TOKYO : Rio 2016 gold medalist Taha Akgul of Turkey said he considered"hanging up the boots" after failing to retain his title in Tokyo, losing to gold medal winner Gable Steveson in the second round of men's super heavyweight competition.The 21-year-old U.S. wrestler later defeated Georgia's triple world champion Geno Petriashvili with a last-gasp victory in the super heavyweight gold medal bout on Friday to win his first Olympic medal.
"I am not that sort of an athlete. I may get defeats, I have been defeated many times, but I always give my rivals a hard time. Not this time. It's not me," Akgul said. Steveson has repeatedly said Akgul was his favourite wrestler. On Friday, Steveson reiterated his respect for the two time world champion, saying that he grew up watching Akgul and Georgia's Geno Petriashvili, the silver medalist at Tokyo.
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