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Georgian beats Russian, then wins 84 kg gold in wrestling

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Posted: Aug 21, 2008 at 1646 hrs IST

Beijing, August 21: Revazi Mindorashvili of Georgia beat the Russian gold medal favorite in an emotional semifinal match, then rallied in the finals to win the Olympic freestyle wrestling 84-kilogram championship.

Mindorashvili, the 2005 world champion, lost the first period 3-2 on Thursday but came back to dominate the final two periods against Yusup Abdusalomov of Tajikstan 3-0 and 4-0.

Mindorashvili reached the finals by reversing an European championships loss in April to reigning world champion Georgy Ketoev of Russia and winning 4-2, 7-3.

Taras Danko of Ukraine and Ketoev won the bronze medals.

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