Alipur from Iran wins bronze medal at 2026 World Weightlifting Championships

At the 2026 World Wrestling Championship, held in Astana, Kazakhstan, Rakhman Amuzad from Iran won a bronze medal in the men's freestyle 65 kg category on Friday.

Amuzad defeated Shamil Mamadov from Bulgaria with a score of 5:4 in the bronze medal match. This result is another international podium achievement for Iranian wrestling.

The Iranian wrestler demonstrated his determination to finish the competition with an award, despite not making it to the final for the gold medal.

His success increases Iran's total number of medals at the championship and highlights the country's consistent strength in freestyle wrestling. In the final match, Armenian wrestler Vazgen Tevanyan and American wrestler Bo Bassett will meet.

A ceremony was held in Tehran where Hamid Eslami from Iran won a bronze medal in the men's 1500-meter T11 category race at the 2026 Asian Para Games, which are being held in Nagoya.

Hamid Eslami from Iran won a bronze medal in the 1500-meter race at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Nagoya

He finished with a time of 4 minutes 24.14 seconds. The gold and silver medals were won by Japanese runners Kenia Karasawa and Shinya Wada, with times of 4:17.65 and 4:23.77, respectively.

Ahmad Aminzadeh from Iran won the gold medal in the men's Over 107 kg weight category at the powerlifting competitions during the 2026 Asian Paralympic Games held in Nagoya. He achieved this victory on Thursday.

Aminzadeh took first place by lifting 260 kg. His teammate Mahdi Sayedi won the silver medal with a result of 240 kg. Ilhom Khalimov from Uzbekistan received the bronze medal, lifting 223 kg.