Injured Yazdani Snatches Silver in 2024 Olympic Games


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani lost to Bulgaria's Magomed Ramazanov in the men's 86kg freestyle wrestling final at the Paris Olympics.

The Rio 2016 Games champion and Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Yazdani suffered a shoulder injury during the match and lost 7-1.

On his way to the final, Yazdani defeated Jayden Lawrence of Australia 10-0 in his first match.

He then beat Greek wrestler Dauren Kurugliev 9-4 and later defeated San Marino’s Myles Amine 7-1 to book his place in the final.