If Russia doesn't win lots of wrestling medals, be surprised
By Associated Press | China Daily | Updated: 2012-07-05 08:29
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Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (left) wrestles with Iran's Mehdi Taghavi Kermani during their 66kg freestyle gold-medal match at the world championships in Istanbul last September. Kermani, who went on to win the championship, is a leading gold medal contender at the London Games. Mustafa Ozer / Agence France-Presse |
The often overlooked sport of wrestling did its best to grab the spotlight when the United States and Russia staged a highly publicized exhibition in New York's Times Square in June.
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