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13:35 | 22.11.2016 | Viewed []

Officially: UWW Awarded Giorgi Gogshelidze Silver Medal of Beijing Olympic Games

According to United World Wrestling (UWW) decision, it became known that 2008 Beijing Olympic Games bronze medalist Giorgi Gogshelidze will be awarded silver medal. The Georgian wrestler lost to Taimuraz Tigiyev of Kazakhstan in semifinal, however in the second doping sample banned drug traces were found in Tigiyev’s organism and his silver medal was awarded to the Georgian. The Georgian will give his bronze medal to Michel Batista of Cuba, who moved to the third place from the fifth.

Below is a list of the new medal standings according to IOC sanctions:

GRECO-ROMAN - 60kg

Gold: Islam-Beka ALBIEV (RUS)

Silver: Nurbakyt TENGYSBAEV (KAZ)

Bronze: Ruslan TIUMENBAEV (KGZ)

Bronze: Jiang SHENG (CHN)

Removed: Vitaliy RAHIMOV (AZE)


GRECO-ROMAN - 96kg

Gold: Aslanbek KHUSHTOV (RUS)

Silver: Mirko ENGLICH (GER)

Bronze: SVEC Marek (CZE)

Bronze: Adam WHEELER (USA)

Removed: Asset MAMBETOV (KAZ)

GRECO-ROMAN – 120kg

Gold: Mijain NUNEZ LOPEZ (CUB)

Silver: Mindaugas MIZGAITIS (LTU)

Bronze: Yuri PATRIKEEV (ARM)

Bronze: Yannick SZCZEPANIAK (FRA)

Removed: Khasan BAROEV (RUS)

FREESTYLE – 74kg

Gold: Buvaysa SAYTIEV (RUS)

Silver: GAIDAROV Murad (BLR)

Bronze: Kiril TERZIEV (BUL)

Bronze: STEPHAN Gheorghita (ROU)

Removed: Soslan TIGIEV (UZB)

FREESTYLE – 96kg

Gold: Shirvani MURADOV (RUS)

Silver: GOGSHELIDZE Giorgi (GEO)

Bronze: BATISTA MARTINEZ Michel (CUB)

Bronze: Khetag GAZYUMOV (AZE)

Removed: Taymuraz TIGIEV (KAZ)

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