Russian Albiev wins men's 60kg Greco-Roman wrestling Olympic gold -- china.org.cn

Islam-Beka Albiev (R) of Russia gestures during his match with Vitaliy Rahimov of Azerbaijian at the men's Greco-Roman 60kg gold medal match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 12, 2008. Islam-Beka Albiev won the bout and grabbed the gold medal of the event. (Xinhua/ Li Gang)

Islam-Beka Albiev (R) of Russia gestures during his match with Vitaliy Rahimov of Azerbaijian at the men's Greco-Roman 60kg gold medal match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 12, 2008. Islam-Beka Albiev won the bout and grabbed the gold medal of the event. [Li Gang/Xinhua]

Russian Islam-Beka Albiev won the men's 60kg Creco-Roman wrestling gold at the Beijing Olympics in Beijing on Tuesday, beating Vitaliy Rahimov from Azerbaijan in the final.

The bronze medals went to Ruslan Tiumenbaev from Kyrgyzstan and Nurbakyt Tengizbayev from Kazakhstan.

Islam-Beka Albiev (red) of Russia wrestles with Vitaliy Rahimov of Azerbaijian at the men's Greco-Roman 60kg gold medal match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 12, 2008. Islam-Beka Albiev won the bout and grabbed the gold medal of the event. (Xinhua/Lu Mingxiang)

Islam-Beka Albiev (red) of Russia wrestles with Vitaliy Rahimov of Azerbaijian at the men's Greco-Roman 60kg gold medal match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 12, 2008. Islam-Beka Albiev won the bout and grabbed the gold medal of the event. [Lu Mingxiang/Xinhua]

(Xinhua News Agency August 12, 2008)