Geraei Truly Happy for Winning Gold at 2024 Wrestling Worlds
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Mohammad Ali Geraei expressed joy and gratitude for claiming a gold medal at the Wrestling World Championships 2024 Tuesday night.
In the 82kg final, Geraei defeated Erik Szilvassy from Hungary to win a gold medal.
“After eight years, I finally got to experience the world finals,” Geraei said. “I’m truly happy from the bottom of my heart because I could make my fans and family happy, especially my dear wife, who stood by me in tough times and understood me, as well as my parents and all my fans.
“I'm grateful to them; they have always been there for me and supported me, and I dedicate this medal to them.”
“I thought this competition would be really tough, but thank God it ended up being easy," Geraei said.
“These past two or three years have been difficult for me, and due to certain circumstances, I couldn't participate in the Olympics and missed out on it. But I hope with this medal I won, I can pave my way to the (next) Olympics and achieve the best medal and my dream,” Geraei concluded.