BEIJING // The world champion Ramazan Sahin of Turkey has won the freestyle wrestling gold medal at 66 kilograms (145½ pounds) with a tight victory over Andriy Stadnik of Ukraine. Sahin, also the European champion, won Wednesday's fight 2-2, 2-1, 2-2. He lost the first period on a tiebreaker because Stadnik scored the final points of the period, but won the third in the same way when he scored last. Stadnik, leading 2-0 in the third, had Sahin in a gut wrench along the edge of the minute but Sahin managed to tilt Stadnik's shoulders toward the mat for exposure while working his way out from the bottom position. The bronze medals went to Otar Tushishvili of Georgia, a semi-final loser to Sahin, and Sushil Kumar - only the second Beijing medal won by India.
*AP
