He lost to his American rival Sam Watson in the bronze medal match in Paris on Thursday.

Watson won bronze with a time of 4.74 seconds. Alipour finished fourth with 4.88 seconds.

Indonesia’s Veddriq Leonardo defeated Chinese athlete Wu Peng with a time of 4.75 seconds at the Le Bourget Climbing Venue in Paris.

Wu had to be content with a silver medal after losing 0.02 seconds to the Indonesian athlete.