Iranian Freestylers Win Three Golds at Asian Junior C'ship
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran kicked off freestyle action at the Asian Junior Championships by winning three gold medals in Delhi, India on Saturday.
Their three gold medal day keeps them on par to match their Greco-Roman countryman’s six gold medal performance from earlier this week.
At 70kg, 2015 cadet world bronze medalist Amirhossein Kavousi scooped up the come-from-behind win against Vishal KALIRAMANA (IND), giving Iran its first freestyle gold medal of these championships.
Sajjad Gholami gave Iran back-to-back individual titles with the 60 second thumping of Sachin GIRI (IND) in the 79kg gold-medal bout.
Gholami used a counter-offensive single leg to pick up the first takedown of the bout, immediately rolling into four leg laces for the 10-0 technical superiority win.
Sajjad Azizi claimed Iran’s third gold medal of the day with his workmanlike performance against Serik BAKYTKHANOV (KAZ) in the 97kg finals.
Reza Mohsen Alijanzadeh in 57kg and Amirhossein Azim Maghsoudi in 65kg also claimed two bronze medals.
The Asian Junior Championships wrap up Sunday.
