Bahrain’s Akhmed Tazhudinov has achieved Olympic immortality after winning gold in the men’s freestyle wrestling 97kg competition at Paris 2024.
The reigning world champion claimed his Olympic crown after winning by pin against Givi Matcharashvili of Georgia in his category's final this afternoon on the concluding day of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad.
Tazhudinov captured Team Bahrain’s second gold medal and fourth overall in Paris 2024, making for the kingdom’s best-ever finish at the Olympics.