Huynh wins women's 48kg freestyle wrestling gold
2008-08-16 09:37:08 GMT2008-08-16 17:37:08 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Carol Huynh of Canada (red) wrestles with Icho Chiharu of Japan during the women's freestyle 48kg final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games wrestling event in Beijing, China, Aug. 16, 2008. Carol Huynh won the bout and got the gold medal. (Xinhua/Lu Mingxiang)
Carol Huynh of Canada (C) celebrates victory after winning over Icho Chiharu of Japan during the women's freestyle 48kg final at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games wrestling event in Beijing, China, Aug. 16, 2008. Carol Huynh won the bout and got the gold medal.(Xinhua Photo)
BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Canada's Carol Huynh beat Japan's Chiharu Icho to win the women's 48kg freestyle wrestling gold at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Saturday.
Icho took the silver and Azerbaijan's Mariya Stadnik and Ukraine's Irini Merleni both got a bronze.
