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Junior World Championships: Iran's Greco-Roman wrestling team finish 2nd

The Junior World Championships have concluded in Russia as Iran's Greco-Roman team finished second after collecting a gold, a silver and five bronze medals. 

On the final day of the event, and in the 60 kilogram weight class, Saeed Esmaeili pocketed silver after suffering a defeat against his Russian opponent in the final.

Also Mohammad Naghosi and Morteza Alghosi both managed to claim bronze medals in the 82 and 97 Kg categories respectively.

Therefore, Russia celebrated their title win at home with 183 points, while Iran finished second with 130.

Meanwhile, Azerbaijan were third with only 101 points. 


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