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Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestling team crowns champion in Asian Championships

Iran had ranked sixth in the previous edition of the competitions.

Mohammad-Reza Garaei, Saeid Abdevali, Hossein Nouri and Amir Qasemi in 72-, 82-, 87- and 130-kg weight categories, respectively won gold medals for the Iranian team.

Iran’s three bronze medals were also bagged by Saman Abdevali, Mohammad-Ali Garaei and Mehdi Aliyari in 63-, 77- and 97-kg weight classes respectively.

Iran collected 165 points to rank first in the competitions followed by Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan with 163 and 134 points, respectively.

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