Two gold at once brought Russian wrestlers

Up to 120 kilograms

Gold in this weight was won by Russian Hassan Baroev. In the final match, Baroev defeated Georgy Tsurtsumiya from Kazakhstan. It should be noted that earlier Tsurtsumiya knocked out of the struggle of the Rolon Gardner himself, from which the US team was waiting for a gold medal. Recall that it was Gardner at the Games in Sydney in the final that defeated the legendary Alexander Karelin.

At first, for the Russian, the duel did not work out quite successfully: his opponent scored two points and led in the account. However, Baroev in a brilliant style conducted a reception, after which Tsurtsumiya was under the Russian. This throw brought the 21-year-old Baroev medal of the highest test of the Athenian Olympiad.

Gardner won only a bronze medal, winning in the match for third place near Sajad Barzi from Iran. After his last victory, Gardner said goodbye to big sports. The American, remaining on the carpet, took off his sneakers and put them in the center of the arena, which symbolizes the end of his career.

Up to 84 kilograms

The Russian team received gold in the category up to 84 kilograms. The author of the next higher Russian award was Alexei Mishin. In the final match, Mishin defeated the Swede to the Arre Abrakhamyan. Belorus Vyacheslav Makarenko won the bronze medal, who in the match over the third place was overcome by the two -time Olympic champion Hamza Yerlika.

Up to 66 kilograms

The Azerbaijani fighter Farid Mansurov got the first gold medal for his country at the Olympic Games in Athens. Mansurov on Wednesday with a score of 4: 3 beat his rival from Turkey Seref Eroglu in the final in the Greco-Roman struggle in the weight category up to 66 kg. Bronze went to the athlete from Kazakhstan Mkhitaru Manukyan.

This is the first gold medal in the piggy bank of the Azerbaijani team in Athens. In addition, today Azerbaijan has two bronzes, interfaces Interfax.

Up to 55 kilograms

The Hungarian fighter Istvan Majorosh won the gold medal in the weight category up to 55 kilograms. In the final, the Hungarian was able to defeat the Russian Heydar Mamedaliev. The decisive battle of this tournament turned out to be very dramatic. It took an additional time to get gold.

Recall that Mamedaliev won the gold of the 2002 World Cup. However, already in the first round, which lasted six minutes, Majorosh took the first point. The second Hungarian obtained in the second half of the fight, and only in extra time the opponent of the Russian was able to prevail.

After the major won the competition, he and his coach armed with the Hungarian flag made a circle of honor in the arena. The second place in this discipline was taken by Greek Artem Kioreyan, who defeated the champion of Greece, Greece Alexei Vakulenko from Ukraine.