Tag: Greco-Roman wrestling

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Rıza Kayaalp secures historic 12th European gold to equal record of wrestling legend Aleksandr Karelin

Türkiye’s Rıza Kayaalp has secured a record-equalling 12th Greco-Roman gold medal at the European Wrestling Championships at the Arena Zagreb in Croatia – the same number as Russian great Aleksandr Karelin. Kayaalp was crowned champion of the super-heavyweight 130-kg division following a closely contested bout against Sabah Saleh Shariati of Azerbaijan on Saturday, 22 April, […]

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Turkey wins a second silver medal at Rio
 

Turkish wrestler Rıza Kayaalp had to settle for second place after losing his bout with reigning Olympic champion Mijain Lopez of Cuba. Lopez dominated yesterday’s Greco-Roman 130-kilo wrestling final, winning 6-0. Kayaalp had gone into the Olympics with high hopes of winning a gold medal having beaten Lopez in last year’s World Championships. Turkey’s strongman […]