TEHRAN – Amirali Azarpira claimed a bronze medal in Men's Freestyle 97kg of the 2024 Olympic Games on Sunday.

Azarpira defeated two-time Olympic medal winner Kyle Snyder 4-1 in the bronze-medal match.

Azarpira lost to Bahrain’s Akhmed Tazhudinov 4-3 in his first match but defeated Kazakhstan’s Alisher Yergali 6-1 in repechage.

Iran’s Hassan Yazdani in 86kg, Amirhossein Zare in 125kg and Rahman Amouzad in 65kg have previously won three silver medals.