Iran Greco-Roman wrestler Esmaeili takes gold in 2024 Olympics
TEHRAN – Saeid Esmaeili of Iran won a gold medal in the 2024 Olympic Games Thursday night.
He defeated Parviz Nasibov of Ukraine 6-5 in the 67kg final of Greco-Roman.
Iranian wrestlers Mohammadhadi Saravi and Amin Mirzazadeh have previously won a gold and a bronze medal in the 97kg and 130kg, respectively.
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
VatanSport.