2008
17
Aug
China’s Wang Jiao has booked a place in the final of the women’s 72-kg freestyle wrestling, upsetting Japan’s five-time world champion Kyoko Hamaguchi amid thunderous cheers from home fans.
The 20-year-old Asian champion outpointed her more experienced Japanese opponent, pinning her in the second two-minute period of their semi-final bout to win automatically and delight [...]
2008
16
Aug
Yoshida Saori from Japan beat China’s Xu Li to win the gold medal in the women’s 55kg freestyle wrestling.
Canada’s Tonya Verbeek and Colombia’s Jackeline Renteria both won bronze medals.
2008
16
Aug
A Swedish wrestler has been disqualified and stripped of his Olympic bronze medal for dropping it in protest.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Ara Abrahamian had been kicked out of the Beijing Games for violating the spirit of fair play during the medal ceremony.
Abrahamian walked off the podium and dropped the bronze medal on the [...]
2008
16
Aug
Carol Huynh of Canada has won the gold medal in women’s freestyle 48 kg wrestling.
Chiharu Icho from Japan won the silver medal and Mariya Stadnik from Azerbaijan won the bronze medal.
2008
15
Aug
In a bad show of sportsmanship Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian dropped his bronze medal in the ring which he won in the 84kg greco-roman contest, as a show of protest.
Abrahamian took the bronze from around his neck during the medal ceremony, stepped down from the podium, dropped it in the middle of the [...]
2008
14
Aug
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.
Khushtov overwhelmed his rival for the comfortable victory of two bouts after both Athens Olympic gold medalist Karam Gaber of Egypt and silver medalist Ramaz Nozadze of Georgia were [...]
2008
14
Aug
Mijain Lopez from Cuba has won the gold medal in the 120kg men’s greco-roman wrestling.
Khasan Baroev from Russia won the silver medal. Mindaugas Mizgaitis from Lithuania and Yuri Patrikeev from Armenia won the bronze medal.
2008
14
Aug
Andrea Minguzzi from Italy has won the gold medal in 84kg greco-roman. Zoltan Fodor from Hungary picked up the silver medal.
Nazmi Avluca from Turkey and Ara Abrahamian from Sweden both won bronze medals.
2008
13
Aug
Manuchar Kvirkvelia from Georgia won the men’s greco-roman 74 kilogram wrestling by defeating Chang Yongxiang from China.
It was China’s first Olympic medal ever in the wrestling.
Christophe Guenot from France and Yavor Yanakiev from Bulgaria won bronze medals.
2008
13
Aug
Steeve Guénot from France won the gold medal in the men’s greco-roman 66kg wrestling after beating Kanatbek Begaliev of Kyrgyzstan, who wins the silver medal.
Bronze medals went to Mikhail Siamionau from Belarus and Armen Vardanyan from the Ukraine.