Obit

Death of Abolfazl Anvari, Iranian Flag Bearer in Olympics

Friday, March 2, 2018 - 14:32 By United World Wrestling Press

Iranian flag bearer at 1968 Olympics, Abolfazl ANVARI has passed away at age 79. Anvari was the first Iranian world medal winner at heavy weight and won bronze medals at the 1966 world championships at +97kg, and the 1969 world championships at +100kg.

Anvari placed sixth at 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and also won bronze medal in 1970 Asian Games.

United World Wrestling offers its sympathy to the Iranian wrestling community and to Anvari’s family and friends.

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WATCH: 10 freestyle finals from Asian Championships

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 17:19 By Vinay Siwach

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (May 9) -- Kazakhstan gave its best-ever performance at the Asian Championships in freestyle, winning the team title with ease. It won four gold medals out of 10. Six other nations -- Japan, Iran, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, India and Bahrain -- won a gold medal each at the competition.

Watch the 10 gold medal bouts from the Asian Championships.

GOLD: 57kg - AMAN (IND) vs. Almaz SMANBEKOV (KGZ)

GOLD: 61kg - LIU Minghu (CHN) vs. Taiyrbek ZHUMASHBEK UULU (KGZ)

GOLD: 65kg - Rahman AMOUZAD (IRI) vs. Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL)

GOLD: 70kg - Sanzhar DOSZHANOV (KAZ) vs. Zafarbek OTAKHONOV (UZB)

GOLD: 74kg - Kirin KINOSHITA (JPN) vs. Darkhan YESSENGALI (KAZ)

GOLD: 79kg - Bekzod ABDURAKHMONOV (UZB) vs. Bolat SAKAYEV (KAZ)

GOLD: 86kg - Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ) vs. Alireza KARIMI (IRI)

GOLD: 92kg - Arash YOSHIDA (JPN) vs. Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ)

GOLD: 97kg - Awusayiman HABILA (CHN) vs. Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN)

GOLD: 125kg - Lkhagvagerel MUNKHTUR (MGL) vs. BATIRMURZAEV Yusup (KAZ)