In the 55kg category, Payam Ahmadi defeated Nouri of the United States 10–1, Lalit of India 9–0, and Iskhar Korbayev of Kazakhstan 7–1 to reach the final, where he will face Azerbaijani world champion Eldaniz Azizli.
In the 60kg category, Ali Ahmadi Vafa defeated Germany’s Abdolmohammad Papi 9–1, Romania’s Razvan Arnaut 8–0, and Uzbekistan’s Alisher Ganiev, a world silver medalist, 8–3. He will face Japan’s Koto Gumi in the final.
In the 82kg category, Gholamreza Farokhi defeated Hungary’s world silver medalist Zoltan Levai 6–0 by technical superiority, Moldova’s Mihail Bradu 9–0, and Russia’s Gadzhiev 3–3 on criteria to secure Iran’s third place in the finals. He will take on Turkey’s Saricicek in the title bout.
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