Tasnim � Elyas Ali Akbari from Iran has been chosen as the best male kurash player of the year.

The -81kg athlete won a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia as well as two gold medals at the Asian Championships in Pune, India and VII International Kurash Tournament in Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan.

The International Kurash Association (IKA) has announced the list of the winners in the traditional nominations �best events and people of 2018�.

The International Kurash Association also congratulated all the winners in these nominations and wished them success in their future activities in worldwide promotion of Kurash.