Oscar Pino    Photo: UWW

Havana, February 5 (RHC)-- Cuban gladiator of Greco-Roman style Oscar Pino, 130 kilograms (kg), won the gold medal today in the final day of the first Ranking Series of wrestling, held in Zagreb, Croatia.

Pino, owner of a silver medal and a bronze medal in World Championships, won 7-1 in the title match against Norwegian Oskar Marvik, who scored the only point against the strong athlete from Cuba.

Before that bout, the Cuban fighter had achieved three victories by technical superiority (ST) with an identical 8-0 score, to advance to the grand final of his division with a perfect pace.

On his way to the dispute for the crown, he defeated Temurbek Nazimov of Uzbekistan in the round of 16, and then defeated Matti Elias Kousmanen of Finland in the quarterfinals.

Then, in one of the semifinals he defeated Iran's Amir Mohammadali, bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, according to the official website of the World Wrestling Union.

With this result, Pino completed a very outstanding European tour, since on January 22 he won the title at the Grand Prix Henri Deglane, held in Nice, France, where he was not scored points, a performance he was close to repeat on Croatian soil.