Pouya Nasserpour defeated Jasurbek Ortikboef from Uzbekistan 8-0 in the 55kg weight category and won a gold medal.

Meysam Dalkhani was defeated against Yernur Fidakhmetov from Kazakhstan 2-0 in the 63kg bronze medal match.

In the 77kg, Pejman Poshtam lost to Tamerlan Shadukayev from Kazakhstan 10-1 in the final and grabbed a silver.

Amin Mirzadeh earned a 9-0 win over Korean Minseok Kim in the 130kg final and seized Iran’s second gold.

The governing body of the sport, the United World Wrestling, has announced that this edition will be considered to determine rankings for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Iran has sent 10 wrestlers to the competition.

The event has a total of 30 weight classes, 10 each in Freestyle Men, Women, and Greco Roman.

Asian Wrestling Championships are being held in New Delhi, India from February 18 to 23.

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One of the Iranian women Fattahi lost to Meerim Momunova from Kyrgyzstan in the final match of the 60kg at Belt Wrestling.

Yazdani also won a bronze medal at the 55kg weight class.

Iran has participated in the competition with six female wrestlers.

Belt Wrestling is a form of wrestling that is one of the oldest historically recorded sports. It involves contestants aiming to knock each other over by grappling with a belt.

The competitions are underway in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from December 20 to 23.

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