Ukraine’s Minister of Sport Igor Zhdanov has declared that one of the country’s top Olympians “was robbed of the deserved gold” in a scrappy wrestling final against Russia.
Ukraine’s Zhan Beleniuk went into Monday night’s 85kg Greco Roman final bout with Russian Davit Chakvetadze as world number one. An evenly matched first period ended with Beleniuk taking the lead 2-0, after he flipped his opponent, despite Chakvetadze’s impressive standing counter on Beleniuk’s first attempt.
It was during the second period when a quick succession of the judges penalising Beleniuk, pulled the score out of his reach. Chekvetadze was given a point because …read more
Source: Newsweek