Ukraine's Minister of Sport Igor Zhdanov has declared that one of the country's top Olympians "was robbed of the deserved gold" in a scrappy wrestling final against Russia.
Ukraine’s Zhan Belenyuk went into August 15 night’s 85kg Greco Roman final bout with Russian Davit Chakvetadze as world number one. An evenly matched first period ended with Belenyuk taking the lead 2-0, after he flipped his opponent, despite Chakvetadze’s impressive standing counter on Belenyuk’s first attempt.
