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Graeco-Roman

(esp US), Greco-Roman
1. of, characteristic of, or relating to Greek and Roman influences, as found in Roman sculpture
2. denoting a style of wrestling in which the legs may not be used to obtain a fall and no hold may be applied below the waist
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The event is underway in both Greco-Roman and freestyle categories.
In Greco-Roman, while Gurpreet Singh (77kg), Sunil Kumar (87kg) and Harpreet Singh (82kg) delivered silver medals while Gyanender (60kg) got the solitary bronze.
In 26 papers from sessions at Isis Studies conferences in May 2013 in Erfurt and September 2013 in Liege, scholars examine Greco-Roman cults of Isis in terms of priests and worshipers, images and objects, and rites and practices.
The Greco-Roman team, which finished in a very impressive third place last year, fell badly to 11th place in the rankings this year.
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The silver medalist of the Asian Games-2018 in Greco-Roman wrestling Akjol Mahmudov will receive an honorary diploma of Kyrgyzstan.
More than 100 players from various provinces took part in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling completions in the framework of the tournament.
The purpose of the present study was to determine anthropometric and physical profile of Turkish Olympic level wrestlers severally as Greco-Roman and Freestyle, and similarities and differences of both two styles.
Youth wrestling: Manuel Monroy won a triple crown as seven wrestlers from the Damaged Ear Wrestling Club in Springfield placed during the recent freestyle and Greco-Roman state championships.
The most significant victory was achieved by Egypt's Haitham Fahmy in the Greco-Roman 59kg division, in which he acquired a silver medal, with the gold medal going to Japan's Kenichiro Fumita.
This revision of a 2013 London School of Theology dissertation seeks to demonstrate that Jewish writings, particularly Israel's Scriptures, rather than Greco-Roman works, have pervasively shaped the theology, literary presentation, and ideology of Luke-Acts (22).
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