According to a Thursday report by the IRNA, Salimi defeated his Filipino rival Samuel Thomas Morrison 2-0 in the men’s +80kg in the Round of 16, then he beat Jordan’s Anas Sadek 2-0 and Meng En Lee of Chinese Taipei 2-0 in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively.
Salimi lost to his Chinese rival Zhaoxiang Song 2-1 in the final and stood in second place.
The 2022 Asian Games also known as Hangzhou 2022 is a continental multi-sport event currently being held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
The Games, delayed a year due to China's measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, will be the country's biggest sporting event in over a decade in several metrics, with around 12,000 athletes from 45 nations competing in 40 sports.
Iran has sent 289 male and female athletes to the Games in 34 sports events.
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