Iran freestyle wrestling team has won the Junior World Championship for the second consecutive year after claiming two gold and four silver medals in the competitions held in Salvador, Brazil.

Iranian wrestler Mojtaba Goleij had an easy work in the final of the 84kg category against Dzianis Khamiankou from Belarus at the CPJ Arean on Sunday. Goleij found the 12-2 technical fall in the second period to help his native Iran edge past Azerbaijan in the overall standings.

Azerbaijan had an outstanding final night in Salvador wining three gold medals but they were four points short of first placed Iran. Iran won the team title with 62 points, followed by Azerbaijan with 58 and Russia with 49.

The competitions featured the best 17-20 year old wrestlers in the world, and has been a major stepping stone for athletes who go on to win World and Olympic medals at the senior level.

A total of 16 Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestlers featured Iran in the competitions.

Freestyle Medalists:
50 kg
Gold – Spencer Lee (U.S.A)
Silver – Alireza Goodarzi (Iran)
Bronze – Arif Huseynov (Azerbaijan)
Bronze – Roman Gutsulyak (Ukraine)
55kg
Gold - Mahir Amiraslanov (AZE) df. Ravi Kumar (IND) by TF, 10-0
Bronze - Badrudinov Khasankhusein (RUS) df. Mohammad Namjou Motlagh (IRI), 6-4
Bronze - Stevan Micic (USA) df. Zanabazar Zandanbud (MGL), 6-0

60 kg
Gold – Iman Sadeghi Koukandeh (Iran)
Silver – Ibrahim Abdelhamid (Egypt)
Bronze – Dimitar Ivanov (Bulgaria)
Bronze – Rashidov Gadzimurad (Russia)

66kg

GOLD - Teymur Mammadov (AZE) df. Yuhi Fujinami (JPN), 4-3
BRONZE - Sidakov Zaubrek (RUS) df. Avtabdil Kentchadze (GEO), 9-4
BRONZE - Aaron Pico (USA) df. Enes Uslu (TUR), 13-6

74 kg
Gold – Nabiev Gadizhi (Russia)
Silver – Reza Mozaffari Jouybari (Iran)
Bronze – Tarzan Maisuradze (Georgia)
Bronze – Peter Nagy (Hungary)

84kg

GOLD - Mojitaba Goleij (IRI) df. Dzianis Khamiankou (BLR) by TF, 12-2
BRONZE - Musalaliev ARSEN ALI (RUS) df. Shota Shirai (JPN), 5-1
BRONZE - Iliskhan Chilayev (KAZ) df. Krysztof Sadowik (POL), 5-2

96 kg
Gold – Nurmagomed Gadzhiyev (Azerbaijan)
Silver – Sayed Iman Hossini (Iran)
Bronze – Nishanpreet Randhawa (Canada)
Bronze – Bakdaulet Almentay (Kazakhstan)

120kg

GOLD - Said Gamidov (AZE) df. Amin Taheri (IRI) by TF< 12-2
BRONZE - Yunus Dede (TUR) df. Krivtsov Ravel (RUS), 8-5
BRONZE - Nathan Butler (USA) df. Kamil Kosciulek (POL), 2-1