Wrestling

Iran Gets First Golds in Olympic Wrestling Dating From 708 B.C.
San Francisco Chronicle
Before London, Iran had won 30 medals in freestyle wrestling since the 1948 Olympics compared with two in Greco- Roman. Mohammad Bana, coach of both wrestlers, spent the last “six or seven” years studying strategy in the older style that dates back to ...
See all stories on this topic »London Olympics: Akron wrestler Justin Lester gets a second chance after losing ...
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A wrestler must win two of three periods, so the third period was decisive, and Lorincz caught Lester for a takedown that almost went to Lester's back. Lester's coaches appealed, and he lost, which cost him another point, for a 2-0 deficit with 28 seconds ...
See all stories on this topic »Iran Gets First Golds in Olympic Wrestling Dating From 708 BC
Businessweek
Iran's Omid Noroozi competes with Revaz Lashkhi of Georgia in their men's Greco-Roman wrestling60-kilogram gold medal bout on Day 10 of the 2012 Olympic Games at London's ExCeL arena on Aug. 6, 2012. Photographer: Ian Walton/Getty Images ...
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Akron wrestler Justin "Harry" Lester ready for his Olympic moment Plain Dealer Why would one of the nation's top high school wrestling recruits leave powerful Iowa State his freshman year, and why would he move to the wilds of Northern Michigan to become a Greco-Roman wrestler? (He loves the chess-like nature of Greco-Roman ... See all stories on this topic »

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Wrestling: Cuba's Lopez dreams of third gold in Rio
Reuters
After taking a lap of honor in the packed London wrestling arena, the 29-year-old said he hoped to defend his title in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, but admitted it would not get any easier to stay at the top of one of the most physical demanding sports. "Maybe if all ...
See all stories on this topic »Greco-Roman wrestling gold for Iran, Russia and Cuba
MiamiHerald.com
LONDON -- There were gold medals for Iran, Russia and Cuba in Greco-Roman wrestling on the second day of Olympic wrestling competition Monday at the ExCel Centre. Cuba's Mijain Nunez took the title of the sport's strongest man, repeating his success ...
See all stories on this topic »Call it wrestling or sports entertainment, either way it lives up to the hype
Baltimore Sun
In recent years, the debate on whether WWE superstars should be classified as "wrestlers" or "entertainers" has raged on across television, social media and casual conversation. At times, it's been used as part of storylines, with performers like CM Punk and ...
See all stories on this topic »Iran shoots for 3rd Greco-Roman gold medal in 3 days at London Olympics
Washington Post
The man Abdvali beat in the 2011 worlds, Manuchar Tskhadaia of Georgia, looks to be headed to a semifinal matchup against either Tamas Lorincz of Hungary or U.S. opponent Justin Lester — arguably the best American Greco-Roman wrestler sent to ...
See all stories on this topic »Updated: Ex-ISU wrestler Lester still alive for Olympic bronze
DesMoinesRegister.com (blog)
LONDON - Former Iowa State wrestling Justin Lester won a first-round match but lost the second today in Greco-Roman wrestling at the Olympics. Lester, who left Iowa State in 2003 to pursue Greco-Roman, beat Tsutomo Fujimura of Japan 3-0, 3-1 before ...
See all stories on this topic »Cuba's Mijain Lopez repeats as Olympic champion
SI.com
LONDON (AP) - After a redemptive win over his Turkish rival in the semifinals, Cuba's Mijain Lopez said that he didn't think anyone else could touch him. Lopez wasn't really bragging. Nobody was getting in the way of Lopez's second straight Olympic gold ...
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