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I read the blog I posted yesterday and obvisously I lacked appropriate sleep. After getting three hours in, we woke up early for breakfast and had an early departure from Tehran to Kermanshah. We found out there was a delay for weather. The good news was that we were flying to Kermanshah with the Iranian World Cup Team. We had a police escort to the airport and once again were given VIP treatment. They checked our bags for us, which was really convenient, and again displaying their hospitality.
We had a one hour flight and checked into our hotel around 4pm. The Iranians met us at the airport, as well as at hotel – very excited to see team USA at the World Cup. What also is evident is Jordan Burroughs is a “rock star” in Iran. They are great fans of wrestling as they give gifts to the Americans and were very interested in getting pictures of all the athletes, especially Olympic Champions Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Snyder, as well as World Champion Logan Stieber and Bronze Medalist James Green. They have rolled out the red carpet and have really gone out of their way to make this trip possible and giving our wrestlers the opportunity to compete. I praise them for their effort, cooperation and friendliness throughout this trip.
We left for a workout at 5pm sticking to busy schedule for the day. Coach Bill Zadick put the team through a great workout as the entire team needed to recover from a long travel and get focused. We found out that we will wrestle Georgia and Russia the first day, then Azerbaijan the following morning to finish up our pool competition .
USA Georgia Russia Azerbiajian
57 kg Ramos
57 kg Gogava
57 kg Gebekov
57 kg AmiraslanovM Ness Revazisvilli Rassadin Gvarzatilov
65kg Molinaro
65 kg Julakidze
65kg DGogaev
65 kg Muslims Valiev
70kg Green
70kg Khabalashvilli
70 kg Akbaev
70 kg Omarov Kelekhsashvilli Kadimagamedov
74 kg Burroughs
74 kg Makarashvilli
74 kg Sanakoev
74kg Hasanov Kvelkhshvilli Valiev Suleimanov
86 kg Taylor
86 kg Marsagisvilli
86 kg Valiev
86 kg Shairipov Perry Khutsishvilli Magamaev Gostyev
97 kg Synder
97 kg Metreveil
97 kg Belonovski
97 kg Gadzhiev Magamedov
125 kg Zach Rey
125 kg Petriashvilli
125 kg Magamedov
125 kg D Magamedov Gwiazdowski Baitsaev
They are calling our pool “the pool of death!”
Look forward to some great matches.
