After Greco-Roman glory, Iran's freestyle wrestling team also crowned Asian champion
Iran was crowned the champion of the Asian Freestyle Wrestling Championships on Sunday, ending three days of rigorous competition in the Kyrgyz capital with a haul of four gold medals and a commanding team victory.
The Iranian squad finished atop the team standings with 178 points, far ahead of second-place India 162 points and third-place Japan 127 points.
Iranian wrestlers secured a total of eight medals: four gold, one silver, and three bronze.
Milad Valizadeh kicked off Iran's gold rush in the 57 kg weight class. After receiving a first-round bye, he dominated his opponents, shutting out Ankush of India 10-0 and Fuga Sasaki of Japan 11-0 before defeating Mongolia's Monkh Erdene Batkhuyag 14-3 in the final.
Kamran Ghasempour, the seasoned campaigner, delivered another commanding performance at 86 kg. Following a first-round bye, he overwhelmed Yudai Takahashi of Japan 12-2 and whisked past Alp Arslan Beginjov of Turkmenistan 11-0 en route to the final, where he defeated India's Mukul Dahiya by technical superiority 7-0.
Mohammad Mobin Azimi was untouchable at 92 kg. He blanked Japan's Takahashi Ishiguro 9-0, defeated world bronze medalist Azamat Dauletbekov of Kazakhstan 6-0, and capped his campaign with an 11-0 shutout of Bahrain's Magomed Sharipov in the final.
In the heavyweight division of 125 kg, Amir Hossein Zare continued his dominance. After a first-round bye, he defeated Kazakhstan's Yedighe Kassymbek 7-0, China's Buhurdon 5-0 and world bronze medalist Shamil Sharipov of Bahrain 4-0 to secure gold.
Amir Ali Azarpira claimed silver at 97 kg. He defeated Uzbekistan's Sherzad Poyonov 10-0 and India's Vicky 2-0 to reach the final, where he fell to Japan's world bronze medalist Arash Yoshida 4-0.
Three Iranian wrestlers bounced back from semifinal losses to win bronze medals.
At 61 kg, Ahmad Mohammadnejad Javan rebounded from a narrow 11-9 loss to India's Olympic bronze medalist Aman to defeat South Korea's Changsu Kim 12-0.
At 70 kg, Sina Khalili recovered from a 5-1 loss to Mongolia's Tulga Tumur Ochir to shut out Uzbekistan's Shahzadbek Yarashov 10-0.
At 74 kg, Amir Mohammad Yazdani, after a narrow 7-6 loss to Japan's Yoshinosuke Aoyagi, won three consecutive matches, including a 9-3 victory over Kyrgyzstan's Eruzbek Toktombetov, to claim bronze.
Earlier in the week, Iran’s Greco-Roman team also won the Asian championship.
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