Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Russia's Batirov wins Olympic men's freestyle wrestling 60kg gold

Mavlet Batirov of Russia celebrates victory during the men's freestyle 60kg gold medal match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games wrestling event in Beijing, China, Aug. 19, 2008. Mavlet Batirov won the bout over Vasvl Fedoryshyn of Ukraine and got the gold medal.



Russia's Mavlet Batirov defeated Vasyl Fedoryshyn of Ukraine to win the gold medal in the men's freestyle wrestling 60kg category at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday.



The bronze medals went to Iran's Seyedmorad Mohammadi and Kenichi Yumoto of Japan.





Vasvl Fedoryshyn of Ukraine wrestles with Mavlet Batirov of Russia during the men's freestyle 60kg gold medal match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games wrestling event in Beijing, China, Aug. 19, 2008. Mavlet Batirov of Russia won the bout and got the gold medal.



Source: Xinhua

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