Greco-Roman medals awarded at Wrestling World Championships

Kenichiro Fumita defeated Sergey Emelin to claim the 60 kg gold medal, while Tams Lorincz won gold in controversial circumstances in the 77 kg class.

Nur-Sultan: Medals were decided in three Greco-Roman categories at the Wrestling World Championships - which double as a qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, here on Tuesday.

Kenichiro Fumita defeated Sergey Emelin to claim the 60 kg gold medal, while Tams Lorincz won gold in controversial circumstances in the 77 kg class.

After just over a minute of the final against Alex Bjurberg Kessidis, the match was paused by referees who reviewed the action and ruled that Kessidis's points should be removed.

A challenge from the Swedish camp was to no avail and Lorincz went on to claim a quick victory.

In the 130 kg final, Riza Kayaalp beat Cuban opponent Oscar Pino Hinds to earn his fourth career world title.