TEHRAN – Iran’s freestyle wrestling team finished in second place at the 2024 U17 World Championship held in Amman, Jordan.

The Iranian team won two gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

Abolfazl Shamsipour (71kg) and Reza Afshar (80kg) won two gold medals. Amirabbas Ramezani (45kg) and Amirabbas Alizadeh (48kg) claimed two silver medals and 92kg: Amirreza Alipour (92kg) and Abolfazl Mohammadnezhad (110kg) seized two bronze medals.

The United States won the team title with 152 points, 20 more than second-place Iran.

Kyrgyzstan finished third with 104 points, its first-ever podium finish at the U17 World Championships.

45kg

GOLD: Samuel SANCHEZ (USA) df. Amirabbas RAMEZANI (IRI), 9-5

BRONZE: Dzhamal BAKAEV (AIN) df. Mher HAKOBYAN (ARM), 11-0

BRONZE: Ravan HASANZADE (AZE) df. Bekzat AMANGELDY (KAZ), via fall (4-6)

48kg

GOLD: Ulugbek RASHIDOV (UZB) df. Amirabbas ALIZADEH (IRI), 11-0

BRONZE: Henry ASLIKYAN (USA) df. Vladyslav KAIDAKOV (UKR), 2-1

BRONZE: Chingis SARYGLAR (AIN) df. Temuri TUTARASHVILI (GEO), 9-2

51kg

GOLD: Domenic MUNARETTO (USA) df. Frederick BACHMANN (PUR), 3-1

BRONZE: Jinnosuke OKONOGI (JPN) df. Akhmed ATANGERIEV (AIN), 7-4

BRONZE: Marlen ABDRAIMOV (KGZ) df. Ozodbek ALIJONOV (UZB), 17-6

55kg

GOLD: Kursantbek ISAKOV (KGZ) df. Joseph BACHMANN (PUR), 4-2

BRONZE: Keanu DILLARD (USA) df. Yukiya KITADE (JPN), 10-0

BRONZE: Huseyn HUSEYNOV (AZE) df. Gagik GHAZARYAN (ARM), 2-1

60kg

GOLD: Omurbek ASAN UULU (KGZ) df. Huseyn ISMAYILOV (AZE), 5-1

BRONZE: Hayk AVANESYAN (ARM) df. Danoush JOWKAR (GBR), 5-2

BRONZE: Itsuki YONASHIRO (JPN) df. Jordyn RANEY (USA), via inj. def.

65kg

GOLD: Rustamzhan KAKHAROV (KGZ) df. Ramazan ABDULKADYROV (AIN), 7-6

BRONZE: Bakdaulet AKIMZHAN (KAZ) df. Rati REVAZASHVILI (GEO), 9-1

BRONZE: Umut Talha USLU (TUR) df. Roman PRONAK (UKR), 12-1

71kg

GOLD: Abolfazl SHAMSIPOUR (IRI) df. Manuel WAGIN (GER), 1-1

BRONZE: Fatih AYDIN (TUR) df. Mark LAPOSA (HUN), 6-5

BRONZE: Kairi ITO (JPN) df. Melvin MILLER (USA), 7-2

80kg

GOLD: Reza AFSHAR (IRI) df. Nikoloz MAISURADZE (GEO), 1-1

BRONZE: Artur KOSTIUK (UKR) df. Mahammad ABASZADA (AZE), 5-5

BRONZE: Darius SAS (ROU) df. Emmitt SHERLOCK (USA), 8-6

92kg

GOLD: Konstantine PETRIASHVILI (GEO) df. Rodion SANAKOEV (AIN), 8-0

BRONZE: Elijah DIAKOMIHALIS (USA) df. Aliaksei KHADUNOU (AIN), 8-3

BRONZE: Amirreza ALI POUR (IRI) df. Michealjeet Singh GREWAL (CAN), 10-5

110kg

GOLD: Michael MOCCO (USA) df. Yedige KASSIMBEK (KAZ), 10-0

BRONZE: Abolfazl MOHAMMADNEJHAD (IRI) df. Jaspooran SINGH (IND), 2-1

BRONZE: Mukhamad GANTEMIROV (AZE) df. Gigia LUKUNIDZE (GEO), 7-0