Cuban wrestler dances, body slams coach after winning gold

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Cuba’s Mijain Lopez had won two Olympic gold medals in the 130-kilogram wrestling division, but when he won his third gold medal, well, he acted like it was his first time. Lopez beat Riza Kayaalp of Turkey and proceeded to dance and then body slam his own coach.

Lopez is now in elite company; only Russia’s Aleksandr Karelin and Sweden’s Carl Westergren have won three Olympic gold medals in Greco-Roman wrestling. Lopez flipped Kayaalp onto his back just 15 seconds into the match, a four-point move that essentially sealed the match almost as soon as it began.

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