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Senior Greco-Roman Championships: Iran finishes with 3 bronze medals in opening day

Senior Greco-Roman World Championships in Paris

Senior Greco-Roman World Championships in Paris where team Iran have finished the opening day of the tournament with 3 medals.

On Monday, in the 71kg weight category, Mohamad Ali Geraei came back from behind to defeat world No. 2 Daniel Cataraga from Moldova 10-8 in the bronze medal match. The first half saw the Moldovan scoring 7 unanswered points.

However, the second half was a different story, as the Iranian scored 10 points in a matter of seconds with a spectacular display of techniques.

Saeid Abdvali won Iran’s second bronze medal in the 75kg weigh category after defeating Kazbak Keliov of Belarus 8-0.

The final bronze medal for Iran was won by Hossein Nouri. The Iranian was defeated by The Olympic bronze medalist Denis Kudla from Germany in the semi-finals. His bronze medal game in the 85kg weight category was against Abbasov from Azerbaijan which the Iranian won 4-0. 


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