In a letter to Iranian Wrestling Federation, the United World Wrestling announced that due to the positive doping of Russian wrestler ' Dmitrii Elkanov' during the 2018 Junior Championship in Croatia, the Russian athlete's gold medal has been taken back from him and the Iranian athlete is entitled to have the same.
Gold medal of this weight will be given to Mohammad Reza Qiasi who was defeated by his Russian contender in the final match.
The United World Wrestling has requested that a silver medal of Qiasi be sent to the Union and will send the gold medal to Qiasi. The Iranian team won four gold medals and three bronze and 157 points in the world championship.
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Tehran, Nov 19, IRNA - Iranian freestyle wrestler Mohammad Reza Qiasi’s silver medal has been turned to gold after Russian wrestler’s doping at the World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, was confirmed.
