Roman Vlasov

23:14 05/08/2012

LONDON, August 5 (RIA Novosti)

Tags: London Olympics, Roman Vlasov, Britain, London, Russia

Multimedia

Russian wrestler Roman Vlasov ended his country’s three-day wait for a gold medal with victory in the men’s 74 kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling Sunday.

Stalled on three gold medals since Thursday, all of them in judo, Russia’s lack of success has been galling for the medal-table heavyweight, but Vlasov put his country back on track with a 3-0 win over Arsen Julfalakyan of Armenia, who was seeking his nation’s first gold since 1996.

“Of course I’m very happy,” Vlasov said in televised comments, adding that he hoped to inspire the rest of Russia’s wrestling team.

“The guys who are fighting tomorrow, they’re watching and I know they’re very happy.”

Bronze medals went to Lithuania’s Aleksandr Kazakevic and Azerbaijan’s Emin Ahmedov.

Add to blog
Send to friend
Share

Add to blog

You may place this material on your blog by copying the link.

Publication code:

<div style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3; padding:17px 0 0px 17px; background:#ffffff; width:510px;"><div style="width:100%; overflow:hidden;"><a target="_blank" href="http://en.rian.ru/sports/20120805/175002812.html" style="text-decoration:none;"><img src="http://en.rian.ru/i/eng/logo_sml.gif" alt="RIA Novosti" title="RIA Novosti" style="float:left; margin-right:10px;" border="0" /></a><a target="_blank" href="http://en.rian.ru/sports/20120805/175002812.html"><img src="http://en.rian.ru/images/17500/31/175003119.jpg" width="120" height="83" border="0" alt="Roman Vlasov" style="float:right;padding:0px 15px 5px 0px;" /></a><a target="_blank" href="http://en.rian.ru/sports/20120805/175002812.html" style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;display: block; margin: 0 10px 0 0 ;"><strong style="font:19px Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; line-height:16px; font-weight:bold;">Wrestler Vlasov Ends Russia’s Wait for Gold</strong></a><p style="font:13px Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; padding:5px 153px 0px 0;"><span style="color:#5590bf;">23:14</span> <span style="color:#5590bf; padding-right:7px;">05/08/2012</span> <span style="font-size:12px;">Russian wrestler Roman Vlasov ended his country’s three-day wait for a gold medal with victory in the men’s 74 kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling Sunday.<a target="_blank" style="color:#335f86; padding-left:10px; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://en.rian.ru/sports/20120805/175002812.html" title="Wrestler Vlasov Ends Russia’s Wait for Gold">>></a></span></p><div style="padding:6px 0 15px 30px; font:10px Verdana,sans-serif;"><a target="_blank" style="color:#114472; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://en.rian.ru" title="RIA Novosti">Other news of the day</a></div></div></div>

Preview:

Wrestler Vlasov Ends Russia’s Wait for Gold

23:14 05/08/2012 Russian wrestler Roman Vlasov ended his country’s three-day wait for a gold medal with victory in the men’s 74 kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling Sunday.>>

Other news of the day