TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iranian freestyle wrestlers have grabbed two gold medals in the first official day of the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.
In the freestyle wrestling 86 kg category, Hassan Yazdani defeated all his opponents by technical superiority.
Yazdani beat wrestlers from Indonesia, India and Mongolia to reach the final match. In the final, the Iranian athlete overpowered his Lebanese opponent 10-0 to wrap up the victory in just 1 minute and 29 seconds.
Elsewhere in the 97kg category, Alireza Karimi also won a gold medal with a 6-0 victory over his opponent from Kyrgyzstan. Karimi defeated wrestlers from Japan and Uzbekistan in the earlier rounds.
In another development, Parviz Hadi, Iran's representative at freestyle wrestling 125kg, defeated his mighty rival from Uzbekistan 11-8 to advance to the finals of 2018 Asian Games.
On his way to the semi-final game, Hadi defeated rivals from India and Kazakhstan both 10-0.
Hadi will play the final game against Chinese representative.
Reza Atri, another Iranian representative in 57 kg class won the bronze medal.

*****Iranian freestyle wrestlers Hassan Yazdani won gold medals in 86kg category of the tournament.