๐ถ Two gold medals for Iranian freestyle wrestling at the 2026 World Championships.
After the 2026 World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Iran's freestyle wrestling team won two gold medals on Saturday, October 31.
Young Ahmad Mohammadanjad won Iran's first gold medal in the 61kg by defeating the Olympic champion from Russia.
Amir Hussain Zar also won Iran's second 125 kg gold medal with a powerful performance.
The young Ahmed Muhammadanjad, 23 years old, defeated Zaur Ogoev, a famous Russian wrestler and Olympic gold medalist in Tokyo, in the final match at 61 kg, with a score of 9:2 and became the world champion for the first time.
Young Mohammad Nejad lost to the same Russian opponent in the final of the 2025 World Championships and won the silver medal.
To reach the final match, he first defeated Nikhil from India in a close fight with a score of 10:9. After that, this wrestler beat Marcus Blaise from America 3-2 and in the semi-finals he advanced to the finals with a victory against the host representative Kazakhstan.