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Turkey's Taha Akgul finishes 3rd in World Wrestling Championships
Akgul beats his US opponent Nicholas Gwiazdowski 6-4 in bronze medal match in Oslo
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04.10.2021 - Update : 05.10.2021
ANKARA
Turkish wrestler Taha Akgul won the bronze medal Sunday at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Norway.
Akgul, 30, beat his US opponent Nicholas Gwiazdowski 6-4 in the men's freestyle 125- kilogram bronze medal match in the capital Oslo.
Akgul won a bronze medal earlier this year in the freestyle 125 kg class at the Tokyo Summer Olympics.
Additionally, he was a gold medalist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The World Wrestling Championships run through Oct. 10.
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