TEHRAN - Greco-Roman wrestlers Muhammad Hadi Saravi and Saeed Esmaeili won Iran’s gold medals in the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Saravi defeated Armenia’s Artur Aleksanyan 4-1 in the final match of the 97-kilogram weight category late Wednesday.
Cuban Gabriel Rosillo and Kyrgyzstan’s Uzur Dzhuzupbekov won bronze medal in the weight class.
Esmaeili emerged victorious against Parviz Nasibov from Ukraine 6-5 in the 67kg final of Greco-Roman and claimed first place in the sporting event.
Prior to the final, Esmaeili defeated opponents from Algeria, Cuba, and Armenia to secure his spot in the championship match.
Alireza Mohmadi claimed a silver medal in the Olympic Games.
Mohmadi was defeated 7-0 by Semen Novikov from Bulgaria and finished in second place in the final match of the 87 kg category at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestler Amin Mirzazadeh had already won a bronze medal in the 130 kg on Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian congratulated Esmaili on his gold medal win at the 2024 Paris Olympics, emphasizing “Saeed Esmaili’s precious gold is the result of prudence and resistance together.”
In a Farsi congratulatory post on his X account on Thursday, President Pezeshkian said that the result of prudence and resilience together brought the gold medal for Esmaeili and the Iranian people.