Iran Wins Asian Junior Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship with 4 Gold and 5 Bronze Medals

Tehran - BORNA - Iran clinched the continental title with 185 points, followed by host nation Kyrgyzstan with 166 points and Uzbekistan with 151 points.

Gold Medalists

Payam Ahmadi (55kg): Defeated Turkmenistan’s Nuriyagdy Doranov (9–4), Kazakhstan’s Yersil Mousan (8–3), and Kyrgyzstan’s Kutman Kalbayev (6–1) in the final.

Ahoora Bouyeri (77kg): After a first-round bye, beat China’s Wentao Rao (9–0), Japan’s Fuga Misazo (9–2, fall), and Kazakhstan’s Omar Duisumbek (15–6, fall) in the final.

Mohammad Hadi Seyyedi (97kg): Beat Uzbekistan’s Javohir Khojaev (5–1), India’s Naman (9–0), and South Korea’s Jinwoo Choi (9–0) in the final.

Abolfazl Fathi Tezangi (130kg): Beat Kyrgyzstan’s Ilya Bubkov (8–0), China’s Yersheng Yergen (9–0), and Uzbekistan’s Amirkhan Berdikulov (2–1, fall) in the final.

Bronze Medalists:

Seyed Iman Hosseini (60kg): Defeated Japan’s Souta Sakaki (7–1), lost to India’s Suraj (0–9), but beat Kazakhstan’s Alpamis Bolatuly (9–0) for bronze.

Mohammad Javad Aboutalebi (63kg): Defeated Saudi Arabia’s Haithem Brahma (8–0), Tajikistan’s Mohammadyon Abdullayev (9–0), lost to Kyrgyzstan’s Amiran Duyushenaliev (1–7, fall), then beat Uzbekistan’s Sardar Khulmurzaev (5–3).

Gholamreza Abdoli (67kg): Beat Kazakhstan’s Alibek Turlygazi (6–5), lost to Kyrgyzstan’s Zhanaturo Mirzaliev (1–6), then defeated Tajikistan’s Sonat Abdullayev (5–3).

Amir Mahdi Saeedi Nava (72kg): Beat China’s Rihao Yan (8–5), lost to Uzbekistan’s Ahmad Kodirov (4–4, fall), then beat India’s Akash Poonia (10–4, fall).

Hamidreza Keshtkar (87kg): Defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Asilbek Niyazbek Ulu (8–0) and Chinese Taipei’s Chen Sung (5–1), lost to Kazakhstan’s Tamerlan Turdakin (0–8), then beat China’s Xinyu Liu (6–0, fall).

Notable Mentions

Alireza Mohammad Hosseini (82kg): Lost two out of three round-robin matches and finished fifth.

Iran’s dominant performance marked a significant achievement for the nation’s junior wrestling program, reaffirming its place as a powerhouse in Asian Greco-Roman wrestling.

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