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[wrestfan 641]

Behnam Ehsanpour announced retirement, probably too early at the age of 29 but well wrestling is a tough sport.

I wasn't his fan and probably wrote few things against him but he was a nice guy and had a decent career winning a world bronze and couple of Asian golds. it could be much more though, wish him the best of luck in his life.

his farewell message is somehow touching

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNaVoiAMMOo/

[irani 691]

2 minutes ago, wrestfan said:

Behnam Ehsanpour announced retirement, probably too early at the age of 29 but well wrestling is a tough sport.

I wasn't his fan and probably wrote few things against him but he was a nice guy and had a decent career winning a world bronze and couple of Asian golds. it could be much more though, wish him the best of luck in his life.

his farewell message is somehow touching

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNaVoiAMMOo/

What a classy farewell post

[The Genius 224]

Wow that seems premature. I thought he would have had a good chance to medal in Oslo, with a likely weaker field so soon after Tokyo (the second 'olympic year' this cycle). But I guess being stuck between 57 and 65 and not good enough for 65 took its toll. 

Good luck to him.

 

Edited Thursday at 09:27 PM by The Genius

[The Genius 224]

Just for fun predictions of OQT:

GR (Friday):

Geraei (67kg GR): silver (best draw in the world to get to the final and avoid all the big names lol not sure how he managed that)

Nouri (87kg GR): gold (anything less is a disappointing performance)

Saravi (97kg GR): gold (my personal favourite GR prospect, although there are a few others that look great too)

FS (I think Sunday):

A. Yazdani (65kg): bronze (I think Haji from Bahrain will beat him and win gold)

Emami (74kg): interesting because he was solid at 70kg worlds but with a (extremely) favourable draw, I think silver and he loses in the final to the Uzbek 

Mohammadian (97kg): definite gold, very low level of competition 

[irani 691]

12 minutes ago, The Genius said:

Just for fun predictions of OQT:

GR (Friday):

Geraei (67kg GR): silver (best draw in the world to get to the final and avoid all the big names lol not sure how he managed that)

Nouri (87kg GR): gold (anything less is a disappointing performance)

Saravi (97kg GR): gold (my personal favourite GR prospect, although there are a few others that look great too)

FS (I think Sunday):

A. Yazdani (65kg): bronze (I think Haji from Bahrain will beat him and win gold)

Emami (74kg): interesting because he was solid at 70kg worlds but with a (extremely) favourable draw, I think silver and he loses in the final to the Uzbek 

Mohammadian (97kg): definite gold, very low level of competition 

In my opinion, the results are binary for each wrestler.  Either he qualifies or does not.

So you are predicting everyone qualifies except Yazdani in 65KG.

If that happens, that would be a great result for Iran.  Question is, who would they send to the final qualifying event for 65 Kg, if your prediction is correct?

[The Genius 224]

32 minutes ago, irani said:

In my opinion, the results are binary for each wrestler.  Either he qualifies or does not.

So you are predicting everyone qualifies except Yazdani in 65KG.

If that happens, that would be a great result for Iran.  Question is, who would they send to the final qualifying event for 65 Kg, if your prediction is correct?

I don't think 65kg matters that much because it's probably Iran's weakest weight along with 74kg, and the strongest category internationally, so no hope for a medal in Tokyo at all. They might as well send Yazdani again if he performs well or if not I'd say Maghsoudi deserves it. 

[irani 691]

https://uww.org/article/wrestlealmaty-weight-watch-freestyle-97kg

[Shiraz123 655]

6 hours ago, The Genius said:

I don't think 65kg matters that much because it's probably Iran's weakest weight along with 74kg, and the strongest category internationally, so no hope for a medal in Tokyo at all. They might as well send Yazdani again if he performs well or if not I'd say Maghsoudi deserves it. 

Could be wrong but I think Maghsoudi is completely out for this year at least. He's not been invited to any of the training camps since his terrible performance at the last trial where he lost to anyone.

I think it's just between Yazdani and Ghiasi this year, is this correct @wrestfan

[Uwwdoc 19]

Geraei and Saravi to the finals and qualify their weights respectively. I expected them to get there and get gold so here's hoping. Well done to them.

 

Nouri messed up. Beat on criteria in semis. I have not seen the match to see how bad or if any injustice was involved, but disappointing result, and may put his chances of repping Iran in doubt, I always thought Abdvali could move up to rep since Geraei is strong at 77kg but maybe it is too big of a jump for him.

Edited Friday at 08:15 AM by Uwwdoc

[The Genius 224]

What a disaster by Nouri, how did he lose to that guy ?! I thought Nouri had a good chance of getting a medal in Tokyo... Taheri should go to the WQT instead, Nouri is already in his 30s at least Taheri is a lot younger and he did very well at 2019 worlds.

[wrestfan 641]

2 hours ago, Shiraz123 said:

Could be wrong but I think Maghsoudi is completely out for this year at least. He's not been invited to any of the training camps since his terrible performance at the last trial where he lost to anyone.

