Freestyle Wrestler Azimi Wins Gold at World Championships

Date: 26 October 2025 - 21:48

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TEHRAN – Freestyle wrestler Mobin Azimi earned the first gold medal for Iran after beating Takhir Khaniev (UWW), 5-3, in the 92kg final of the 2025 U-23 World Wrestling Championships.
He defeated Sherzod Poyonov of Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan’s Sadig Mustafazade, Joshua Barr from the US, and Ukraine’s Ivan Chornohuz
Bahrain’s Magomed Sharipov and Sherzod Poyonov from Uzbekistan won two silver medals.
The 2025 U-23 World Wrestling Championships is the ninth edition of the U-23 World Wrestling Championships of combined events and is being held from October 20 to 27, 2025 in Novi Sad, Serbia.