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    Insidethegames.biz
    Aug 11 2013


    Turkish wrestling world champion Kayaalp banned for racism


    Sunday, 11 August 2013


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    By Emily Goddard

    Rıza KayaalpAugust 11 - Turkish wrestler Rıza Kayaalp, world and
    European champion in the 120kg category, has been hit with a six-month
    suspension after making racist comments on Twitter.

    The International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA)
    handed the London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist, who was his nation's
    flag bearer at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, the ban for
    allegedly blaming Armenians and Greeks for the anti-Government
    protests in Turkey earlier this year.

    "These are the Armenian and Greek dogs," Kayaalp is alleged to have
    written of Twitter, as well as "You just leave the streets to
    Armenians, you f**ing looters" and "F**k you traitors".

    None of the tweets can be found today.

    http://www.insidethegames.biz/sports/summer/wrestling/1015487-turkish-wrestling-world-champion-kayaalp-banned-for-racism

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