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Iran´s Yazdani wins men´s freestyle wrestling 74kg gold

By AFP
August 20, 2016

Rio de Janeiro: Iran´s Hassan Yazdani won a thrilling men´s freestyle wrestling final against heavily-bandaged Aniuar Geduev to claim Olympic gold in Rio on Friday.

Yazdani scored the winning points just seconds from the end of the under-74kg title bout against a Russian opponent who had been bleeding heavily throughout the contest.

Jarayil Hasanov of Azerbaijan beat Uzbekistan´s Bekzod Abdurakhmonov 8-7 for bronze. European champion Soner Demeritas won a battle of the bushy beards to snare the other bronze medal, beating Galymzhan Usserbayev of Kazakhstan 6-0.