The Azadi Stadium in Iran’s capital city of Tehran will welcome a loaded field of top-level talent to the 2019 Greco-Roman World Cup from November 28-29. Six reigning world gold medalists will travel to Tehran to compete in the Greco-Roman World Cup, but 67kg will be the weight-to-watch, as a potential Olympic finals rematch between Ismael BORRERO MOLINA (CUB) and Shinobu OTA (JPN) could be looming on the horizion.
Borrero and Ota both won world titles in Nur-Sultan, but the Japanese wrestler will begin his ascent from his title-winning non-Olympic weight of 63kg to the Olympic weight of 67kg, where the Cuban wrestler is the current world-title holder. Shortly after winning his world title last month, Ota announced that he’ll climb up 4kg to 67kg to make a run at improving his silver medal from the Rio Olympic Games where he fell to Borrero in the finals.
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In addition to Borrero and Ota, the Greco-Roman World Cup will also welcome four other world champs. The returning world champs are: Nugzari TSURTSUMIA (GEO), Kenichiro FUMITA (JPN), Abuiazid MANTSIGOV (RUS) and Lasha GOBADZE (GEO).
The Greco-Roman World Cup starts on November 28 and the entire action will be streamed live on WrestlingTV.in
Reigning World Champions Entered
55kg – Nugzari TSURTSUMIA (GEO)
60kg – Kenichiro FUMITA (JPN)
67kg – Ismael BORRERO MOLINA (CUB)
67kg – Shinobu OTA (JPN)
72kg – Abuiazid MANTSIGOV (RUS)
82kg – Lasha GOBADZE (GEO)
