Iran seems to be perennially good at Wrestling. Is wrestling akin to being Iran's national sport?

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I'm guessing it is their best sport. The teams here include Azerbaijan, Turkey, India, Georgia...

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Wrestling is the national sport of Iran.

Is Burroughs going to be up against Yazdani, the young gold medallist in Rio?

No, it was David Taylor (aka the Unicorn (don't ask)). Taylor actually pinned Yazdanicharati.

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Are Taylor, Burroughs and Dake all in the same weight class or has Dake or Taylor moved up for good?

They were all in 74kg a couple of years ago. Taylor realized he couldn't beat Dake, so he moved up. Dake realized he couldn't beat Burroughs, so he moved up, too. Then Cox showed up, and Dake couldn't quite beat him (Cox was cutting to get down, and Dake was likely a bit undersized). So Dake moved back down after Burroughs lost at the Olympics; he figures that Burroughs might not have a free pass to the Olympic/World Trials finals, and so Dake might have a better chance to beat him. At a recent Trials, Dake had to wrestle 4-5 matches (against Taylor, among others) in one day, then faced Burroughs who hadn't wrestled at all.

Dake and Burroughs are both now at 74kg. Dake recently won the Paris Open at that weight, beating Deiringer; Taylor won at 86kg.

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So Taylor beat Yazdani at 86kg?

Yes.

http://www.flowrestling.org/...to-iran#.WKcu84uhb-I

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