Iranian Wrestlers Win 5 Gold Medals at Islamic Countries Competitions

Date: 12 August 2022 - 21:18

News ID: ۱۰۵۶۲۳

KONYA, Turkey - Iran’s free style wrestlers have grabbed five gold medals at the Konya 2021 Islamic Countries Solidarity Games in Turkey.
In the 5th edition of Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 underway, Konya, Turkey, Iran’s Ahmad Bazri defeated the Turkish wrestler Erhan Yaylacı on Thursday evening 7-1 and won the gold medal of the 92 kg weight category.
Bazri earlier defeated his Azerbaijani rival Osman Nurmagomedov 6-6 and ascended to the finals.
Still, in the 125 kg weight category, Mahdi Hashemi defeated Salim Ercan of Turkey 8-0 and snatched the gold medal.
Hashemi also knocked out his Turkmen rival Seferov 10-0 earlier and ascended to the finals of the competition.