[12 Aug 2012] Iran takes two bronze medals in wrestling - English
[12 Aug 2012] Iran takes two bronze medals in wrestling - English
Komeil Ghasemi took a bronze in the 120 KG freestyle wrestling after beating the...
[12 Aug 2012] Iran takes two bronze medals in wrestling - English
Komeil Ghasemi took a bronze in the 120 KG freestyle wrestling after beating the USA's Tervel Diagnev.
Ghasemi won the first period after opening up a 4-0 lead in the first 20 seconds.
Dlagnev took the scoreless second period in a sudden-death clinch, before Ghasemi sealed bronze with a winning point just nine seconds from the final hooter.
Afterwards Ghasemi dedicated his vctory to the people of Iran.
The 120 KG title went to Uzbekistan's remarkable Artur Taymazov who clinched his third consecutive Olympic gold.
Meanwhile, three-time Asian champion Naser Ehsan Lashgari claimed the bronze in the men's 84 KG category by beating Bulgaria's world junior silver medallist Ibrahim Bolukbasi.
26 year old Lashgari only needed two periods to win the contest, using his wealth of experience to defeat his opponent 3-2, 3-0.
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[15 Jan 2014] Statue of Christ stolen crosses burned in Syria Christian...
The al-Qaeda-affiliated militants have vandalized churches in the Damascus countryside of Ma\'lula.
That\'s according to the secretariat of the...
The al-Qaeda-affiliated militants have vandalized churches in the Damascus countryside of Ma\'lula.
That\'s according to the secretariat of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East for the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. The militants have reportedly removed the bells of all the churches, burned the crosses, and stolen the bronze statue of Christ. The ancient Christian town of Ma\'lula has been the site of fierce fighting for months now, and thousands of its residents have fled to safer parts of the country including Damascus. Al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front insurgents stormed the Orthodox Mar Takla convent in the town in December and abducted several nuns. Christians make up about 10 percent of Syria\'s population. The religious minority and its holy sites have been subjected to numerous attacks by militants since the outbreak of violence Syria in 2011.
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