I think it's just between Yazdani and Ghiasi this year, is this correct @wrestfan

yes i think so but it's always to invite new guys if both of them fail badly here

[wrestfan 641]

43 minutes ago, Uwwdoc said:

Nouri messed up. Beat on criteria in semis. I have not seen the match to see how bad or if any injustice was involved, but disappointing result, and may put his chances of repping Iran in doubt, I always thought Abdvali could move up to rep since Geraei is strong at 77kg but maybe it is too big of a jump for him.

you will hurt yourself if you watch the match lol

Nouri was leading 4-0, with his "pushing" style, but then in last 35 seconds for whatever reason he decided for one more pushout and the Chinese guy scored a 4pts throw on him. as simple as that. I believe Bana will crucify him for this. completely ruined my day. week , month, year. decade, century

[Uwwdoc 19]

4 minutes ago, wrestfan said:

you will hurt yourself if you watch the match lol

Nouri was leading 4-0, with his "pushing" style, but then in last 35 seconds for whatever reason he decided for one more pushout and the Chinese guy scored a 4pts throw on him. as simple as that. I believe Bana will crucify him for this. completely ruined my day. week , month, year. decade, century

Well you know what, good in the long run, I would rather his poor match IQ comes out now instead of in Olympics and at least we have a chance for someone else that doesn't completely sabotage himself to qualify at the last chance worlds and do well in Tokyo. I know Taheri was mentioned, but I don't see him medalling, Abdvali imo stupidly tried to make 77kg outside of the national camp, when there is no chance there with Geraei at the weight and him not being in camp. He should have tried to bulk at 87kg which is weaker. I have no idea who can now rep Iran at the weight successfully. Maybe Bana will look at the u23 or junior guys

[Uwwdoc 19]

37 minutes ago, wrestfan said:

you will hurt yourself if you watch the match lol

Nouri was leading 4-0, with his "pushing" style, but then in last 35 seconds for whatever reason he decided for one more pushout and the Chinese guy scored a 4pts throw on him. as simple as that. I believe Bana will crucify him for this. completely ruined my day. week , month, year. decade, century

Just seen it, man that was painful lol. 

 

Mahdi Fallah seems to be doing well at Dan Kolov right now at 87kg. The weight is wide open now.

[The Genius 224]

if anyone wants to watch the disaster of Nouri

 

[Uwwdoc 19]

Well done to Geraei, takes gold beating a former world champion 9-0. Great throw. Well done. Geraei brothers are exciting and good chance to medal in Tokyo

[The Genius 224]

Insanely impressive performance by Geraei (67kg) who beats Ryu (SK) 9-0 in the final to win Gold! Ryu is a 3x world medalist (2x champion in 2013 and 2017). 

He is definitely a strong medal contender in Tokyo on that performance. 

[Uwwdoc 19]

Saravi very good performance as well teching his guy in the final and getting gold.

 

Nouri no showed the bronze match.

[The Genius 224]

My favourite prospect Saravi (97kg) beats KGZ in the final 9-0 (edit: it was 10-0 after a failed challenge) and takes Gold with a fantastic performance. No doubt that Saravi should/will be the 97kg GR rep for Iran in Tokyo.

Not sure if I missed Nouri but I think he didn't show up for his bronze match (which makes sense).

So GR of the OQT finishes with 2 impressive golds (Geraei 67kg, Saravi 97kg) and failure for Nouri. 

Edited Friday at 01:46 PM by The Genius

[Uwwdoc 19]

1 minute ago, The Genius said:

My favourite prospect Saravi (97kg) beats KGZ in the final 9-0 (edit: it was 10-0 after a failed challenge) and takes Gold with a fantastic performance. No doubt that Saravi should/will be the 97kg GR rep for Iran in Tokyo.

Not sure if I missed Nouri but I think he didn't show up for his bronze match (which makes sense).

So GR of the OQT finishes with 2 impressive golds (Geraei 67kg, Saravi 97kg) and failure for Nouri. 

Yup as my previous post above Nouri no showed.

[Uwwdoc 19]

Jamal Ebadi makes 74kg final in FS in Dan Kolov tourney beating the home nation. Same with Mahdi Fallah in 87kg Greco.

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21 hours ago, wrestfan said:

Behnam Ehsanpour announced retirement, probably too early at the age of 29 but well wrestling is a tough sport.

I wasn't his fan and probably wrote few things against him but he was a nice guy and had a decent career winning a world bronze and couple of Asian golds. it could be much more though, wish him the best of luck in his life.

his farewell message is somehow touching

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNaVoiAMMOo/

Wow. that was heartfelt from Ehsanpour

[irani 691]

7 hours ago, The Genius said:

if anyone wants to watch the disaster of Nouri

 

A very disappointing performance.  For me the worst part is not his lack of wrestling IQ where he handed a match that he had won to his opponent, but his failure to display any wrestling skills against a weaker opponent.  None of his four points were earned utilizing wrestling skills

by wrestling skills

Edited Friday at 05:31 PM by irani

[Uwwdoc 19]

47 minutes ago, irani said:

A very disappointing performance.  For me the worst part is not his lack of wrestling IQ where he handed a match that he had won to his opponent, but his failure to display any wrestling skills against a weaker opponent.  None of his four points were earned utilizing wrestling skills

by wrestling skills

Which is why it's best that this low IQ is exposed now and we can hopefully get someone who is smarter to rep Iran and qualify them in Bulgaria.

 

 

[Uwwdoc 19]

Ali Arsalan wins gold at GR 72kg at Dan Kolov. Zarinpeykar won gold too.

Not many eyes on this tournament and I have mentioned some other results before. Main significance will be how Taheri does which is tomorrow.