Hassan Yazdani lost to Arash Yoshida, an Iranian wrestler of Japanese origin, with a score of 7:5 in the 97 kg round of 16 of the World Wrestling Championship, while he was ahead of his opponent until the last seconds. Yazdani trailed the Japanese opponent, the world bronze medalist, with a score of 2-0 in the first period, but in the second period he led 5-2 after compensating for the points. However, in the last second of the match, Yoshida changed the result in his favor by making a fan and putting Yazdani to the ground, and with a seven-five victory advanced to the quarterfinals. With this defeat, Yazdani was prevented from advancing directly to the next stages, and now he has to wait for Yoshida's promotion to the finals in order to re-enter the group of chances and compete for the bronze medal.

Hassan Yazdani lost to Arash Yoshida, an Iranian wrestler of Japanese origin, with a score of 7:5 in the 97 kg round of 16 of the World Wrestling Championship, while he was ahead of his opponent until the last seconds. Yazdani trailed the Japanese opponent, the world bronze medalist, with a score of 2-0 in the first period, but in the second period he led 5-2 after compensating for the points. However, in the last second of the match, Yoshida changed the result in his favor by making a fan and putting Yazdani to the ground, and with a seven-five victory advanced to the quarterfinals. With this defeat, Yazdani was prevented from advancing directly to the next stages, and now he has to wait for Yoshida's promotion to the finals in order to re-enter the group of chances and compete for the bronze medal.