Asian Belt Wrestling Alysh Championships:
Iran grabs six FS medals to claim women’s team title
Iranian girls finished their campaign at the Asian Belt Wrestling Alysh Championships on a high, grabbing six freestyle medals on Saturday to claim the team title in New Delhi.
Mobina Mirzapour (70kg), and Sahar Ghanizadeh (75kg) walked away with the ultimate prize of their respective freestyle classes on the penultimate day of the event to make a clean sweep of double golds in the Indian capital.
Roqayeh Mahmoudabadi – a classic champion on the preceding night – had to settle for a runner-up finish in the 65kg contests, while Marzieh Khandan collected her second silver medal in the 55kg weight class.
Fatemeh Fattahi (60kg) and Ezzat Qorbani-Sani (+75kg), who won a silver and bronze medal in the classic competitions, respectively, added a couple bronzes to Iran’s medal haul as the country tallied 120 points to finish runner-up to Kyrgyzstan (130 points) in the women’s freestyle standings, with Kazakhstan (107pts) and India (75) in the following spots.
However, Iranian girls still managed to win the overall team crown with 250 points, having lifted the classic trophy on Friday.
Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan followed Iran in the table with 235 and 217 points, respectively.