TEHRAN – Mohammad Nokhodi and Amirhossein Firouzpour won two more medals for Iran at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships on Monday.
Nokhodi defeated Azerbaijan’s Dzhabrail Gadzhiev 4-2 in the 79kg. Bahrain’s Khidir Saipudinov also won a bronze medal in the weight class.
Greek wrestler Georgios Kougioumtsidis beat American wrestler Levi Haines 3-2 in the gold medal match.
Another freestyler Firouzpour defeated Kazakhstan’s Kamil Kurugliyev 4-0 in the bronze medal match of 92kg. Azerbaijan’s Osman Nurmagomedov also seized a bronze medal.
American Trent Hidlay defeated Amanula Gadzhimagomedov (UWW) 13-10 in the gold medal match.
Iranian freestyle wrestlers Amirhossein Zare (125kg), Ahmad Javan (61kg) and Kamran Ghasempour (86kg) had won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal, respectively.
The 2025 World Wrestling Championships are being held in Zagreb, Croatia from Sept. 13 to 21.