Iranian wrestlers defeated their Russian counterparts in both freestyle and Greco-Roman divisions in a friendly bilateral competition held in Moscow on Friday and Saturday.

The 65-member Iranian contingent ended its Paris Paralympics 2024 campaign on a superlative note, clinching the most number of medals in its Paralympic history.

Iranian wrestlers stamped their authority at the Paris Olympics, etching their names in the annals of the countrys sports history with the highest number of Olympic medals.

Iran was represented by 40 athletes at the Paris Olympics, including four young taekwondo athletes. All four of them won medals, bringing laurels to their country.

A former taekwondo world champion has hailed the performance of Iran’s taekwondo athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics, attributing it to “'consensus and unity” in the team.

In the first week of the Paris Olympics, Iranian athletes fell short of making it to the podium. Now all eyes are on Iran’s wrestlers, weightlifters and martial artists.

It has been a golden run for Iranian sports this week, with volleyball, basketball, wrestling teams and individuals athletes in different disciplines grabbing medals and bringing laurels to their country.