CORRECTS GERMAN OPPONENT'S LAST NAME IN LEDE, PAR. 2
By Emrah Oktay
ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler Metehan Basar won the gold medal after beating Germany's Denis Maksymilian Kudla in the 85-kg category final match at 2017 Paris World Championships on Monday.
Basar beat Kudla 2-1 on the first day of the games, garnering his first world championship title.
Last May, Basar had bagged the silver medal in the European Wrestling Championship held in Serbia. He was beaten 3-2 by Hungarian Viktor Lorincz.