Tag: Wrestling
Medal-binning Swede appeals ban to CAS
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said the Swedish wrestler stripped of his Olympic bronze medal after dumping it on the floor in a protest has appealed his exclusion from the Games.[MORE]
Taymazov wins 120kg wrestling gold
Artur Taymazov of Uzbekistan has won the men's 120kg freestyle wrestling gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, beating Bakhtiyar Akhmedov of Russia in the final.[MORE]
Muradov wins freestyle wrestling 96kg gold
Shirvani Muradov of Russia has won the men's 96kg freestyle wrestling gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, beating Taimuraz Tigiev of Kazakhstan in the final.[MORE]
Mindorashvili wins freestyle wrestling 84kg gold
Revazi Mindorashvili of Georgia has won the Olympics men's 84kg freestyle wrestling gold medal, beating Yusup Abdusalomov of Tajikistan in the final.[MORE]
Swede who binned medal takes case to CAS
The Swedish wrestler who dumped his Olympics bronze medal on the floor in protest at the judging and was subsequently disqualified has taken his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).[MORE]
No luck for Australia in taekwondo, wrestling
Australia's Burak Hasan has lost his round of 16 taekwondo bout at the Beijing Olympics.[MORE]
Saytiev clinches third Olympic gold
Defending champion Buvaysa Saytiev of Russia has won his third Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medal in 12 years, beating Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan in the men's 74kg final.[MORE]
Sahin wins Turkey's first gold at the mat
Ramazan Sahin of Turkey has won the men's 66kg freestyle wrestling title to earn Turkey its first gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.[MORE]
Batirov claims second freestyle wrestling gold
Russia's world champion Maviet Batirov has won his second straight Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medal, beating Ukraine's Vasyl Fedoryshyn in the 60 kilograms final.[MORE]
Cejudo wins men's 55kg freestyle wrestling gold
Pan American champion Henry Cejudo of the United States has beaten Asian champion Tomohiro Matsunaga of Japan to win the Olympic men's freestyle wrestling 55 kilogram gold medal.[MORE]
Wang wins women's wrestling 72kg crown
China's world junior champion Wang Jiao has beaten two-time world senior champion Stanka Zlateva of Bulgaria to win the Olympic women's freestyle wrestling 72kg gold medal.[MORE]
Icho retains women's wrestling 63kg title
Japan's five-time world champion Kaori Icho has retained her Olympic women's freestyle wrestling 63kg title in Beijing.[MORE]
Protesting Swede stripped of unwanted bronze
Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian has been stripped of the Olympic bronze medal he won and then dumped in a Beijing podium protest, an official said.[MORE]
Japan's Yoshida retains women's 55kg wrestling title
Five-time world champion Saori Yoshida of Japan has retained her women's wrestling 55kg title at the Olympics, beating China's Xu Li by a fall in the final.[MORE]
Wrestler Huynh wins Canada's first gold
Carol Huynh has won the women's wrestling 48kg title to lift Canada's first gold medal at the Olympics.[MORE]
Cuban Lopez wins 120kg greco-roman division
Cuba's Mijain Lopez won the Greco-Roman wrestling 120-kilograms gold medal at the Olympics in Beijing on Thursday evening.[MORE]
Khustov wins Greco-Roman 96kg gold
Aslambek Khustov of Russia won the Greco-Roman wrestling 96kg gold medal at the Olympics on Thursday.[MORE]
Wrestling controversy as angry Abrahamian refuses bronze medal
Greco-Roman wrestler Ara Abrahamian of Sweden refused to receive his bronze medal on Thursday evening as the Beijing Olympics was treated to a raised-fist protest.[MORE]
Minguzzi wins Greco-Roman 84kg gold
Andrea Minguzzi of Italy won the Greco-Roman wrestling 84-kilograms gold medal at the Olympics in Beijing on Thursday evening.[MORE]
Georgia's Kvirkelia wins 74kg wrestling gold
Georgia's Manuchar Kvirkelia won the Olympic gold medal in the 74-kilograms greco-roman wrestling in Beijing on Wednesday night.[MORE]
France's Guenot wins greco-roman 66kg gold
Steeve Guenot of France won the gold medal in men's 66kg greco-roman wrestling at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday, beating Kanatbek Begaliev of Kyrgystan 3-1.[MORE]
Albiev wins 60kg Greco-Roman gold
Russia's Islam-Beka Albiev won the Olympic gold medal in the 60-kilograms Greco-Roman wrestling division in Beijing on Tuesday.[MORE]
Russia's Mankiev wins 55kg Greco-Roman gold
Russia's Nazyr Mankiev defeated Rovshan Bayramov of Azerbaijan to win the Greco-Roman -55kg wrestling gold medal at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday.[MORE]
Ali Abdo: Happy to be an underdog
Australian wrestler Ali Abdo will be suiting up for his third Olympics in Beijing.[MORE]
Sydney woman picked to wrestle in Beijing
A Sydney doctor has been picked as Australia's first ever female Olympic wrestler.[MORE]
