Media Wire

2022 world championship: Iran freestyle wrestling team finishes runners-up

Iran's national freestyle wrestling team won 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals and 150 team points, standing as the runner-up of the 2022 World Championships in Serbia.

The world championship freestyle wrestling competitions were held on September 15-18 hosted by Belgrade, Serbia.

And at the end, for the Iranian team, Rahman Amouzad in 65 kg and Kamran Qasimpour in 92 kg won gold medals, Reza Atari in 61 kg, Mohammad Nakhudi in 79 kg and Hassan Yazdani in 86 kg bagged silver medals, Younis Emami in 74 kg weight and Amir Hossein Zare won a bronze medal in 125 kg weight

In the overall ranking, the US won the championship with 198 points and the Iranian team finished runner-up with 150 points. The Japanese team also finished third with 70 points.

The national freestyle wrestling team of Iran finished runner-up in the world this year, while last year in Oslo, it was in third place with 7 medals, including 3 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals with 162 points.

The national freestyle wrestling team of Iran has always been among the tops in the world championships and has stood on the world championship platform five times in 1961 in Yokohama, 1965 in Manchester, 1998 in Tehran, 2002 in Tehran and 2013 in Hungary.

IFP Media Wire

Reports and views published in the Media Wire section have been retrieved from other news agencies and websites, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Iran Front Page (IFP) news website. The IFP may change the headlines of the reports in a bid to make them compatible with its own style of covering Iran News, and does not make any changes to the content. The source and URL of all reports and news stories are mentioned at the bottom of each article.

Recent Posts

IRGC commanders warn U.S. against anti-Iran saber-rattling

The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Division has warned the U.S.…

16 hours ago

Iran summons Swiss envoy, warns U.S. following Trump’s provocative remarks

Following the US President Donald Trump's threats against Iran, on Monday morning, the Swiss chargé…

19 hours ago

Iran comes down hard on Trump for ‘bombing’ threat

Iran has sharply criticized US President Donald Trump’s threat to bomb the country “if it…

22 hours ago

Iranian FM thanks UAE for relaying US president letter to Tehran

Iran's Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, thanked the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for conveying the…

22 hours ago

Human error, transport company violations confirmed in Kerman deadly bus crash, southern Iran

A deadly bus crash in southeastern Iranian Kerman province that killed 14 people and injured…

22 hours ago

Iran’s Leader warns of ‘firm response’ to hostile acts in Eid sermon

The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has issued a stark warning…

23 hours ago