TEHRAN – Iran’s men’s Greco-Roman wrestling team claimed the title of the 2024 Asian Wrestling Championships on Tuesday.

Iran won four golds overall and easily won the team title for the third straight year with 200 points. Kyrgyzstan, with one champion, finished second with 144, just two points ahead of third-place Japan and their three gold medalists.

Iran, which put four wrestlers into the final on Day 2, won the other golds at stake, with former world champion and Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Mohammadhadi Saravi completely dominating at 97kg, and young Saeid Esmaeili winning his first Asian title at 67kg.

Saravai showed the might of the top tier of wrestlers from the Middle East powerhouse when he overwhelmed Kazakhstan’s Iussuf Matsiyev 9-0 in the 97kg final, UWW.org reported.

Saravi, a world bronze medalist the past two years after winning the gold in 2021, put together a pair of gut wrenches from par terre, then executed a takedown-roll combination to put away 2022 world U20 silver medalist Matsiyev in just under two minutes.

Saravi has now medaled in 16 consecutive international tournaments dating back to 2019, all of which ended with victories -- 11 golds and five bronzes. His most recent triumphs include last October's Asian Games and the Yasar Dogu tournament in Turkey in March.

Earlier, 2022 world U20 champion Esmaeili denied the host country a gold when he edged Kyrgyzstan’s Razzak Beishekeev 3-1 in the 67kg final.

The 21-year-old wrestler held out while on the bottom of par terre in the first period, then scored 2 in the second period with a good second effort when he was on top.