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Georgia's Revazi Mindorashvili wins wrestling gold

Society Materials 21 August 2008 15:11 (UTC +04:00)

Georgia's Revazi Mindorashvili on Thursday won the 84kg freestyle wrestling gold medal at the Beijing Olympics after beating Yussup Abdusalomov in the final, dpa reported.

Mindorashvili, who finished just 30th at the world championships last year, won on a 3-1 points decision against the Tajikistani wrestler, who was second at the world championships.

The bronze medal went to Ukrainian Taras Danko, who beat Turkey's Serhat Balci 3-0 on points in the fight for third place.

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