Iran wins gold, bronze on Day 5 of World Nomad Games

Tehran - BORNA - Mostafa Toghani claimed gold in the over-100kg division of Pahlavani wrestling after defeating a wrestler from host Kyrgyzstan by fall in the final.

Mersad Shakeri also won bronze in Kurash, beating an opponent from Turkmenistan 5-4 in the third-place match.

By the end of Day 5, Iran had collected 15 medals across the Games.

Gold medalists: Reza Gheitasi in mas-wrestling, Sajjad Soltaninejad in strongman, Mostafa Najafi in Alysh/Gyulesh wrestling, and Mostafa Toghani in Pahlavani wrestling.

Silver medalists: Sadegh Azarang in Kurash, Mohsen Mirzaei in right-arm wrestling, and Iran’s four-member tug-of-war team of Nader Kazemi, Sajjad Jafari Gohari, Abbas Azimi and Hamidreza Saeid.

Bronze medalists: Maryam Farahaninia in mas-wrestling, Abolfazl Heydarimehr in Alysh, Mohaddeseh Tabarok in both right- and left-arm wrestling, Amirreza Sahraei in Seryum wrestling, Hassan Pouladi in the men’s -64kg sambo event, Pouria Shokri in Kazakh Kuresi, and Mersad Shakeri in Kurash.

The World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan will continue through Sunday.

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