Source: Xinhua

08-17-2008 19:18

Special Report:   2008 Beijing Olympic Games

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's Wang Jiao beat Bulgaria's Stanka Zlateva to win the women's 72kg freestyle wrestling gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Sunday.

Wang Jiao (red) of China fights against Stanka Zlateva of Bulgaria during the women's freestyle 72 kg gold medal match of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Wrestling event in Beijing, China, Aug. 17, 2008. Wang Jiao beat Stanka Zlateva and grabbed the gold. (Xinhua Photo)
Wang Jiao (red) of China fights against Stanka Zlateva of Bulgaria 
during the women's freestyle 72 kg gold medal match of Beijing 2008 
Olympic Games Wrestling event in Beijing, China, Aug. 17, 2008. Wang 
Jiao beat Stanka Zlateva and grabbed the gold. (Xinhua Photo)

Zlateva won the silver while Japan's Kyoko Hamaguchi and Agnieszka Wieszczek of Poland both took a bronze medal.