Russian Olympic medallist Ekatarina Bukina won her maiden European Wrestling Championship gold after defeating four-time defending champion Yasemin Adar 4-3 in the 76kg women’s category in Rome.
The triumph over the Turkish wrestler is a sweet revenge for the new European Champion. The last time they met at the 2018 European Championships finals, Adar defeated Bukina to claim the title.
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Bukina overcame Svetlana Saenko of Ukraine 10-0 in the qualification round. She went on to overpower Iselin Solheim of Norway, and Sabira Aliyeva of Azerbaijan. Although she faced major challenge form Belarus’s Vasilisa Marzaliuk in the semi-final round, the Russian grappler triumphed over the former.
European Wrestling Championships 2020 : Rome
50 kg
GOLD – Miglena Georgieva SELISHKA (BUL) df. Oksana LIVACH (UKR) by 5 – 3
BRONZE – Milana DADASHEVA (RUS) df. Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR) by 10 – 4
BRONZE – Kseniya STANKEVICH (BLR) df. Emilia CIRICU BUDEANU (MDA) by 10 – 0
53 kg
GOLD – Vanesa KALADZINSKAYA (BLR) vs. Jessica Cornelia Francisca BLASZKA (NED)
SEMIFINAL – Jessica Cornelia Francisca BLASZKA (NED) df. Annika WENDLE (GER) by 2 – 1
SEMIFINAL – Vanesa KALADZINSKAYA (BLR) df. Katarzyna KRAWCZYK (POL) by 8 – 3
55 kg
GOLD – Olga KHOROSHAVTSEVA (RUS) df. Solomiia VYNNYK (UKR) by 10-0
BRONZE – Sofia Magdalena MATTSSON (SWE) df. Ellen RIESTERER (GER) by 10 – 0
BRONZE – Bediha GUN (TUR) df. Mariana DRAGUTAN (MDA) by 11 – 4
57 kg
GOLD – Grace Jacob BULLEN (NOR) vs. Alina AKOBIIA (UKR)
SEMIFINAL – Grace Jacob BULLEN (NOR) df. Iryna KURACHKINA (BLR) by 2 – 0
SEMIFINAL – Alina AKOBIIA (UKR) df. Marina SIMONYAN (RUS) by 8 – 2
59 kg
GOLD – Anastasia NICHITA (MDA) df. Bilyana Zhivkova DUDOVA (BUL) by 5 – 4
BRONZE – Anhelina LYSAK (UKR) df. Laura MERTENS (GER) by 6 – 0
BRONZE – Liubov OVCHAROVA (RUS) df. Elif YANIK (TUR) by 14 – 3
62 kg
GOLD – Yuliia TKACH OSTAPCHUK (UKR) vs. Inna TRAZHUKOVA (RUS)
SEMIFINAL – Yuliia TKACH OSTAPCHUK (UKR) df. Tetiana OMELCHENKO (AZE) by 4 – 0
SEMIFINAL – Inna TRAZHUKOVA (RUS) df. Taybe Mustafa YUSEIN (BUL) by 7 – 4
65 kg
GOLD – Elis MANOLOVA (AZE) vs. Mimi Nikolova HRISTOVA (BUL)
SEMIFINAL – Elis MANOLOVA (AZE) df. Mariia KUZNETSOVA (RUS) by 7 – 3
SEMIFINAL – Mimi Nikolova HRISTOVA (BUL) df. Kriszta Tunde INCZE (ROU) by 5 – 1
68 kg
GOLD – Khanum VELIEVA (RUS) df. Dalma CANEVA (ITA) by 11-0
BRONZE – Alla CHERKASOVA (UKR) df. Hanna SADCHANKA (BLR) by 4 – 2
BRONZE – Danute DOMIKAITYTE (LTU) df. Anna Carmen SCHELL (GER) by 9 – 0
72 kg
GOLD – Natalia VOROBEVA (RUS) vs. Maria SELMAIER (GER)
SEMIFINAL – Maria SELMAIER (GER) df. Catalina AXENTE (ROU) by 8-3
SEMIFINAL – Natalia VOROBEVA (RUS) df. Alina BEREZHNA STADNIK MAKHYNIA (UKR) by 4 – 2
76 kg
GOLD – Ekaterina BUKINA (RUS) df. Yasemin ADAR (TUR) by 4-3
BRONZE – Iselin Maria Moen SOLHEIM (NOR) df. Vasilisa MARZALIUK (BLR) by 6 – 6
BRONZE – Aline ROTTER FOCKEN (GER) df. Pauline Denise LECARPENTIER (FRA) by 10 – 0
