Iran's Freestyle Wrestling Team Wins Junior Asian Championship

The Iranian team won six gold medals, one silver and one bronze in the tournament.

Iran finished in first place with 77 points, followed by Kazakhstan (64) and India (49).

Medal-winning wrestlers in different weights are as follows:

50kg

Gold: Saber Khanjani (IRI)

Silver: Azamat Toibek (KAZ)

Bronze: Mandalsuren Sedev (MGL) - Chol U Sin(PRK)

55kg

Gold: Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov (KGZ)

Silver: REZA  Atri (IRI)

Bronze: Zanabazar Zandanbud (MGL) – Guk Hzeon Kim (KOR)

60kg

Gold: Iman Sadeghi (IRI)

Silver: Sirojiddin Hasanov (UZB)

Bronze: Kuat Amirtayev (KAZ) - Yushi Sakamato (JPN)

66kg

Gold: Hassan Yazdani (IRI)

Silver: Yuhi Fujinami (JPN)

Bronze: Turbold Ganbold (MGL) - Ilyas Zhumay (KAZ)

74kg

Gold: REZA Mozafari (IRI)

Silver: Kirin Kinoshita(JPN)

Bronze: Abdurasul Vakhobov (UZB) – Alexandr Goltsman (KAZ)

84kg

Gold: Elkhan Assadov (KAZ)

Silver: Bakhodur Kadirov (TJK)

Bronze: Mojtaba Goleij (IRI) - Sharma Karanveer (IND)

96kg

Gold: Pedram Jamshidi (IRI)

Silver: Dahiya Pawan (IND)

Bronze: Yusuke Yoshikawa (JPN) - Chengcheng Wang (CHN)

120kg

Gold: Amin Taheri (IRI)

Silver: Akbar Yelubaiuly (KAZ)

Bronze: Yamamoto Takiki (JPN) - Munkhbaatar Enkhtur  (MGL)

Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestling team also claimed the title of the Junior Asian Championship on Friday.