18 Wrestling gold medalists at Beijing Olympics


Taymazov of Uzbekistan wins men's freestyle 120kg wrestling gold
  

Artur Taymazov from Uzbekistan claimed the men's freestyle 120kg wrestling title at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, beating Bakhtiyar Akhmedov from Russia in the final.
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   Muradov of Russia wins men's freestyle 96kg wrestling gold

Shirvani Muradov from Russia claimed the men's freestyle 96kg wrestling title at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, beating Taimuraz Tigiyev from Kazakhstan in the final.
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Georgian Mindorashvili wins men's freestyle 84kg wrestling gold

   Revazi Mindorashvili of Georgia beat gold-medal favourite Russian Georgy Ketoev in an emotional semifinal match and then rallied in the final to win men's freestyle 84kg wrestling title at Beijing Olympics here on Thursday.  Full story


   Russian wrestler Saytiev wins third Olympic gold 

Russian Buvaysa Saytiev struggled to win the men's freestyle 74kg wrestling title to earn his third Olympic gold here on Wednesday. Full story


Sahin of Turkey wins men's freestyle 66kg wrestling gold 

   World Champion Ramazan Sahin won the gold medal in men's freestyle 66kg wrestling at Beijing Olympic Games here on Wednesday.  Full story


   Russia's Batirov wins Olympic men's freestyle wrestling 60kg gold

  Russia's Mavlet Batirov defeated Vasyl Fedoryshyn of Ukraine to win the gold medal in the men's freestyle wrestling 60kg category at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday.
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American Cejudo wins Olympic men's freestle wrestling 55kg gold 

   Pan American champion Henry Cejudo on Tuesday won the United States' first wrestling gold medal in the Olympic men's freestyle 55kg category competition on Tuesday.
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   China retains women's 72kg freestyle wrestling title

  Host wrestler Wang Jiao of China won the women's 72kg freestyle wrestling Olympic gold after defeating Stanke Zlateva of Bulgaria on Sunday. Full story


Icho retains Olympic title, bagging Japan's 2nd wrestling gold 

   Japanese Kaori Icho retained her Olympic title in the women's freestyle 63kg wrestling here on Sunday and earned the second wrestling gold for Japan at the Beijing Games.  Full story


Yoshida retains Olympic title in women's 55kg wrestling 

  
    Saori Yoshida retained her Olympic gold medal in the women's 55kg freestyle wrestling here on Saturday after defeating host wrestler Xu Li in the final.  Full story


Cuba wins first gold in Beijing Olympic Games 

  World champion of men's super heavyweight wrestling Mijain Lopez won Cuba here Thursday evening the first gold medal in the Beijing Olympics. Full story

    Women wrestler Huynh wins Canada's first gold at Beijing Olympics

   Carol Huynh won Canada the first gold at the Beijing Olympics here on Saturday, beating Chiharu Ichoof Japan in the final of women's freestyle 48kg final.  Full story


  Russia wins third wrestling gold at Beijing Olympic Games

  Russian Aslanbek Khushtov defeated German Mirko Englich in the men's 96kg Greco-Roman final on Thursday, winning Russia its third wrestling gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.  Full story

Italian Minguzzi wins men's 84kg wrestling Olympic gold

   Italian wrestler Andrea Minguzzi won the gold medal here Thursday afternoon in the Olympic men's 84kg Greco-Roman wrestling after a disputed semifinal fight with Swedish Ara Abrahamian.  Full story


Kvirkelia from Georgia wins Greco-Roman 74kg gold

   Manuchar Kvirkelia from Georgia took the Greco-Roman 74kg gold at the Beijing Olympics here on Wednesday, beating Chinese wrestler Chang Yongxiang in the final.  Full story


France gets first Olympic gold in men's wrestling

    French wrestler Steeve Guenot won the first gold medal for his nation at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Wednesday. Full story


Russian Albiev wins men's 60kg Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic gold

   Russian Islam-Beka Albiev won the men's 60kg Creco-Roman wrestling gold at the Beijing Olympics here on Tuesday, beating Vitaliy Rahimov from Azerbaijan in the final.   Full story


Russian Mankiev wins men's 55kg Greco-Roman wrestling gold

    Russian Nazyr Mankiev beat Rovshan Bayramov of Azerbaijan to take the men's 55kg Greco-Roman wrestling gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Tuesday.  Full story