Amouzad secured bronze in the 65kg category after defeating Bulgaria’s Shamil Mamedov, a world bronze medalist, 5-4 in the third-place bout.
The Iranian had earlier beaten opponents from Belgium and Türkiye before losing 3-2 to Armenia’s Tigran Tovmasyan in the quarterfinals. He returned through the repechage after Tovmasyan advanced to the final, defeating Kazakhstan’s opponent 11-0 to reach the bronze-medal match.
Yazdani also claimed bronze in the 97kg category, beating Bahrain’s Olympic champion Ahmed Tazhudinov 5-0 in the third-place bout.
Yazdani opened his campaign with an 11-0 victory over South Korea’s Kim but lost 7-5 to Japan’s Arash Yoshida in the second round. He entered the repechage after Yoshida reached the final, then defeated India’s Vicky 10-0 to secure a place in the bronze-medal match.
Meanwhile, Amirhossein Zare and Ahmad Mohammadnejad Javan advanced to the finals in the 125kg and 61kg categories, respectively.
Zare reached the heavyweight final with a dominant 10-0 semifinal victory over American wrestler Wyatt Hendrickson. He had also recorded 11-0 and 10-0 wins over opponents from India and Jamaica in the earlier rounds. Zare will face Russia’s Abdulla Kurbanov for the gold medal.
Javan booked his place in the 61kg final after defeating Kazakhstan’s Asyl Aitakin 3-1 in the semifinals. He had earlier beaten wrestlers from India and the United States to reach the last four. Javan will face Russia’s world and Olympic champion Zaur Uguev in the final.
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