Press TV - Iranian freestyle wrestler Hassan Rahimi has clinched the title as the world�s best athlete in the 57-kilogram weight class in the July 2017 edition of the United World Wrestling rankings.

The 27-year-old�claimed the�top�position of the�chart, and was followed by the�biggest European wrestling�star Giorgi Edisherashvili from Azerbaijan.

Turkish freestyle wrestler Suleyman Atli took the third ranking spot of the weight category, standing ahead of Zaur Uguev from Russia, Mongolian sportsman Erdenebat Bekhbayar�and Romania�s Andrei Dukov�who landed in the fourth to the sixth places.

Rahimi downed his Cuban opponent Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez�in the third-place contest of men�s 57kg�weight category on August 19, 2016, and earned a bronze medal.

While Rahimi had a 9-0 lead over his Cuban opponent, he pinned Rodriguez�s shoulders to the mat to win the bout by a fall in the third round and collect the bronze medal.

Rahimi, who had a bye in the first round, overpowered Armenian wrestler Garnik Mnatsakanyan 13-0 in the second, before overcoming Russia�s representative Victor Lebedev 6-1 in the quarterfinals.

The 27-year-old Iranian sportsman however conceded a 5-10 defeat from Japan�s Rei Higuchi in the semifinal, and had to appear in the bronze medal bout.

Wrestling bouts at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games began at Hall 3 of the�Olympic Training Center in�Barra da Tijucaon August 14, and ran through August 21, 2016.