Olympics 2008: Tom Jenkins at the Greco-Roman wrestling
In the 84kg division repechage match, China's Sanyi Ma, left, faces Shalva Gadabadze of AzerbaijanPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianBefore the 120kg division bronze medal match, Yuri Patrikeev of Armenia waits to go on the mat. His leotard seems to be splittingPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianIn the 84kg division bronze medal match, Nazmi Avluca of Turkey is thrown by China's Sanyi Ma. The Turk came back to win the match and medalPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian
In the 120kg division gold medal match, Mijian Lopez of Cuba is told off by his trainers at the end of the first round. He went on to win the goldPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianIn the 120kg division bronze medal match, Mindaugas Mizgaitis of Lithuania celebrates victory over Yannick Szczepaniak of France with a submissionPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianIn the 120kg division gold medal match, Mijian Lopez of Cuba jigs for joy as he beats Khasan Baroev of RussiaPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianAfter the 120kg division gold medal match, loser Khasan Baroev of Russia is consoled by his coachesPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianIn the 96kg division repechage match, Elis Guri of Albania tries to throw Korea's Tae-Young HanPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianIn the 84kg division repechage match, Melonin Noumonvi of France grapples with Russia's Aleksey MishinPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianIn the 84kg division gold medal match, Andrea Minguzzi of Italy throws Zoltan Fodor of Hungary to win the goldPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianIn the 96kg division gold medal match, Mirko Englich of Germany, left, grapples with Aslanbek Khushtov of Russia. The Russian won Photograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianAfter the 96kg division gold medal match, the family of Mirko Englich of Germany cry as he loses and has to settle for silverPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianIn the 96kg division bronze medal match, Melonin Noumonvi of France is thrown by Sweden's Ara Abrahamian. The Swede won the match but later rejected his medalPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianAfter the 96kg division bronze medal match, the successful Adam Wheeler of USA is interviewed for American TV by Rulon Gardner, the twice Olympic wrestling gold medallistPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianIn the 84kg division medal presentation, Nazmi Avluca of Turkey is helped to the podium by a hostess after injuring his knee in his bronze medal match Photograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianIn the 84kg division medal presentation, Ara Abrahamian of Sweden walks off after rejecting his bronze medal by placing it in the centre of the matPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/GuardianIn the 84kg division medal ceremony, the bronze medal of Ara Abrahamian of Sweden is rejected by him and placed in the centre of the matPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian
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