Turkish athletes win three golds, one silver in wrestling at 2013 MedGames
All athletes wrestled in Greco-Roman style, winning at 120, 84, 66 kg events, and getting bronze at 55
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World and European champion Riza Kayaalp of Turkey won the gold medal at men's 120 kg at the 17th Mediterranean Games by beating his opponent Radhwen Chebbi of Tunisia 2-0.
Italian Rocco Ficara and Egyptian Mohamed Mohamed received bronze medals after repechage matches.
Another world and European champion Selcuk Cebi from Turkey bested French Samba Diong 2-0 at men's 84 kg.
Tunisian Haikel Achouri and Croatian Nenad Zugaj received bronze medals following repechage matches.
Atakan Yuksel triumphed at 66 kg, winning 2-0 against Serbia's Aleksandar Maksimovic. Dominik Etlinger of Croatia and French Artak Margaryan won bronze.
Meanwhile in men's 55 kg wrestling, Egyptian wrestler Haithem Mahmoud beat Fatih Ucuncu of Turkey 2-1. Italian Federico Manea and Moroccan Fouad Fajari received bronze.
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