TEHRAN - Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Mohammadreza Geraei claimed a silver medal in the 2022 World Wrestling Championships on Monday.

Geraei lost to 2019 world bronze medal winner Mate Nemes of Serbia 5-4.

He defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Amantur Ismailov 9-0 in Round of 16 and beat Korean wrestler Ryu Han-su 5-1 in quarterfinals.

The 2020 Olympic gold medal winner posted an unusual technical fall over Joni Khetsuriani from Georgia in the semifinals.

Geraei made the unusual choice of challenging a call in which he scored the points, but it paid off by giving him even more than he expected for an 8-0 technical fall.

Iran’s Mohammadhadi Saravai also defeated Metehan Başar of Turkey 6-1 in bronze medal match of the 97kg.

Armenian Artur Aleksanyan won the gold in the weight class, beating Bulgaria’s Kiril Milov 5-1 in the final.