98 kg freestyle medal winners at the Summer Olympics 2012

Freestyle wrestlers and their medals, 2012 Summer Olympics,

Men's 98 kg:

Gold: Jacob Stephen Varner also known as Jake Varner  is a freestyle wrestler from United States.  For more information on Jake, see 2012 FILA Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Images of Jake from the 2012 Olympics:

Good to have a big coach,

if you're Jake.

Silver:  Valerii Andriitsev, born in Kiev, is a freestyle freestyle wrestler from Ukraine.

Kiev is an ancient, modern, vibrant, powerful, and beautiful city, one any Nation would proudly claim.

There are not many images of  Valerii on the web.  These are ones I could find:

Bronze:  tie:  Giorgi Gogshelidze, born in Gori, is a Georgian freestyle wrestler (Georgians are more generous with their images than any other country besides the United States).

Georgians, in Georgia, warming up for the Olympics

and Khetag Gozyumov (born 24 April 1983 in Alagir, North Ossetian ASSR) is an Azerbaijani wrestler of Ossetian origin.  I think, judging from images on the Web, hat North Ossetia might be a good place to be from:

Wakanoho Toshinori

GAGLOEV Soslan Alexandrovitch

from North Ossetia

84 kg freestyle medal winners at the Summer Olympics 2012

Freestyle wrestlers and their medals, 2012 Summer Olympics,

Men's 84 kg:

Gold: Sharif Sharifov, born  in Makhachkala, Dagestan  wrestled for Azerbaijan.  The Dagestani News Agency -- 

-- reported Sharif as a Dagestani wrestler; all language-language outlets reports him as an Azeri wrestler.  I cannot find information on when he moved from Makhachkala, Dagestan, to Baku, Azerbaijan.  I'll bet, though, that he got his training in wonderful, mad, Dagestan.  For more on Shariff, see, 2012 FILA Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan in this blog.

Imagges of Sharif:

Olympic champion on wrestling 

Sharif Sharifov and Toghrul Asgerov, 

back in Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug.15, 2012.  Trend Photo.  

Looks like Aagestani and Azeri are friends.

And I like the Hawaiian lei.

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From the

Dagestani Republican News Agency

Silver:  Jaime Yusept Espinal with, one supposes, joint citizenship with The Dominican Republic, where he was born, and Puerto Rico, where he lives.

Puerto Rico:

 Oops.  Diamond Head, Honolulu

 Honolulu doesn' have a street this goo.  Drat!

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Jaime Yusept got friends.

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Bronze:  tie:   Dato Marsagishvili  is a frestyle wrestler from Georgia  For more on Dato, see, 2012 FILA Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan in this blog.

and  Ehsan Lashgari is a freestyle Iranian wrestler.

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