In Tehran, Iranian wrestler Younes Emami won the gold medal in wrestling at the Asian Games 2026, which was awarded on Saturday.
In the final match in the men's freestyle weight category of 74 kg, Emami defeated the Japanese athlete Yoshinosuke Aoyagi with a score of 9:5.
Before reaching the final, Emami managed to defeat Indian Sagar Jaglan, Uzbek Razambek Jamalov, and Kazakh Nurkozha Kaipanov.
Bronze medals were won by Viktor Rassadin from Tajikistan and Kaipanov.
Emami's gold medal is the seventeenth gold award for Iran at these Games.