Turkey's Kayaalp wins gold in World Wrestling Championships
Riza Kayaalp beat Cuba's Oscar Pino Hinds 3-1 to win the gold medal in the World Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan.
Riza Kayaalp of Turkey wins gold medal after defeating Oscar Pino of Cuba in Greco-Roman 130 kg final of Wrestling World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. September 17, 2019
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.
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