Turkish wrestler wins gold in European Championship

May 02 2018 10:33:56

Turkish wrestler wins gold in European Championship

KASPIYSK – Anadolu Agency

Turkey’s Rıza Kayaalp has won the gold medal on May 1 at the European Wrestling Championships in Kaspiysk in Russia’s northern Caucasus Republic of Dagestan.

Competing in the men’s 130-kilogram Greco-Roman category, Kayaalp defeated his Russian opponent Vitalii Shchur by a 2-1 score.

The victory marked Kayaalp’s eighth European title—seven are consecutive—equalizing it with another record by Turkish wrestling legend Hamza Yerlikaya.

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