Olympics-Wrestling-Japan's Kusaka wins 77kg Greco-Roman gold, Iran's Saravi claims 97kg title


Paris 2024 Olympics - Wrestling - Men's Greco-Roman 77kg Final - Champ-de-Mars Arena, Paris, France - August 07, 2024. Nao Kusaka of Japan celebrates winning gold in the match against Demeu Zhadrayev of Kazakhstan. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi

PARIS (Reuters) - Japan's Nao Kusaka won the gold medal in the men's 77kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, while Demeu Zhadrayev of Kazakhstan claimed silver.

Armenia's Malkhas Amoyan and Kyrgyzstan's Akzhol Makhmudov took bronze.

Iran's Mohammad Hadi Saravi won the Greco-Roman gold in the men's 97kg, while Artur Aleksanyan of Aremina claimed silver.

Cuba's Gabriel Rosillo and Uzur Dzhuzupbetook of Kyrgyzstan took bronze.

(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in Paris; editing by Clare Fallon and Ken Ferris)

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