Turkish athlete Riza Kayaalp on Tuesday claimed a gold medal in the World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

Kayaalp beat his Cuban opponent Oscar Pino Hinds 3-1 in Greco-Roman 130 kg final to win the gold medal.

The 29-year-old wrestler made history in the Kazakh capital when he became the first Turkish athlete to win four world championships in the Greco-Roman style.

He previously won the title in Istanbul (2011), Las Vegas (2015) and Paris (2017). Kayaalp was a silver medalist in 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The World Wrestling Championships will run through to September 22.