At 63kg, Dalkhani defeated his opponent from Belarus 9-6 before beating his Ukrainian rival 5-1 in quarter-final which led him to semi-final, during which Dalkhani defeated the representative of Turkey.

In final match, he faced Levani Kavjaradze from Georgia, who was defeated 7-6 and brought the gold medal for the Iranian wrestler.

Iran’s representative at 130kg, Ali Akbar Yousefi beat his Finnish rival 3-0 and met Germany’s wrestler in quarter-final, defeating him 3-2.

In semi-final, he beat Turkey’s representative 7-6. Yousefi picked up his second World gold medal of the year, winning by injury default over five-time World champion Zviadi Pataridze from Georgia.

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