TEHRAN – Iranian freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani underwent shoulder surgery in Nice, France

Yazdani, nicknamed The Greatest, returned to the mat for the first time in eight months in June 2024. After winning the Asian Games in October, he had undergone shoulder surgery.

Yazdani participated in the Ranking Series in Budapest in June to prove his fitness and easily won a gold medal.

Yazdani, 30, was fit for the 2024 Olympic Games and had not a difficult job to qualify for the final match of the 86kg but he lost to Bulgari’s Magomed Ramazanov 7-1 in the final after he seemed to be struggling with pain.

The media reports suggest that the surgery will keep him out for more than a year.