Iran Snatches First Gold Medal In Paris Olympics

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Iran snatches first gold medal in Paris Olympics

Tehran, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Aug, 2024) 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.