Iranian female Kurash player wins silver at Asian Games

Aghaei settled for a silver on Sunday after conceding a defeat to a Chinese rival in the final match of the -70kg women’s category.

She had defeated practitioners from Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan in her path to the final.

The Kurash event of the 2023 Asian Games is being held between September 30 and October 2 at the Xiaoshan Linpu Gymnasium in Hangzhou.

With more than 12,000 competitors from 45 nations and territories, the 2022 Asian Games has more participants than the Olympics.

Iran has sent 289 male and female athletes to the Games in 34 sports events.

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