Rio de Janeiro – Ghasem Rezaei from Iran claimed a bronze medal in the men’s Greco-Roman 98kg division at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

The London gold medalist defeated Carl Fredrik Stefan Schoen of Sweden. Schoen was a loser in the second semifinal match, while Rezaei made his way up through the repechage rounds to win his bronze.

Cenk Ildem of Turkey earned another bronze medal in the division, taking down Alin Alexuc Ciurariu of Romania. / Tehran times /