TEHRAN – Russia freestyle team outplaced Iran to win the title of the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships.
Russia captured the title with 145 points while Iran finished second with 140. The surprise came at the third position which went to Armenia who had 114 points.
Iran’s Amirali Azarpira won a gold medal in the competition in the 97kg weight class.
Mohammad Sadegh Firouzpour and Sajad Gholami won two silver medals in the 74kg and 86kg, respectively and five Iranian wrestlers Ahmad Muhammadnejad (57kg), Aliakbar Fazli (70kg), Ali Savadkouhi (79kg), Amirhussein Firouzpour (92kg) and Mehdi Hashemi (125kg) won a bronze medal in the campaign which was held in Belgrade, Serbia.