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Iran’s U23 freestyle team ranks 2nd best in Serbia 2021 World Wrestling Championship

Iran’s under 23 freestyle team have ranked second best in Serbia 2021 World Wrestling Championship.

Iran’s under 23 freestyle team have ranked second best in Serbia 2021 World Wrestling Championship, with a total of 1 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze medals. 

Taghi Akbarnejad’s team who had earned a gold and 3 bronze medals in the first 5 weight categories, claimed 4 more podium places on Sunday, with Mohammadsadegh Firouzpour and Sajad Gholami taking 2 silver medals in the 74 and 86kg classes respectively, while Amirhossein Firouzpour and Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi snatched 2 bronze medals in the 92 and 125kg divisions in that order.

Iran secured the runners up place with 140 points, just 5 shy of champions Russia.

Armenia ended up third on 114 points.