Iranian female wrestler grabs bronze in Ashgabat 2017 games

In her first match, Ghanizade in the weight category of 65 kg overpowered Uzbek wrestler but in the second game he was defeated by another Uzbek fighter.

During her third match, she was overshined by Turkmenistan.

The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games is underway with the attendance of 49 countries from Asia and Pacific in Ashgabat.

Iranian squad, including 214 athletes (115 male and 66 female) attended the event.

Iranian athletes participated in twenty fields namely, futsal, table tennis, kickboxing, Muay Thai, Sambo, Kurash, Jujutsu, bowling, billiards, cycling, track-and-field, swimming, weightlifting, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, Pahlavani wrestling, Alysh, basketball, taekwondo, horse-riding and chess.

Translator: Ali Izadi

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