Asian Championships: Iran’s Greco-Roman Wrestlers Bag Three Gold Medals
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers claimed three gold medals on the first day of the Asian Wrestling Championships in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday.
Ramin Taheri from Iran, the champ at 71kg one year ago, got rolling in the second period against China’s Aishan AISHAN and assigned last year’s runner-up to another silver medal at 80kg with a pair of lifts from par terre for a technical fall.
At 98kg, defending continental and Asian Games champion Mahdi Aliyari Feyzabadi (IRI) pinned India’s Hardeep Hardeep from the reverse waistlock lift-and-throw.
Amir Ghasemi Monjazi (IRI) triumphed in the evening’s finale at 130kg with a fall over former Asian bronze medal winner Murat Ramanov (KGZ).
In addition to the three gold medals, Mehdi Zeidvand (66kg) and Payam Bouyeri Payani (75kg) rebounded from earlier losses for bronze medals at their respective weight categories.
