The finals and bronze-medal bouts in the 55kg, 60kg, 77kg and 82kg categories were held on Sunday evening.
In the 55kg category, Payam Ahmadi claimed the silver medal after losing 3-1 to world champion Eldaniz Azizli of Azerbaijan in the final.
Ahmadi had defeated Nouri of the U.S. 10-1, Lalit of India 9-0 and Kazakhstan’s Iskhar Korbayev 7-1 to reach the final.
In the 60kg category, Ali Ahmadi Vafa also won silver after losing to Japan’s Koto Gumi by fall, despite leading 7-1 in the final.
Ahmadi Vafa had defeated Germany’s Abdol Mohammad Papi 9-1, Romania’s Razvan Arnaut 8-0 and world runner-up Alisher Ganiev of Uzbekistan 8-3 to secure his place in the final.
In the 77kg category, Ali Osko took bronze after defeating Uzbekistan’s Nekibov 4-3 in the bronze-medal bout.
Osko advanced through the early rounds with victories over Lithuania’s Cepauskas (11-0), Kyrgyzstan’s Yeryskeldi Maksatbek Uulu (12-1) and Hungary’s Robert Fritsch (5-1). He then lost 2-0 to world runner-up Sanan Suleymanov of Azerbaijan in the semifinals.
In the 82kg category, Gholamreza Farokhi secured Iran’s gold medal by defeating Turkey’s Saricicek 5-1 in the final.
Farokhi reached the final after defeating Hungary’s Zoltan Levai, a world silver medalist, 6-0 by fall, Moldova’s Mihail Bradu 9-0 and Russia’s Gadzhiev in a 3-3 semifinal bout, winning on criteria.
The results gave Iran four medals across the opening four weight categories at the championships.
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