ASHKANI ADDS SILVER TO IRAN’S WORLD GRECO-ROMAN GOLD
Tehran Times
Oct 3 2005
Tehran Times Sports Desk
TEHRAN – Ali Ashkani brought Iran’s world Greco-Roman tally to two as
he finished runner-up to the Armenian-born Bulgarian wrestler Armen
Nazarian in Budapest, capital of Hungary, Sunday night.
The Iranian wonderkid, who overpowered all his opponents, was handed
a defeat by twice Olympic gold medalist Nazarian in the final showdown.
Nazarian garnered six points in 1min 7sec in the first half and
came from 3-0 down after the break to win the second period 4-3,
with Ashkani receiving three cautions within 1min 35sec.
Ashkani’s silver was a boost to his teammate Hamid Sourian’s 55kg gold.
Eusebiu Diaconu from Romania and the Czech representative Petr Svehla
tied at No. 3.
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