Russian teen Albiev wins 60 kg wrestling gold
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
BEIJING, Aug 12 (AP): Islam-Beka Albiev won Russia's second Greco-Roman wrestling gold medal in as many Olympic matches Tuesday, defeating Vitaliy Rahimov of Azerbaijan in the 60-kilogram final.
The 19-year-old Albiev is the second youngest wrestling gold medalist in Olympic history, according to governing body FILA.
Albiev, eighth at last year's world championships, swept the two periods of the best-of-three match, winning the first 2-0 and the second 4-0.
The teenager's victory came minutes after Nazyr Mankiev of Russia was the surprise winner at 55 kg. He had defeated three-time defending world champion Hamid Soryan of Iran in the quarterfinals.
The bronze medals were won by Ruslan Tiumenbaev of Kyrgyzstan and Nurbakyt Tengizbayev of Kazakhstan.
The 19-year-old Albiev is the second youngest wrestling gold medalist in Olympic history, according to governing body FILA.
Albiev, eighth at last year's world championships, swept the two periods of the best-of-three match, winning the first 2-0 and the second 4-0.
The teenager's victory came minutes after Nazyr Mankiev of Russia was the surprise winner at 55 kg. He had defeated three-time defending world champion Hamid Soryan of Iran in the quarterfinals.
The bronze medals were won by Ruslan Tiumenbaev of Kyrgyzstan and Nurbakyt Tengizbayev of Kazakhstan.