TEHRAN – Iranian wrestler Mojtaba Goleij won a silver medal in the 2022 Asian Games on Saturday.

Goleij lost to Bahrain’s Akhmed Magomedov 6-1 in the final bout of the men's freestyle 97Kg.

He defeated Uzbekistan’s Magomed Ibragimov 13-7 and also emerged victorious over Mongolia’s Gankhuyag Ganbaatar 4-2 and Alisher Yergali of Kazakhstan 3-1 to book a place in the final.

With more than 12,000 competitors from 45 nations and territories, the Asian Games has more participants than the Olympics.

Iran has sent 289 male and female athletes to the Games in 34 sports events.