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Rio 2016: Turkey's Selim Yaşar bags silver in wrestling

Russia's Abdulrashid Sadulaev beats Turkish athlete in men's freestyle wrestling, 86-kilogram category, in the Olympics

Ersin Çelik
09:13 - 21/08/2016 Sunday
Update: 06:14 - 21/08/2016 Sunday
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Turkey's Selim Yaşar bagged a silver medal after he was beaten by Russia's Abdulrashid Sadulaev in men's freestyle wrestling in Rio 2016 Olympics Saturday.



The two athletes competed against each other in the game's 86-kilogram (189.6-pound) category.



Sadulaev beat Yaşar 3-0 to get the gold medal.



Yaşar had advanced to the final after beating J'den Michael Tbory Cox of the United States with a score of 3-1.



With the medal, Turkey increased its medal count to seven, with three silver and four bronze medals.



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