Turkey's Erdin wins silver in world wrestling event
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 12:00 | 22 October 2018
- Modified Date: 10:03 | 22 October 2018
A Turkish wrestler won a silver medal at the World Wrestling Championship in Hungarian capital Budapest on Sunday.
Fatih Erdin -- who competed in the world championship for the first time -- lost to the U.S.'s David Taylor 12-2 in men's freestyle 86 kg category on the second day of the event.
Erdin had defeated Slovakia's Boris Makoev 8-7 in the round of 16 and won against South Korea's Kim Gwan-uk 10-0 in the quarterfinals.
He beat Spain's Taimuraz Friev Naskidaeva 7-4 in the semifinals to advance to the title match.
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.
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