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Iran freestylers bag three golds at Asian Wrestling
The bagging of three gold medals, one silver and a bronze with 110 points on Tuesday paved the ground for the Iranian team to be crowned on Wednesday after the completion of the second day of competitions, IRNA reported.
In the 65kg contests, Ali Khorramdel stood on top against Mongolian wrestler Shattyk Alaidar 8-4 in the final game, while Ali Karampour finished his campaign with the gold medal of the 70kg class following a 9-0 victory over Kazakhstan’s Aikyn Bolatuly.
Abolfazl Babaloo won a third gold medal for Iran when he bested Indian Sahil Jaglan in the 97kg final.
Iranian Majid Kheirabad had to settle for the silver medal in the final of 79kg, where he lost 10-0 to Alp Arsalan Begenjov from Turkmenistan. The bronze of 57kg went to Iranian wrestler Ali Momeni for his triumph in ranking matches over Mongolia’s Myanganbanzragch Tumentogtokh as Indian wrestler Ankush Ankush received the gold medal with a 4-2 win against Uzbekistan’s Asadbek Saidturaev.
Iranian wrestlers Shahdad Khosravi (61kg), Ali Rezaei (74kg), Abolfazl Rahmani (86kg), Amirreza Daliri (92kg) and Amirreza Mansouri (125kg) will face their rivals on the second day of the Freestyle Wrestling of Asian Youth Championships.