RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17 (MNA) � Iran�s 98kg athlete Ghasem Rezaei who was a hope for gold medal ended up in Bronze in Greco-Roman wrestling competitions of Rio 2016 games.


Ghasem Rezaei who had an Olympics title as a gold medalist in 2012 London games had an off draw in first round. In second round he faced Luillys P�rez from Venezuela who was an easy job for him and Rezaei won the match 8-0. In his second match, however, Ghasem Rezaei couldn�t defeat Cuban wrestler Yasmany Daniel Lugo Cabrera and conceded a 4-0 loss.

With his Cuban rival managing to ascend to final game, Rezaei was given another chance to fight for a bronze medal. In this level he stood against Xiao Di from China and defeating him 7-0 opened his way to fight for third place.

Ghasem Rezaei in his last game stood in front of Carl Fredrik Stefan Schoen from Sweden. Schoen went up 4-0 after a takedown and gut wrench in the first period. The Iranian battled back in the second period, scoring with back-to-back gut wrenches to make the score 4-4 and ultimately give him the victory on criteria.

Ghasem Rezaei�s bronze medal brought fourth medal to the Iranian camp after weightlifting champions Kiyanoush Rostami and Sohrab Moradi�s gold medals and a bronze which was grabbed by Saeid Abdevali in freestyle wrestling.

By Mehr News Agency