Ukraine's Zhan Beleniuk reaches Greco-Roman wrestling quarter-finals at 2024 Olympics

33-year-old Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler Zhan Beleniuk has competed in his first event at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. 

Source: Champion, a sports news platform within Ukrainska Pravda’s holding company

In the round of 16, Beleniuk, who competes in the 87kg weight category, defeated the 2019 World Championships bronze medallist, 27-year-old Chinese Qian Haitao, 7-1. 

Beleniuk’s opponent in the quarter-finals will be Nursultan Tursynov. The 33-year-old Kazakhstani's best achievement so far is a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Championships. 

It is worth noting that Beleniuk won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and silver in Rio 2016. 

In Greco-Roman wrestling, Ukraine is also represented by Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Parviz Nasibov, who competes in the 67kg weight category.

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