Amin Kaviyaninejad, a silver medallist at the Asian Championships in June, made a two-point arm throw in the first period of the 58 kilograms final for a 2-1 victory over European bronze medallist Egor Vladyka of Belarus.

Asian champion Amin Mirzadeh won 2-0 against another European bronze medallist, Robert Ersek of Hungary, in the 100kg final, bringing a successful close to the day’s action for Iran at Sports Hall Amel Beckovic in Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital.  

The 58kg bronze medals went to Armenia’s Edgar Tamazyan and Germany’s Andrej Ginc at the expense of the United States’ Taylor Lamont and Turkey’s Emin Can Meric respectively.

Poland’s Patryk Kaminski beat Bulgaria’s Valeri Ivanov to claim one of the two 100kg bronze medals and was joined on the third step of the podium by Kazakhstan’s Anton Savenko, who defeated Russia’s Oleg Agakhanov.

A third European bronze medallist, Italy’s Giovanni Freni, had a better evening, storming back for a 6-4 victory after surrendering a four-point arm throw to European champion and 2013 world champion Emin Sefershaev of Russia in the 50kg final.

The category's bronze medals were won by Turkey’s Abdulsamet Basar, who outdid Kyrgyzstan’s Kaniet Kubanov, and Azerbaijan’s Khanjavad Majidzada, up against Iran’s Mehdi Nejad.

In the 54kg class, last year’s world bronze medallist Aleksander Grushin of Ukraine upgraded to gold with a 5-1 triumph over defending champion Joni Khetsuriani of Georgia.

Grushin caught Khetsuriani in the middle of a headlock attempt and then converted it into a four-point back-arching throw for the win.

Belarus’ Maksim Nehoda got his hands on a 54kg bronze medal by overcoming Russia’s Shamil Mualiev, while Armenia’s Tigran Minasyan beat Japan’s Ayata Suzuki to the other.

Despite Khetsuriani’s loss, Georgia bounced back at 63kg with an 11-2 technical fall from European champion Aivengo Rikadze over Egypt’s Mohamed El Sayed. 

Rikadze opened with an arm throw and exposure to quickly establish a 6-0 lead before a go-behind to bar arm for exposure ended the bout.

Victory denied El Sayed the chance to win Egypt’s first gold medal at the Cadet World Championships since 1987, when Youor Mohamed triumphed at 43kg in Greco-Roman.

Ukraine’s Parviz Nasibov claimed 63kg bronze after overcoming Kazakhstan’s Merey Bekenov, and Armenia’s Malkhas Amoyan did likewise in his encounter with Turkey’s Abdullah Fatih Demir.

Action at the Cadet World Championships is due to continue tomorrow with Greco-Roman wrestling at 42kg, 46kg, 69kg, 76kg, and 85kg.



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