Wrestling World Championships 2024: Geraei Wins Gold
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Mohammad Ali Geraei claimed a gold medal at the Wrestling World Championships 2024 Tuesday night.
In the 82kg final, Geraei was not to be denied in his first chance at world gold, as he stormed to a 9-0 victory over a shell-shocked Erik Szilvassy from Hungary.
Geraei, normally a 77kg wrestler who was competing at the heaviest weight of his career, encountered no problems handling the extra bulk against Szilvassy, a winner of international tournaments this year in Zagreb and Budapest.
Geraei, who finished fifth at the Tokyo Olympics but missed the Paris Games due to a suspension, then completed a snap-down, go-behind takedown to finish the match in 1:35 and add the world gold to the bronzes he won at 71kg in 2017 and at 77kg in 2019 and 2021.