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Young Iranian freestyle wrestlers finish 3rd in Asia event

Young Iranian freestyle wrestlers finish 3rd at the 2015 Junior Asian Wrestling Championships in Myanmar.

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Young Iranian freestyle wrestler Reza Mozaffari (in blue and black singlet) emerges victorious at his 74-kilogram semi-final bout of the 2015 Junior Asian Wrestling Championships in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on July 12, 2015.

Young Iranian freestyle wrestlers have clinched four gold medals at the 2015 Junior Asian Wrestling Championships in Myanmar to land in the third spot.

On Sunday, Peyman Biabani overpowered a representative from Japan 4-2 in his opening round match of men’s 60-kilogram weight category in the capital city of Naypyidaw, and then defeated his South Korean opponent 7-0 to qualify for the semi-finals.

Biabani later overcame his Chinese rival to cruise into the final round. He won the contest against an athlete from Kazakhstan 7-3 to take home the gold medal.

In the 74-kilogram division, Reza Mozaffari collected another gold medal for Iran after defeating a Kyrgyz wrestler 8-4.

Moreover, Mojtaba Gelij secured Iran's third gold medal of the day with a convincing 10-0 victory over a wrestler from Kazakhstan in the 84-kilogram final encounter.

The achievements came a day after wrestler Amin Taheri pocketed Iran’s first freestyle gold in the 120-kilogram weight class.

The Indian freestyle wrestling team collected 68 points and was named the top-ranked squad. Kazakhs occupied the second place with 64 points, and third-place Iranians bagged 54 points.

On Saturday, young Iranian Greco-Roman style wrestlers ended their campaign at the junior Asian championships with two gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals.

The Iranian team, which competed with eight wrestlers in the Greco-Roman bouts, finished in the third place with 58 points.

Kazakhstan won the contests with 65 points and India earned 59 points to finish runner-up.

The 2015 Junior Asian Free Style, Greco-Roman Style and Female Wrestling Championships were held in Myanmar from July 9 to 12.