Iran to Participate in 2014 Wrestling World Cup
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran wrestling team will participate in the 10-nation Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in Inglewood, Calif.
The competitions will be held on March 15-16.
Initial competition will be in two five-team pools. The matchups were set by random draw last month.
Russia, second at the 2013 World Championships, is in Pool B with Ukraine, fourth the worlds, Japan, Georgia and Mongolia.
The US (fifth at worlds) is in Pool A with Iran, which won the world team title last year, Armenia, India and Turkey.
Iran will take part in the competitions with 16 wrestlers in eight weight category.
Iran team includes:
57 kg: Hassan Rahimi - Mehran Rezazadeh
61 kg: Masoud Esmaeilpour - Seyed Ahmad Mohammadi
65 kg: Meisam Nassiri
70 kg: Mostafa Hosseinkhani - Peyman Yarahmadi
74 kg: Ezzatollah Akbari - Reza Afzali
86 kg: Ehsan Lashgari - Meisam Mostafa Jokar - Alireza Karimi
97 kg: Reza Yazdani - Hamed Talebi
120 kg: Komeil Ghasemi - Parviz Hadi
