South Korea's Kim Wins 66kg Greco-Roman Gold

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August 07, 2012 01:08 PM

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Cuba's Pedro Mulens Herrera fights with Lithuania Edgaras Venckaitis on the repechage round 2 of their Men's 66 / 96 Kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON

South Korea's Kim Hyeonwoo won his country's first wrestling gold of the London Games on Tuesday with a powerful victory in the Greco-Roman 66kg final.

Kim beat Hungary's Tamas Lorincz in two rounds without dropping a point.

To huge cheers in a packed wrestling arena, Kim bowed down in the middle of the mat and kissed his country's flag.

The South Korean, who fought the final with a badly swollen right eye, narrowly beat the 2008 Olympic champion Steeve Guenot of France in the semi-finals.

Reuters