Iran Freestyle Wrestling Team Runners-Up at World Military Championship

Date: 23 November 2021 - 21:33

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TEHRAN – Iran’s freestyle wrestling team won 4 gold, 4 silver, and two bronze medals and gained 210 points to finish runner-up in the 35th World Military Wrestling Championship.
The 35th World Military Wrestling Championship wrapped up Monday in the 12,000-seat hall of Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.
Iran team by Morteza Ghiyasi (65 kg), Bahman Teymouri (79 kg), Muhammad Hussein Muhammadian (97 kg), and Yadollah Mohebbi (125 kg) won gold medals.
Ahmad Muhammadnejad Javad (57 kg), Muhammad Baqer Yakhkashi (61 kg), Fariborz Babaei (74 kg), and Mohammad Hussein Mirbaghban (92 kg) won silver medals.
Mohammad Mehdi Yeganeh Jafari in the weight of 70 kg and Hadi Vafaeipour in the weight of 86 kg won bronze medals.
At the end of these competitions, the Russian team won first place with 215 points, the Iranian team became the runner-up with 210 points, and Armenia came in third with 140 points.