Iran wrestler Saravi wins gold in 2024 Olympic Games
August 7, 2024 - 22:36
TEHRAN – Greco-Roman wrestler Mohammadhadi Saravi won a gold medal in the 2024 Olympic Games.
He defeated Armenia’s Artur Aleksanyan 4-1 in the final match of the 97kg.
The bronze medals were won by Cuban Gabriel Rosillo and Kyrgyzstan’s Uzur Dzhuzupbekov.
Tuesday night, Saravi’s compatriot Amin Mirzazadeh had won a bronze medal in the 130kg.
Greco-Roman wrestling has been a blue-ribbon Olympic event ever since the first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896. It became a permanent fixture on the Olympic program in 1908.
Reporting by Masoud Hossein
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