Iranian wrestler wins gold in London

Iranian lightweight freestyle wrestler Farzad Ja'fari has won a gold medal at the London Prepares Wrestling International Invitational test event.

Ja'fari defeated US wrestler Angel Escobedo 7-3 in the 55-kilogram category at the ExCeL Center in London on Sunday, a Press TV correspondent reported. 

He beat Adrian Hajduk from Poland to reach the final. 

Another Iranian wrestler, Ehsan Lashgari, outclassed Jake Herbert from the United States in the third-place playoff of the 84-kilogram category to win a bronze for the Iranian squad. 

On Saturday, the Iranian Greco-Roman wrestling team stood second in the medal count standings with one gold and one bronze. 

Qasem Rezaei won a gold medal in the 94-kilogram category and Saeed Abdevali pocketed a bronze for the Islamic Republic. 

The London Prepares Wrestling International Invitational was part of the London Prepares series, which has been held as a test event for the London Olympics 2012 since May.