TEHRAN – Freestyle wrestler Younes Emami on Saturday claimed Iran’s 10th gold medal in the 2022 Asian Games.

He defeated Japan’s Kirin Kinoshita 9-0 in the final bout of the men’s 74kg.

The Iranian wrestler had defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Orozbek Toktomambetov 7-2, China’s Feng Lu 10-2 and Tajikistan’s Magomet Evloev 9-3 on his way to the final.

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 and Amin Mirzazadeh and Karate athlete Sajad Ganjzadeh had already won nine gold medals.