TEHRAN – Freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani defended his gold medal on Saturday in the 2022 Asian Games.

He beat his Indian rival Deepak Punia 10-0 in the men's 86Kg final bout.

Yazdani had defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Mukhammad Abdullaev 10-0, Dovletmyrat Orazgylyjov of Turkmenistan 10-0 and Mongolia’s Byambasürengiin Bat-Erdene 10-0 in his previous matches.

It was Iran’s 11th 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 and Younes Emami and Karate athlete Sajad Ganjzadeh had already won 10 gold medals.