By Fatih Erel

BUDAPEST

Turkish wrestler Suleyman Atli won a bronze medal at the World Wrestling Championship in the Hungarian capital Budapest on Monday.

Atli defeated American wrestler Thomas Patrick Gilman 5-4 in the Men’s Freestyle 57-kilogram (125 pounds) category on the third day of the event.

More than 850 wrestlers from 97 countries are competing in Budapest to win one of the 30 world titles in freestyle, Greco-Roman and women's wrestling.

The championships will run through Oct. 28.