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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.

Medal-dropping Abrahamian was right, said CAS

Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler Ara Abrahamian who was stripped of Olympic bronze medal for dropping it in disgust on the mat during the victory ceremony had the right to be angry, according to Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

 

· Roundup: Russia men still dominates, Japan women repeats glory
· Taymazov retains men's freestyle 120kg wrestling gold
· Mindorashvili of Georgia wins men's freestyle 84kg wrestling gold
· August 21: Final show of Wrestling
· Saytiev of Russia wins men's freestyle 74kg wrestling gold

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If the Olympic Games are a history of mankind, wrestling is the prologue. [Full story]
· Disciplines' origin
· Olympic history
· Equipment
· The mat
· Rules
· List of events
· Time and venue
History-making Chinese wrestler lets Olympic dream on
Albanian wrestler hopes to make history in Beijing
Japan's 'Fantastic Four' still on top of women wrestling

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  • Russian Buvaysa Saytiev won the men's freestyle 74kg wrestling at the Beijing Olympic Games on the evening of August 20 of 2008 to become the only second freestyle wrestler in history to win three consecutive Olympic golds. [Xinhua]

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