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KASPIYSK, RUSSIA - MAY 06: Turkish wrestler Taha Akgul wins gold medal in the European Wrestling Championship after beating Georgian Geno Petriashvili in the men’s freestyle 125-kilogram category in the final match of the tournament on May 06, 2018 in Kaspiysk, Russia. Akgul clinched the victory beating his Georgian competitor Geno Petriashvili in the men’s freestyle 125-kilogram category in the final match of the tournament.He led the game 1-0 in the first set of the game in the Ali Aliyev Sport Complex and won the competition 2-1.With Sunday’s victory, the national wrestler of Turkey repeated his record in the European championship for the sixth time.Akgul told Anadolu Agency the victory was a revenge against his Georgian rival to whom he had lost the World Cup last year."I had lost the World Championship to the same athlete in a dramatic way. I had to win in the return match. I had promised to my country, to the nation, to our coaches, especially to our President [Recep Tayyip Erdogan]. He was also very upset.”The national athlete said he was dedicating the gold medal to the family of the troops martyred in the Operation Olive Branch in Syria’s Afrin region and the veterans. Turkish team’s coach Abdullah Cakmar congratulated Akgul for his gold medal and said: “We got the gold medal that we had left in France,” referring to last year’s world cup tournament."We dedicate our medals as present to you and the president,” he added. (Footage by /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)