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WATCH: 10 Greco-Roman finals from Zagreb Open

Friday, February 10, 2023 - 11:27 By Vinay Siwach

ZAGREB, Croatia (February 10) -- The Greco-Roman competition at the Zagreb Open was dominated by Iran but it saw Oscar PINO (CUB) win the gold at 130kg, Tamas LEVAI (HUN) reach the final at 97kg and Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI) rolling back the years to win the 77kg gold among other things. The 10 finals of the Zagreb Open provided action and excitement.

Watch all the 10 Greco-Roman gold medal bouts here.

55kg: GOLD - Poya Soulat DAD MARZ (IRI) vs. Ikhtiyor BOTIROV (UZB)

60kg: GOLD - Mehdi MOHSEN NEJAD (IRI) vs. Nihat MAMMADLI (AZE)

63kg: GOLD - Aref Hossein Khoun MOHAMMADI (IRI) vs. Taleh MAMMADOV (AZE)

67kg: GOLD - HUSIYUETU (CHN) vs. Reza Mahdi ABBASI (IRI)

72kg: GOLD - Sajjad IMENTALABFOUMANI (IRI) vs. Selcuk CAN (TUR)

77kg: GOLD - Alexandrin GUTU (MDA) vs. Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI)

82kg: GOLD - Filip SACIC (CRO) vs. Alireza MOHMADIPIANI (IRI)

87kg: GOLD - Istvan TAKACS (HUN) vs. Naser ALIZADEH (IRI)

97kg: GOLD - Tamas LEVAI (HUN) vs. Kiril MILOV (BUL)

130kg: GOLD - Oscar PINO HINDS (CUB) vs. Oskar MARVIK (NOR)

#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.