Bulgarian Hristo Marinov, took the world champion wrestling title in Greco-Roman style Tuesday.

At the world championship 84-kg final, Marinov took the gold after overcoming Cuban, Pablo Shorey Hernandez, with 2:0 and 1:0.

The tournament is held in Moscow between September 6 and 12th,

Marinov secured the title after offering a big surprise during the semi-final match when he defeated Russian, Alexei Mishin, holder of European, World and Olympic medals.

Before that, the Bulgarian won against Artur Omarov of the Czech Republic (0:1, 3:0, 2:0), Amer Hrustanovic from Austria (1:0, 2:0), and Poland's Yanikovski (2:0, 0:2, 2:0).

Two other Bulgarians have ranked 5th so far – Ivo Angelov in the 60—kg category and Venelin Venkov in the 55-kg one.

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