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2 GOLD Medals at World Championship

03/10/2018


Viorel Etko and Mohammadali Haghighatdoust wrestled their way to GOLD medals last weekend at the Veteran World Championships in Skopje, Macedonia.

Also representing GBR in the World Championships were Stuart McKay and Bruce Irwin, both in Category D (51-55 yrs old).

Viorel’s Gold came in the Category A (35-40 yrs old) 62kg weight class and Mohammadali’s in the Category B (41-45 yrs old) 78kg weight class.

Said Barry Pollin, Team Leader, “Vio displayed the heart of a lion, wrestling through injury and Mo’s skill & speed showed through in many matches.”

Due credit should be given to the members of the GBR Team who all self-funded themselves to travel to, and participate in, this tournament as it attracts no Performance or Development funding from UK Sport, Sport England or the British Wrestling Association.

On claiming victory, Viorel sank to his knees.

Mohammadali claimed victory in a final that had many pauses for the medics to attend to USA’s James, but Mohammadali maintained his concentration.

 

 

Earlier action was captured on the USA Wrestling website…

 

 

 

 

…and action also on the UWW web streaming service

 

 

Category A – (35-40 years old)
62kg – Viorel Etko
9 Participants

WIN Arthouros Kalpatsanidis, (GRE) (4-0)
WIN Hirohisa Ota, (JPN) (10-0)
WIN Aidyn Irgit, (RUS) (6-1)
 

Category B – (41-45 years old)
78kg – Mohammadali Haghighatdoust
18 Partcipants

WIN Hiroshi Shibata, (JPN) (13-2)
WIN Martin Buhz, (GER) (11-0)
WIN Nikolcho Kalajdjiev, (MKD) (12-0)
WIN Rudolph James, (USA) (12-2)

Commenting after the event, Viorel said: “Having sustained an eye injury in the earlier rounds, I knew I had to be completely focused during the final.

My opponent fought extremely hard, so I needed to be very tactically aware, as well as being physically prepared.

I am delighted to take home the gold medal for Great Britain after coming so close in 2017. My hope is that this achievement will inspire others to give wrestling a try – it truly is a fantastic sport.”

USA Wrestling’s website commented about Mohammadali’s final bout, “Rudy looked very strong winning his first two matches by tech falls,” said Team Leader and Coach Chris Brown. “Rudy was focused and primed to win FS gold this year. However, he defeated by a very tough Muhammadali, an Iranian wrestling for Great Britain.”
 

 Said British Wrestling Chair, Jem Lawson, “GBR on top of the world .. fabulous role models .. thanks guys.”

  • Gold Medal Match Video – Viorel Etko
  • Gold Medal Match Video – Mohammadali Haghighatdoust
  • USA Wrestling report of Mohammadali final bout
  • UWW Official Regulations
  • British Wrestling results page
  • 2018 Veteran World Championships – Skopje – UWW Results (3.74MB)
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