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Iranian Athletes Bag 2 More Medals at 2024 Olympics
Greco-Roman wrestler Mohammad Hadi Saravi and taekwondo athlete Mobina Nematzadeh grabbed gold and bronze medals, respectively, at the 2024 Olympic Games on Wednesday.
The 19-years-old Nematzadeh made history in Paris after winning a bronze medal at the women's flyweight division at the Olympics 2024.The Iranian girl beat her Saudi opponent 2-0 in the bronze-medal match.Earlier, she defeated Michelle TauIn 2-0 from Lesotho in round of 16 and Adriana Cerezo Iglesias of Spain, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medalist and 2023 world bronze medalist, 2-0 in quarterfinals but lost to China’s Guo Qing in the semifinals.The young athlete became the second woman in history to have won a medal for Iran at Olympics.Thailand's Panipak Wongpattanakit won the gold medal, beating Guo Qing, who claimed silver.
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At the 97-kg category of Greco-Roman wrestling, Saravi defeated his Armenian opponent and former Olympic and world champion Artur Aleksanyan, snatching the first gold medal for Iran.Despite initially trailing 0-1, Saravi delivered a solid performance to secure a 4-1 win in a tough match on Wednesday. He advanced to the finals after a decisive 6-0 victory over his Egyptian opponent, Mohamed Gabr, in the 97-kg category on Tuesday.In the first round, Saravi overpowered Joseph Rau from the United States with a decisive 10-1 victory.He continued his dominant run in the quarterfinals, easily dispatching Kyrgyzstan's Uzur Dzhuzupbekov with a flawless 8-0 score, securing his spot in the semi-finalsSaravi previously won the gold medal in the 97-kg category at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway, and a bronze medal in the same category at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
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Saravi’s gold medal and Nematzadeh's bronze have helped Iran climb to the 40th position in the Olympic rankings.On Tuesday, Greco-Roman wrestler Amin Mirzazadeh defeated his opponent from Azerbaijan in the 130kg bronze-medal match, winning Iran’s first medal at the 2024 Olympic Games.#Iran#2024_Olympic
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