gholamreza Takhti (Persian: غلامرضا تختی‎; August 27, 1930–January 7, 1968) was an Iranian Olympic Gold-Medalist Wrestler and Varzesh-e Bastani practitioner.[1] Popularly nicknamed Jahan Pahlevan (Persian: جهان*پهلوان‎; literally The World Champion)[2] because of his chivalrous behavior and sportsmanship (Javanmardi in Iranian Culture),[3] He was the most popular athlete of Iran in 20th Century, despite the fact that there are dozens of Iranian athletes that have won more international medals than Takhti.[1] Takhti is still a hero to many Iranians.[4] He is listed in the FILA wrestling hall of fame.


Olympic Games

Gold 1956 Melbourne 87 kg
Silver 1952 Helsinki 79 kg
Silver 1960 Rome 87 kg


World Championships

Gold 1959 Tehran 87 kg
Gold 1961 Yokohama 87 kg
Silver 1951 Helsinki 79 kg
Silver 1962 Toledo 97 kg

Asian Games

Gold 1958 Tokyo 87 kg



Takhti tended to act fair when competing rivals during his career, something which was originated from traditional values of Zurkhaneh, a kind of heroic behaviour epitomizes chivalrous qualities so called Javanmardi.[3]

For instance, once he had a match with Russian wrestler Alexander Medved who had an injured right knee. When Takhti found out that Medved was injured, he avoided touching the injured leg and tried to attack the other leg instead.[3] He lost the match, but showed that he valued honorable behavior more than reaching victory.[5]

Another example of his character comes from a match in Moscow. After defeating the then-world champion Anatoli Albul, Takhti saw the sorrow on the face of Albul's mother. Takhti went to her and said, "I'm sorry about the result, but your son is a great wrestler." She smiled and kissed him.

Unfortunate death: Takhti was found dead in his hotel room on January 7, 1968. The Iranian government officially proclaimed his death a suicide. However, some claim that he was murdered because of his political activities against the Pahlavi regime, accusing SAVAK, the Iranian intelligence agency at that time.

Takhti receiving Pahlevan-e-Paytakht (national champion) prize from The Shah

Takhti's tomb, Ebn-e Babvieh

Gholamreza Takhti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Sam1980]

Well done to Iran.. Unfortunate to see this sport being dropped from the Olympics.

Ain't gonna happen!