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Iran vice champion in World Junior Kurash Championship

Monday, 14 November 2016 1:22 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 14 November 2016 1:25 PM ]

The national Iranian junior kurash wrestling team poses for photogrash after finishing as the runners-up at the 8th edition of World Junior Kurash Championship in Kochi, India, on November 13, 2016.

The national Iranian junior kurash wrestling team has ended its campaign at the 8th edition of World Junior Kurash Championship in India, and finished as the runner-up in the international contest.

The Persians claimed the second position, having won two gold medals, three silvers and one bronze. Uzbekistan was named the top-ranked team with five gold medals, three silvers and one bronze.

Japan finished in the third place with one silver and one bronze.

Javad Moradi and Ghasem Baghchi won two gold medals for the Iranian outfit in the minus 81-kilogram and minus 90-kilogram weight categories at the end of their competitions at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in the southwestern coastal city of Kochi.

Additionally, Abdulvahab Vahabian, Amirhossein Ghasemi and Ja'far Firouzabadi clinched three silver medals in the minus 100-kilogram, over 100-kilogram and minus 66-kilogram sections respectively.

Ali Mohammad Barimanlou pocketed Iran’s sole bronze medal of the competition.

The 8th edition of World Junior Kurash Championship started in Kochi, India, on November 10, and will finish on November 14, 2016.

The sports event has attracted tens of wrestlers from various world countries, including Australia, Chinese Taipei, England, Iran, Japan, Nepal, South Korea, Sri Lanka, the United States and Vietnam.

The Turkmen national wrestling competition, kurash (also written as goresh), is a kind of wrestling on belts that has ancient roots, and dates back to as early as the third century BC. Wrestlers need to earn points by forcing the opponent to touch the mat with any part of the body except a foot.

Kurash competitions are staged in four formats, namely round, shootout, mixed and team.

During the round format contests, athletes compete with all wrestlers in the same weight category. If there are many wrestlers in one weight division, the participants are divided into two groups. Wrestlers who earn the first and second places in each group will be in action for the final showdowns.

Wrestlers are eliminated from the rest of the competition once they lose in the shootout format.

In the mixed format, wrestlers start with the round format for the preliminary round and then shift to the shootout format.

According to the team format, only one athlete from each weight category of a team is allowed to participate. Participating teams will fight one-on-one in the competitions.

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