Russian Buvaysa Saytiev struggled to win the men's freestyle 74kg wrestling title to earn his third Olympic gold on Wednesday.

Saytiev, 33, defeated Soslan Tigiev of Uzbekistan 2-1 in the final to claim Russia's fifth Beijing Olympic wrestling gold. The six-time world champion was also the winner at Sydney 1996 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Murad Gaidarov of Belarus and Kiril Terziev of Bulgaria took bronze medals.

(Xinhua News Agency August 20, 2008)