#WrestleAlexandria

WATCH: 10 Greco-Roman finals from #WrestleAlexandria

Thursday, March 2, 2023 - 08:49 By Vinay Siwach

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (March 2) -- The Ibrahim Moustafa Ranking Series finished last week and the Greco-Roman brought out some of the best action in the tournament. Wrestlers from Georgia, Kazakhstan, Iran and Turkey highlighted the competition with most of them winning the gold medal.

The match of the tournament can be credited to Leri ABULADZE (GEO) and Meysam DALKANI (IRI) as both went toe-to-toe before Dalkhani managed to beat Abuladze by one point in the 63kg final. Dalkhani had defeated Abuladze in the 2021 World Championships final as well.

Other finals, too, were of top class and can be watched here

GOLD: 55kg - Marlan MUKASHEV (KAZ) vs. Amangali BEKBOLATOV (KAZ)

GOLD: 60kg - Yernar FIDAKHMETOV (KAZ) vs. Kerem KAMAL (TUR)

GOLD: 63kg - Leri ABULADZE (GEO) vs. Meysam DALKHANI (IRI)

GOLD: 67kg - Joni KHETSURIANI (GEO) vs. Merey BEKENOV (KAZ)

GOLD: 72kg - Otar ABULADZE (GEO) vs. Ramaz ZOIDZE (GEO)

GOLD: 77kg - Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ) vs. Aik MNATSAKANIAN (BUL)

GOLD: 82kg - Akylbek TALANTBEKOV (KGZ) vs. Gela BOLKVADZE (GEO)

GOLD: 87kg - Ali CENGIZ (TUR) vs. Lasha GOBADZE (GEO)

GOLD: 97kg - Mohammadhadi SARAVI (IRI) vs. Roberti KOBLIASHVILI (GEO)

GOLD: 130kg - Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY) vs. Alin ALEXUC CIURARIU (ROU)

#WrestleBelgrade

World Championships: Sadulaev forfeits, to undergo scans for neck injury

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 - 10:39 By Vinay Siwach

BELGRADE, Serbia (September 19) -- Tokyo Olympic champion Abdulrashid SADULAEV (AIN) will undergo medical scans on Tuesday for a neck injury that forced him to end the World Championships.

The 27-year-old flew to Moscow on Monday night soon after his 97kg semifinal retirement against Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN) with the Bahrain wrestler leading 9-2 at the World Championships.

The five-time world champion was expected to wrestle for a bronze medal and qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics as an Individual Neutral Athlete but the medical staff decided to not worsen the injury.

Sadulaev is suffering from a neck hernia, towards the end of his spinal cord. Medical scans will determine if it is a tumor or if Sadulaev can return to the mat without surgery.

He became the second Olympic champion to pull out of the World Championships repechage as 65kg champion Takuto OTOGURO (JPN) also pulled out due to a foot injury he has been carrying for one year.