Rio Olympic champion Ismael Borrero Molina from Cuba is now the World Champion too. In thriller of a fight Borrero outwitted reigning world champion and the top seed Artem SURKOV of Russia. World and Olympic champion I?smael BORRERO MOLINA (CUB) has been on a tear since falling to a 16th-place finish at the 2018 World Championships. Borrero Molina’s season resume includes gold medals at the Cerro Pelado International, Pan-American Championships ?and Pan-American Games and now the World Championship gold at Nur-Sultan has become icing on the cake for the Cuban.
The Cuban, who won the 59kg gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, has accumulated 47 ranking points has been desperately trying to prove his mettle at the higher category of 67kg He recently cruised to his fourth overall Pan-American title, picking up four technical falls and outscoring his opponents by a combined score of 40-0.
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World Championship 2019 Greco-Roman Final – 87 KG Zhan BELENIUK UKR vs Viktor LORINCZ HUN
World Championship 2019 Greco-Roman Final – 97 KG Zhan BELENIUK UKR vs Viktor LORINCZ HUN
