TEHRAN – Iran’s national freestyle wrestling team finished third in the team standings at the World Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan, winning two gold, one silver and three bronze medals.
 The championships concluded on Sunday, with Iran collecting 133 points to finish behind the United States and Russia.
Ahmad Muhammadnejad Javan and Amirhussein Zare won gold medals for Iran, while Mohammad Nokhodi took silver after losing 4-3 to American wrestler Levi Haines in the 79kg final.
Rahman Amouzad, Amir Muhammad Yazdani and Hassan Yazdani secured three bronze medals for Iran. Yazdani defeated his Slovak opponent, who is of Russian origin, 5-4 in the 74kg bronze-medal match.
Meanwhile, Sina Khalili (70kg) and Kamran Ghasempour (86kg) were eliminated from the competition. Milad Valizadeh lost in the repechage round and failed to reach the bronze-medal match, while Amirhossein Firouzpour finished fifth after losing his bronze-medal bout.
Iran thus concluded its campaign with six medals and third place in the overall team standings.
A few days ago, the Iranian Greco-Roman wrestling team commandingly won the world tile with clearly at the top and winning medals at the 10 weights.