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Wrestling World Cup: Turkish athlete Adar wins silver

Yasemin Adar loses to German opponent Aline Rotter Focken in women's 76 kg final in Individual World Cup

Erkan Tiryaki  | 16.12.2020 - Update : 17.12.2020
Wrestling World Cup: Turkish athlete Adar wins silver

ANKARA

Turkish female wrestler Yasemin Adar won the silver medal Wednesday in the 2020 Individual World Cup being held in Serbia.

Adar lost the gold medal game 3-0 by VFA (victory by fall) against her German opponent Aline Rotter Focken in the women's 76 kg category.

Focken won the gold, while Adar had to return home with a silver medal.

The matches in the women's category ended as Turkish female wrestlers won two silver medals and one bronze.

Hosted in Belgrade, the Individual World Cup tournament will end on Dec. 18.

The tournament will go on with men's freestyle matches.

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