Khuzestan Crowned at Iran Greco-Roman Youth Wrestling Event
With 65 points, Khuzestan stood top and was followed by the runner-up Tehran and the third-placed Khorassan with 55 and 36 points.
During the three-day event in Takhti Hall of Ramsar, 26 teams from 24 provinces comprising 176 wrestlers competed in 252 bouts. The first- to third-placed wrestlers in different categories come below: 50kg: 1. Mohammad Faqiri from Tehran 2. Hossein Shams from Khuzestan 3. Kayvan Qahremani from Kurdestan 55kg: 1. Janmohammad Davari from Khuzestan 2. Majid Ya'qoubi from Khorassan 3. Yassin Bahrami from Kermanshah 60kg: 1. Davoud Abbassi from Khuzestan 2. Reza Saki from Lorestan 3. Yasser Farjam from Tehran Suburbs 66kg: 1. Hamzeh Heidari from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 2. Mojtaba Lavaei from Khorassan 3. Babak Mohebbi from Ardebil 74kg: 1. Farshad Alizadeh from Tehran 2. Mojtaba Babajanzadeh from Mazandaran 3. Massoud Rashidian from Khorassan 84kg: 1. Mojtaba Kababi from Khuzestan 2. Qassem Rezaei from Mazandaran 3. Hamid Sarshoq from Isfahan 96kg: 1. Ali-Akbar Sadeq from Tehran 2. Mohammad Foroumadi from Karaj 3. Javad Saedi from Isfahan 120kg: 1. Siavash Qalavand from Khuzestan 2. Seyed Akbar Hosseini from Tehran 3. Rassoul Heshmati from Karaj
Gholamreza Qaytassi of Khuzestan was named "Youth Coach of Iran", Salman Tahmasbi from Kurdestan was announced as "Wrestler of Iran", and Ali-Akbar Sadeq from Tehran won "Technical Wrestler of Iran" title.