Bahraini Ahmed Tajeddine won the gold medal in the 97kg freestyle wrestling event on Sunday, the final day of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
After achieving three victories on Saturday over Iranian Amir Ali Azarbera 4-3, Kazakh Alisher Yergali 14-2 and American Kyle Frederick Snyder 6-4, Tajeddine defeated Georgian Givi Macharashvili 2-0 in the final.
After his victory, he said: "After a year of training, I was very focused." Regarding his victory on points, he explained: "He made a counterattack, so I caught him in this move."
This is the second gold medal for Bahrain in Paris after the coronation of runner Winfrid Yafi in the 3,000m steeplechase race, and the fourth medal after the silver medal of runner Salwa Eid Naser in the 400m race and weightlifter Gor Minasyan in the +102kg weightlifting category.
It is Bahrain's first medal in wrestling, after Minasian became the first athlete to win a medal outside of athletics on Saturday.
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