Iran Wins Two More Gold Medals at 2024 Asian Wrestling C’ships
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Amir Hossein Firouzpour and Amir Hossein Zare claimed two more gold medals for Iran in the 2024 Asian Wrestling Championships on Friday.
World champion Zare handily won the gold at 125kg for his first Asian title which, combined with a victory at 92kg by Firouzpour, gave Iran exactly half of the 10 gold medals over the two days of freestyle at Bishkek Arena.
Iran won the title with 190 points, followed by Japan with 130. Host Kyrgyzstan finished in third place with 121, three points ahead of neighbor Kazakhstan.
The Iranian freestylers won five gold medals and three bronzes in the competition held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Rahman Amouzad (65kg), Amir Mohammad Yazdani (70kg), Mohammad Nokhodi (79kg), Amir Hossein Firouzpour (92kg) and Amir Hossein Zare (125kg) won five gold medals.
Hossein Abouzari (74kg), Hadi Vafaeipour (86kg) and Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian (97kg) also seized three bronze medals.
