TEHRAN – Freestyle wrestler Amirhossein Zare won a gold medal on Saturday in the 2022 Asian Games.

The Iranian wrestler defeated Mongolia’s Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur 7-0 in the men's 125Kg final bout.

Zare had defeated Pakistan’s Zaman Anwar 10-0, China’s Buheeerdun 10-0 and Kazakhstan’s Yusup Batirmurzaev 11-0 on his way to the final match.

It was Iran’s 12th gold medal in the Games.

Iran’s men’s volleyball national team, wushu athletes Afshin Salimi and Yousf Sabri, Sadegh Azarang in Kurash, discus thrower Hossein Rasouli, climber Reza Alipour, wrestlers Mohammadhadi Saravi, Amin Mirzazadeh, Younes Emami and Hassan Yazdani as well as Karate athlete Sajad Ganjzadeh had already won 11 gold medals.