Amir Ali Azarpiran from Iran won a gold medal at the Asian Games-2026, which became Iran's eighteenth gold award in these competitions. The victory took place on Saturday.
In the final match of the men's wrestling division at 97 kg, Azarpiran defeated Sherzod Poyonov from Uzbekistan with a score of 10:0.
Before reaching the final, Azarpiran overcame several opponents: he beat Muhammad Gulzar from Pakistan, as well as Shatlyk Khemeliyev from Turkmenistan and Arash Yoshida from Japan.
As a result of this match, Dipak Punia from India and Arash Yoshida won bronze medals.