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Turkey bags two medals in wrestling championships

Osman Yıldırım takes silver in Greco-Roman wrestling; Fatih Cengiz snags bronze

Ersin Çelik
09:07 - 14/11/2018 Wednesday
Update: 09:08 - 14/11/2018 Wednesday
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Osman Yıldırım and Fatih Cengiz
Osman Yıldırım and Fatih Cengiz

Turkish wrestlers bagged two medals in the Senior U23 World Wrestling Championships late Tuesday, which wsd held in Romanian capital of Bucharest.

Osman Yıldırım, competing in Greco-Roman wrestling 130 kilograms category, won a silver medal.

In the final match, Yıldırım was ahead of Georgian wrestler Zviadi Pataridze with the score of 5-0, however, he lost the match with 5-6.

Fatih Cengiz, also competing in Greco-Roman wrestling, took third place in the 77 kilograms category.

In the third place match, Cengiz beat Sweden’s Khalid Kierchivey with a score of 5-1 for the bronze.

The championship will continue until Sunday.




#Turkish wrestlers
#U23 World Wrestling
#Wrestling
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