Turkish wrestler bags silver in world championship

By Mehmet Yilmaz

BUDAPEST (AA) - Turkish wrestler Emrah Kus won silver medal on late Friday in World Wrestling Championships in Hungarian capital Budapest.

Kus lost to Hungarian Peter Bacsi in the final match of men's 82-kg Greco-Roman category and secured silver medal.

Kus was ahead with the score of 3-0, but he could not maintain the lead and lost the match 3-4.

More than 850 wrestlers from 97 countries are competing in Budapest to win one of the 30 world titles in freestyle, Greco-Roman, and women's wrestling.

The championships run through Oct. 28.