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Turkey bags bronze medals in wrestling championships

Anadolu Agency SPORTS
Published October 26,2018
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Turkish wrestlers Ekrem Öztürk and Rahman Bilici won bronze medals in World Wrestling Championships in Hungarian capital Budapest.

In men's 55-kg Greco-Roman category, Öztürk defeated Armenian wrestler Norayr Hakhoyan 4-0 to win bronze.

Bilici, competing in men's 63-kg Greco-Roman category, defeated his Egyptian rival Hasan Ahmed Mohamed 6-1.

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 run through Oct. 28.