Kayaalp beats Nabi to claim third World title, Russia is top Greco-Roman team at World Championships SOURCE: www.teamusa.org August 22, 2017
PARIS, France - In a battle of two-time World champions and Olympic medalists, Turkey's Riza Kayaalp claimed his third World title with a tight 2-1 victory over Heiki Nabi of Estonia at 130 kg/286 lbs. on the final day of Greco-Roman at the World Championships on Tuesday. WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS At Paris, France, August 22, 2017 Greco-Roman results 59 kg/130 lbs. Gold - Kenichiro Fumita (Japan) Silver - Mirambek Ainagulov (Kazakhstan) Bronze -Stepan Maryanyan (Russia) Bronze - Seung-Hak Kim (Korea) 5th - Kanybek Zholchubekov (Kyrgyzstan) 5th - Dmitriy Tsymbaliyuk (Ukraine) 7th - Taleh Mammadov (Azerbaijan) 8th - Mehrdad Abdmohammad Mardani (Iran) 9th - Gyanender (India) 10th - Erik Torba (Hungary) Gold - Kenichiro Fumita (Japan) dec. Mirambek Ainagulov (Kazakhstan), 2-1 Bronze -Stepan Maryanyan (Russia) tech. fall Kanybek Zholchubekov (Kyrgyzstan), 10-1 Bronze - Seung-Hak Kim (Korea) dec. Dmitriy Tsymbaliyuk (Ukraine), 8-3 66 kg/145 lbs. Gold - Han-Soo Ryu (Korea) Silver - Mateusz Bernatek (Poland) Bronze - Artem Surkov (Russia) Bronze -Atakan Yuksel (Turkey) 5th - Karen Aslanyan (Armenia) 5th - Mohammad Elyasi (Iran) 7th - Almat Kebispayev (Kazakhstan) 8th - Danijel Janecic (Croatia) 9th - Denys Demyankov (Ukraine) 10th - Flavio Freuler (Switzerland) Gold - Han-Soo Ryu (Korea) dec. Mateusz Bernatek (Poland), 2-1 Bronze - Artem Surkov (Russia) dec. Karen Aslanyan (Armenia), 2-1 Bronze -Atakan Yuksel (Turkey) dec. Mohammad Elyasi (Iran), 2-1 80 kg/176 lbs. Gold - Maksim Manukyan (Armenia) Silver - Radik Kuliev (Belarus) Bronze -Patrick Eisele (Germany) Bronze - Elvin Mursaliev (Azerbaijan) 5th - Zurabi Datunashvili (Georgia) 5th - Daniel Aleksandrov (Bulgaria) 7th - Zied Ait Ouagram (Morocco) 8th - Michael Wagner (Austria) 9th - Alex Michel Bjurberg Kessidis (Sweden) 10th - Askhat Dilmukhamedov (Kazakhstan) Gold - Maksim Manukyan (Armenia) dec. Radik Kuliev (Belarus),5-0 Bronze -Patrick Eisele (Germany) pin Zurabi Datunashvili (Georgia), 5:20 Bronze - Elvin Mursaliev (Azerbaijan) dec. Daniel Aleksandrov (Bulgaria), 2-1 130 kg/286 lbs. Gold - Riza Kayaalp (Turkey) dec. Heiki Nabi (Estonia), 2-1 Bronze - Oscar Pino Hinds (Cuba) dec. Kiril Grishchenko (Belarus), 3-1 Bronze - Yasmani Acosta Fernandez (Chile) dec. Nikolai Kuchmiy (Ukraine), 2-0 7th - Levan Arabuli (Georgia) 8th - Shahab Morteza Ghourehjili (Iran) 9th - Eduard Popp (Germany) 10th - Robby Smith (USA) Team Scores RUS 46 IRI 36 TUR 34 GEO 30 GER 29 ARM 28 HUN 28 KAZ 24 AZE 22 KOR 21 BLR 21 UKR 20 SRB 12 CUB 12 JPN 10 EST 9 POL 9 CHI 8 KGZ 8 BUL 8 FRA 7 UZB 6 MDA 6 MAR 4 LTU 3 AUT 3 CRO 3 SWE 2 IND 2 USA 1 SUI 1 GRE 1 CHN 1 EGY 1 Comments |