Nazyr Mankiev (L) of Russia is announced as winner after defeating Rovshan Bayramov (R) of Azerbaijan at the men's Greco-Roman 55kg gold medal match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 12, 2008. Nazyr Mankiev won the bout and grabbed the gold medal of the event. [Xinhua]

BEIJING -- Russian Nazyr Mankiev beat Rovshan Bayramov of Azerbaijan to take the men's 55kg Greco-Roman wrestling gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Tuesday.

The bronze medal was shared by Roman Amoyan of Armenia and South Korean Park Eun-Chul.