Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg Wrestling 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Iran Win first gold Men's Greco-Roman 

87 kg Wrestling

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Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

IR Iran bagged another gold medal through Hossein Nouri, who won the men's greco-roman 87 kg wrestling final against Rustam Assakalov of Uzbekistan on Wednesday night.

Competing at the Jakarta Convention Center Assembly Hall, Nouri won 6-1 on technical points and 3-1 on classification points.

With his victory, Iran has won two medals in men's greco-roman wrestling and three medals in men’s freestyle.

In the freestyle event, Iran's victory was won in the 86 kg class by Hassan Yazdanicharati, the men's 97 kg class by Alireza Kariminachiani and Parviz Hadibasmanj in the 125 kg class, while the men's Greco-roman 77 kg was won by Mohammadali Geraei.

In the first three minutes, the match was fierce, with the two opponents wanting to win the first technical point, but it resulted in only one point for each wrestler.

In the second three minutes after a 30-second break, Assakalov looked very tired and Nouri took the advantage to add five points by the end of the match.

The victory was greeted with joy, and he invited his coach up to the arena and together they celebrated by unfurling their nation's flag.

Nouri also hugged his coach repeatedly and saluted his supporters in the stands.

Two bronze medals were won by Turkmenistan wrestler Ovelekov Shyhazberdi and Kazakh wrestler Azamat Kustubayev.