This Friday at Carioca Arena 3 - WR Mat A, the wrestler Asnage Castelly 1.82m for 74kg, flag bearer of the Haitian delegation to the Olympics opening, faced in a combat the Iranian Hassan Aliazam Yazdanicharati 1.81m for 74kg, during the 1/8 Finals/Repechage Round 1 of the Men's Freestyle 74 kg.

In the first period the Iranian Hassan Aliazam Yazdanicharati made 5 times 2 technical point against 0 for the Haitian Asnage Castelly, the final score is 10-0, the winner is Hassan Aliazam Yazdanicharati on Great Superiority (a difference of 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (Freestyle) technical points - the loser without points).

For information, the wrestling is a fascinating mix of primal hand-to-hand combat and complex tactics, wrestling has been in the Games since Athens 1896. There are two disciplines: freestyle, with six different events for men and women, and Greco-Roman, only for men.

UPDATE : Asnage Castelly will face this afternoon the Turkish Soner Demirtas in 1/4 Finals/Repechage Round 2. If he wins this combat he will face Galymzhan V. Usserbaye if he wins he will face another opponent to be determined, if he wins this ultimate combat he will have the bronze medal.

UPDATE 2 : In a combat that took place there some minutes, Asnage Castelly faced the urkish Soner Demirtas, combat that ended on Great Superiority 12-0 in favor of Soner Demirtas.

The competition ends there for our Haitian wrestler.

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