Iran runner-up in freestyle wrestling competitions in Armenia

An nternational freestyle wrestling competition under the name of Vardanyann Cup was held between March 15th and the 17th of March in Yerevan. At the end of the tournament, the Iranian freestyle team won 2 gold medals and 5 bronze medals to finish runner-up.

Ebrahim Elahi and Abolfazl Hosseini clinched the gold medals for Iran in 70 and 74 kg weights. Meanwhile, Hossein Sarlak in 65 kg weight, Aria Moghadasi in 74 kg weight, Iman Babaei in 86 kg category, Amir Azizpour in 92 kg and Amir Bahador Khormi in 97 kg were the five bronze medal winners for Iran.

The host Armenia became the champion, Iran became the runner-up, and Belarus took the third place.

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