Yazdani details emotional win over Taylor that propelled him to third world title
Hassan The Greatest YAZDANI (IRI) headed into the Oslo World Championships with revenge on his mind. Hed lost to career rival David TAYLOR (USA) in three consecutive matches including once in August via a lastsecond takedown in the Tokyo Olympic finals. Yazdani turned the tides in Oslo on a cold October night and exacted revenge on Taylor to claim his third world title. United World Wrestling sat down with Yazdani after his epic win to talk about the losses that drove him to become a threetime world champion, what was different about his Iranian team in Oslo and whats motivating him to chase a second Olympic gold medal. The Epic Oslo Matchup: Yazdani controlled the 86kg world finals match from start to finish to notch a solid 62 victory over Taylor in the highly anticipated 86kg final at the Oslo World Championships. Yazdani s victory, coming two months after a heartbreaking loss to Taylor in the final at the Tokyo Olympics, gave him a third world title to go with his 2016 Rio Olympic gold, and
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