RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 21 (MNA) � Iranian heavyweight wrestler Komeil Ghasemi conceded a defeat against his Russian rival though he bagged silver of Men's freestyle 125kg wrestling event in Rio Olympics.


The final contest of 125kg weight division in Men�s freestyle wrestling was held in opening hours of Sunday Tehran local time in Rioo�s Carioca Arena 2 where Iran�s Ghasemi failed to overcome Taha Akg�l of Turkey and finished in the second place of the heavyweight category.

On road to the finals, Ghasemi had offered spellbinding performances by quelling Korey Jarvis of Canada 5-2 before subduing Diaaeldin Kamal Gouda Abdelmottaleb of Egypt 7-0. Later in his third encounter, the Iranian freestyler breezed past Georgia�s Geno Petriashvili 4-4 in order to reach semifinals where he thrashed Tervel Dlagnev of the United States by fall in less than one minute into the game.

The Turkish wrestler Akg�l won the title while Ibragim Saidov of Belarus and Georgia�s Geno Petriashvili jointly stood on the third podium.

Komeil Ghasemi�s silver medal marked the eighth trophy won so far by the Iranian athletes present in the 2016 Olympic extravaganza.

By Mehr News Agency