Iran’s Ghasem Rezaei wins another Olympic wrestling gold August 9, 2012 - 17:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ghasem Rezaei added another Olympic wrestling gold to Iran's haul in London, beating Rustam Totrov in the -96kg Greco-Roman final, BBC Sport said. Rezaei, 26, beat his Russian opponent 2-0 1-0 at ExCeL. It was the third wrestling gold medal of the Games for Iran, following previous victories in both the men's -55kg Greco-Roman and men's -60kg Greco-Roman categories. Armenia's Artur Aleksanyan and Jimmy Lidberg of Sweden took bronze medals. They defeated Yunior Estrada Falcon of Cuba and Belarusian Tsimafei Dzeinichenka respectively. Rezaei, who finished 16th in Beijing four years ago, lifted his opponent off the mat to win the first period before successfully defending a par terre in the second. Iran had not won any golds in the Greco-Roman discipline before London. Partner news  Top stories Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was reelected to the post of the president of RA Chess Federation for 4 more years. Norway will host Chess World Cup 2013 on August 10 - September 4, 2013, with 4 Armenian players to participate in. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is currently 3rd with 4 points, Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov is 7th with 3 points. European Individual Chess Championship ended in Polish town of Legnica, with 24 chess players winning World Cup qualifications.   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. shuts down Guantanamo wi-fi over hacking threats  Army Lt. Col. Samuel House says the precautions were taken because of online threats to disrupt activities at the base.Two suspected militants killed in Russia’s Ingushetia Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years.Israeli troops fire back at Syria in response to gunshots Israel has neither denied nor confirmed reports it attacked Iranian-supplied missiles stored near Damascus this month.U.S., Chinese Presidents to meet June 7-8 in California American concerns about tensions in the South China Sea due to conflicting territorial claims are also a possible topic of discussion. |
