Ghasemi crossed the line in the men’s 200m freestyle with 1:50.63 and came third.
Ahmet Mete Boylu of Turkey won the gold medal with a time of 1:48.65 and the silver medal went to Uzbekistan’s Ilya Sibirtsev with 1:50.04.
The 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games, also known as Riyadh 2025, are an inter-continental multi-sport event organized by the Islamic Solidarity Sports Association (ISSA), which are being held from November 7 to 21 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The event has brought together more than 3,000 athletes from 57 nations, competing across 25 sports in pursuit of glory at one of the Islamic world’s premier multi-sport events.