TEHRAN – Iranian freestyler Amirhossein Zare won a gold medal in the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Sunday.

He defeated Georgian Geno Petriashvili 11-0 in the final bout of 125kg.

Turkey’s Taha Akgül and American Mason Parris won the bronze medals.

Earlier in the day, Amirmohammad Yazdani lost to American wrestler Zain Retherford 8-5 in the final bout of the 70kg.

Retherford had won a silver medal in the previous edition in Belgrade after losing to Japanese wrestler Taishi Narikuni 10-0.

Bulgarian Ramazan Ramazanov and Armenia’s Arman Andreasyan claimed two bronze medals in the weight class.

Also, Hassan Yazdani lost to American wrestler David Taylor 9-3 in the final match of 86kg.

The bronze medals were won by Myles Amine from San Marino and Kazakhstan’s Azamat Dauletbekov.