Iran Greco-Roman coach Mohammad Bana quits

September 4, 2016 - 16:25

TEHRAN- Iran Greco-Roman coach Mohammad Bana resigned from his post on Saturday. 

Bana, who inspired the Iran Greco-Roman wrestling team to win the championship at the London Olympic Games (winning three gold medals) couldn’t repeat his successful campaign four years later as his team managed to win just two bronze medals.
After the particularly poor performance of his team at Rio 2016 Olympics and the surprising elimination of Iranian wrestlers (including Hamid Sourian) one after another, he said he feel "ashamed" toward them and was seen sitting and crying outside the wrestling stadium, the video and photos of which went viral in social media. 
He was later quoted as saying he cried because he failed to make the people happy, and that the team is like "his child".

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