By winning 24 points, Iran's national team placed third after Russia (30 points) and Hungary (27 points) at the end of the first four games of the Senior Greco-Roman World Championships.
On Monday, in the 71kg weight category, Mohamad Ali Geraei came back from behind to defeat world No. 2 Daniel Cataraga from Moldova 10-8 in the bronze medal match.
Saeid Abdvali won Iran’s second bronze medal in the 75kg weigh category after defeating Kazbak Keliov of Belarus 8-0.
The final bronze medal for Iran was won by Hossein Nouri. The Iranian was defeated by the Olympic bronze medalist Denis Kudla from Germany in the semi-finals. His bronze medal game in the 85kg weight category was against Abbasov from Azerbaijan which the Iranian won 4-0.
Paris is hosting the 46th edition of the World Championships from August 21-26. It is only the second time that France organizes this competition, 30 years after an edition that took place in Clermont-Ferrand. The world's best wrestlers from Russia, Iran, Cuba, the United States, Japan, Georgia and Uzbekistan compete in two distinct categories: the Greco-Roman and Free fight.
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