Iran's Soryan Remains Top-Ranked Greco-Roman Wrestler
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran's Hamid Soryan retained his position in March as the best Greco-Roman wrestler in weight class of 59 kg, in the United World Wrestling latest rankings issued on Friday.
Soryan became Iran's most-decorated wrestler in 2014 and holds the top ranking at 59kg class.
1. Hamid SORYAN (IRI) – World No.1 (1)
2. Mingiyan SEMENOV (RUS) – World No.2 (2)
3. Elmurat TASMURADOV (UZB) – World No.3 (3)
4. Stig Andre BERGE (NOR) – Hungarian GP No.3 (4)
5. Ivo ANGELOV (BUL) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (7)
6. Aleksandar KOSTADINOV (BUL) – Schultz Memorial No.2 (8)
7. Shinobu OTA (JPN) – Hungarian GP No.1 (not ranked)
8. Kohei HASEGAWA (JPN) – Asian Games No.1 (5)
9. YUN Won-Chol (PRK) – Asian Games No.2 (6)
10. Victor CIOBANU (MDA) – European U23s No.1 (nr)
11. Ismael BORRERO MOLINA (CUB) – Granma Cup No.3 (9)
12. Spenser MANGO (USA) – Hungarian GP No.2 (12)
13. Almat KEBISPAYEV (KAZ) – Hungarian GP No.3 (15)
14. Taleh MAMMADOV (AZE) – Takhti Cup No.1 (13)
15. Tarik BELMADANI (FRA) – Paris GP No.1 (16)
16. Hatham Mahmoud FAHMY (EGY) – World Military No.1 (11)
17. Zaur KABALOEV (RUS) – European U23s No.2 (nr)
18. Maksim KAZHARSKI (BLR) - Zagreb Open No.1 (20)
19. Kenichiro FUMITA (JPN) – Hungarian GP No.7 (nr)
20. Maikel ANACHE LAMOTH (CUB) – Granma Cup No.1 (17)
