Third medal for Poland at European wrestling championships in Warsaw

Poland's Eduard Grigoriew grabbed the bronze in the men’s 61 kg freestyle at the European wrestling championships in Warsaw on Wednesday, taking the host nation's medal tally at the event to three.

Poland's Eduard Grigoriew (left) in action at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships in Warsaw.

Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka

Earlier in the championships, Poland’s Krzysztof Bieńkowski won silver in the men’s 65 kg freestyle, while countryman Radosław Baran took bronze in the 97 kg freestyle.

#WrestleWarsaw 61kg medal-match results:
🥇Abasgadzhi MAGOMEDOV 🇷🇺 df. Andrii DZHELEP 🇺🇦, 12-2
🥉Eduard GRIGOREV 🇵🇱 df. Georgi VANGELOV 🇧🇬, 4-2
🥉Beka LOMTADZE 🇬🇪 df.Akhmednabi GVARZATILOV 🇦🇿, 9-7 https://t.co/0hOSNrXPf6

— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) April 21, 2021

About 400 wrestlers from 39 countries, both men and women, are competing for medals at the 2021 European Wrestling Championships, which run in the Polish capital from April 19 to 25.

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Source: IAR, PAP, gov.pl