Iranian junior wrestling squad has won the 2012 Asian Junior Freestyle Wrestling Championship, with one gold, four silver and three bronze medals.
Iranian junior wrestling squad has won the 2012 Asian Junior Freestyle Wrestling Championship, with one gold, four silver and three bronze medals.
Iran’s team came first and was followed by the teams of Kazakhstan, India and Kyrgyzstan which stood second to fourth.
Ali Asghar Akbari defeated South Korean, Uzbek and Indian wrestlers in the 100kg category and won gold medal. Hossein Shahbazi also overpowered his Tajik opponent and secured the bronze medal in the 85kg category.
Ali Moujerlou selected the third bronze for Iran after defeating Kazakh wrestler in the 76kg category.
Hossein Rouzbeh won the silver in the 63kg category, while Mohammad Samir Yavari won the silver in the 58kg category.
Ali Mohammadzadeh and Kheirollah Ghahremani also pocketed silver medals in the 42kg and 50kg weight categories respectively, while Amin Khodabakhsh got the bronze in the 46kg class.