Iranian freestyle wrestler Rahman Amouzad won a silver medal in the men's freestyle 65kg category at the 2022 Asian Games on Friday.

Iran PressIran news: In the final match, Amouzad was defeated by Mongolia's Tulga Tumur-Ochir with a score of 11-1.

On his way to the final, Amouzad secured victories against Abbos Rakhmonov from Uzbekistan 12-6, Japan's Kaiki Yamaguchi 2-1, China's WEI Baowen Wei 6-0, and India's Bajrang 8-1.

The Asian Games, which boasts more than 12,000 competitors from 45 nations and territories, has a larger participant count than the Olympics. Iran has sent a total of 289 male and female athletes to compete in 34 sports events at the Games. 219