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Asian multi-sport event
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia, after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee and are the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.
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Areas of influence by ancient Greece and Rome
The Greco-Roman world – also Greco-Roman civilization, Greco-Roman culture, or Greco-Latin culture – is the modern term for the regions that historically and culturally fell under the direct influence of the language, culture, government, and religion of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The two cultures first blended significantly under the military authority of the Roman Republic, and then the Roman Empire. The term "classical antiquity" describes the accompanying time period when Greco-Roman culture exerted its greatest influence and dominance on the European continent.
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Iranian wrestler (born 1989)
Saeid Mourad Abdevali is an Iranian wrestler. He is a two-time world junior champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, 2011 senior world champion and won the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. He was born in Andimeshk.
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Iran secured another wrestling gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games as Alireza Abdevali defeated Japan’s Olympic champion Nao Kusaka 5-3 in the men’s Greco-Roman 77kg final.
Asian Games 2026 wrestling competition on day two in Greco-Roman 60kg, 77kg and 97kg and Women's Wrestling 62kg live from Aichi-Nagoya.
NAGOYA, Japan, Oct 1 - Olympic champion Nao Kusaka produced one stirring comeback on Thursday but could not conjure another, as the home favourite settled for silver in the men's Greco-Roman 77kg wrestling at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Read more at straitstimes.com.