Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian completed the Iranian wrestlers' Hat Trick on the first day of the men's freestyle events at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.

Iran PressAsia: World junior champion Rahman Amouzad Khalili, Ali Bakhtiar Savadkouhi, and world bronze medallist Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian secured gold in the under-65 kilograms, under-79kg, and under-97kg, respectively.

Amouzad Khalili swept past Mongolia’s Tsogbadrakh Tseveensuren before defeating Bajrang Punia of India 3-1 in a close encounter in the final.

Kaiki Yamaguchi of Japan secured one of the bronze medals against Tseveensuren while Uzbekistan’s Abbos Rakhmonov took the other versus Haji Mohamad Ali of Bahrain to add to his previous bronze in 2018.

Savadkouhi repeated Iran's success by beating India's Asian silver medallist Gourav Baliyan on a points decision.

Arsalan Budazhapov and Yudai Takahashi picked up the under-79kg bronze medals for Kyrgyzstan and Japan.

Budazhapov defeated Turkmenistan's Gurbanmyrat Ovezberdiyev and Takahashi bettered Byambadorj Enkhbayar of Mongolia.

The third and final Iranian gold medallist, Mohammadian, dominated the home nation's Batzul Ulziisaikhan in his final to win the second Asian Championships gold of his career.

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