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Aug 52 2012
Russian favourite Vlasov takes 74kg gold
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian favourite Roman Vlasov defeated Armenia's
Arsen Julfalakyan in the 74kg Greco-Roman wrestling final at the
London Olympics on Sunday after surviving a scare in the
quarter-finals.
The 21-year-old Russian somersaulted across the mat and then climbed
on his trainer's shoulders to salute the crowd after adding the
Olympic gold to the world championship title he won in Istanbul last
year.
He nearly lost in the quarter-finals when France's experienced
Christophe Guenot came within a whisker of victory.
The Frenchman, who won bronze in Beijing in 2008, was on level terms
with Vlasov with 30 seconds to go and came close to pulling off a
manoeuvre that would have defeated the Russian. To a huge roar from
the crowd, Vlasov recovered in the dying moments and edged into the
final.
The Russian secured Olympic gold with relative ease, winning the first
two rounds without losing a point.
(Reporting by Peter Griffiths, Editing by Nigel Hunt)
http://www.euronews.com/sport/1611546-russian-favourite-vlasov-takes-74kg-gold/
From: Baghdasarian
Aug 52 2012
Russian favourite Vlasov takes 74kg gold
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian favourite Roman Vlasov defeated Armenia's
Arsen Julfalakyan in the 74kg Greco-Roman wrestling final at the
London Olympics on Sunday after surviving a scare in the
quarter-finals.
The 21-year-old Russian somersaulted across the mat and then climbed
on his trainer's shoulders to salute the crowd after adding the
Olympic gold to the world championship title he won in Istanbul last
year.
He nearly lost in the quarter-finals when France's experienced
Christophe Guenot came within a whisker of victory.
The Frenchman, who won bronze in Beijing in 2008, was on level terms
with Vlasov with 30 seconds to go and came close to pulling off a
manoeuvre that would have defeated the Russian. To a huge roar from
the crowd, Vlasov recovered in the dying moments and edged into the
final.
The Russian secured Olympic gold with relative ease, winning the first
two rounds without losing a point.
(Reporting by Peter Griffiths, Editing by Nigel Hunt)
http://www.euronews.com/sport/1611546-russian-favourite-vlasov-takes-74kg-gold/
From: Baghdasarian