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Olympic Wrestling: Iran’s Rezaei Wins Gold

Iran's Ghasem Gholamreza Rezaei grappled to Olympic wrestling gold in the men's 96kg division on Aug. 8, defeating Russia's Rustam Totrov on points in the final.

Rezaei, 26, won 3–0 to take down the 2011 world bronze medalist and secure a third wrestling gold for his country.

Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia beat Cuba's Yunior Estrada Falcon 3–0 in the bronze medal match.

Jimmy Lidberg, the 2011 world silver medalist from Sweden, won the second bronze medal in the category, beating Belarusian athlete Tsimafei Dzeinichenka 3–1.

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