Sport wrestling
Arrichion of Phigalia won the Olympics when he was already dead
In ancient Greece the trio of wrestling, boxing & pankration were together known as the barea athla meaning the “heavy events”
Turkey's Adar makes history with Olympic bronze in women's wrestling
Turkey's Yasemin Adar won a bronze medal in the Tokyo 2020 Games on Aug. 2, making her Turkey's first-ever Olympic medalist in women's wrestling.
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Adar won a bronze in the freestyle 76kg match by pinning down her Kyrgyz opponent Aiperi Medet Kyzy.
Adar had a 4-0 lead in the match at Makuhari Messe Hall.
Bulgaria to Host World Cadet Wrestling Championship
Bulgaria's capital Sophia is set to host 2019 World Cadet Wrestling Championship starting on Monday, with 30 young Turkish wrestlers also taking part in the championship.
Wrestlers in under 18 categories will compete for a total of 30 gold medals -- 20 out of them for men's events in Greco-Roman, and freestyle wrestling and 10 others in the women's categories.