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Bahrain's Batirov bows out

ManamaBahrain’s Adam Batirov bowed out in the quarter finals of the 65kg freestyle category in the United World Wrestling Championship after losing out to Alan Gogaev of Russia 2-1 by a refereeing decision in the quarter finals in Paris yesterday.

Batirov had earlier won his qualifier 10-0 against China’s Jianglin Gui and then in the Round of 16 knocked out Zain Allen Retherford of United States 6-4.

“We commend the great level presented by Batirov in three bouts. The decision of the referees denied him a chance of a bronze medal but it was a creditable result overall,” said Colonel  Khalid Abdulaziz Al Khayat of BMMAF.