TEHRAN – Iranian freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani snatched a silver medal in the 2024 Olympic Games Friday night.

Shortly after the gold medal match commenced, Yazdani seemed to be struggling with pain.

Having injured his right shoulder, the 29-year-old struggled throughout, even asking for medical assistance.

The injury finally cost him and he lost to Bulgarian wrestler Magomed Ramazanov 7-1 in the final bout of 86kg.

On his way to the final, Yazdani defeated Jayden Lawrence of Australia 10-0 in his first match and then beat Greek wrestler Dauren Kurugliev 9-4 and later defeated San Marino’s Myles Amine 7-1 in semifinals.

It was Yazdani’s third medal in the Olympics.

He had won a gold medal in the 2016 Olympic Games and also bagged a silver four years later in Tokyo.