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Comment (Ramazan Sahin of Turkey has won the men's 66kg freestyle wrestling title to earn Turkey its first gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.
The reigning world champion beat Andriy Stadnik of Ukraine by points in a tightly contested final.
Sahin scored first when he rolled over the Ukrainian for two exposure points, but his opponent fought back with two takedowns to draw level at the end of the first period.
Sahin pushed Stadnik out and added a gut wrench to win the second period, in which the Ukrainian replied with one takedown.
In the last period the Turk scored two reversal points to Stadnik's two takedowns.
Otar Tushishvili of Georgia won the first bronze by points over Cuba's Geandry Garzon, scoring the last of two takedowns of the second period after dominating the first period.
India's Sushil Kumar broke free from a defensive position in an extra time clinch to take the other bronze medal away from Leonid Spiridonov of Kazakhstan.
