TEHRAN, AUG 8 (APP/DNA):Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestler Mohammad Hadi Saravi has snatched a first gold medal for the country in the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Saravi beat Armenia’s Artur Aleksanyan in a difficult final match of the 97-kilogram weight category late on Wednesday to become an Olympic gold medalist.
Greco-Roman wrestler Amin Mirzazadeh and female taekwondo player Mobina Nematzadeh had won two bronze medals for Iran on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Two Iranian Greco-Roman wresters will compete for gold medals on Thursday while Iranian free-style wrestlers also have high hopes of winning medals in the Paris Olympics in the coming days.
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