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