Rulon Gardner - Wrestling Hero
How the son of American farmers defeated a Russian Olympic champion considered the king of Greco-Roman wrestling.
At the 2000 Olympics, American Rulon Gardner pulled off the greatest shock in the history of modern Greco-Roman wrestling when he beat the Russian Aleksander Karelin. Karelin had not been defeated for 13 years and had already prepared a party to celebrate his latest gold medal. The win made Gardner a hero in America and is credited with sparking a boom in the popularity of his sport. He talks to Ashley Byrne. The programme is a Made-in-Manchester Production.
PHOTO: Rulon Gardner (Getty Images)
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