The Fall of a Wrestling Legend - Rulon Gardner vs. Aleksandr Karelin!
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Published 2021-04-22
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American wrestler Rulon Gardner shocks Russian wrestling Legend Aleksandr Karelin to win gold at Sydney 2000. It was Karelin first defeat in 13 years!
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All Comments (21)
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You can watch the full documentary here: oly.ch/3weM6hI
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people who have never trained in wrestling don't have the slightest clue how insanely difficult this sport really is.
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IT wasn't a fall , just a Great Day for one of them that's all . I don't think he could have done it twice many people don't realize How Dominant Karelin was In Wrestling at the HIGHEST LEVEL .
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Imagine being in shape and weighing almost 300 lbs 😲
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Karelin got ripped by the stupid rules, he lost without losing a point.
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The year of the stupid rule change that Rulon Gardner took advantage of. Luckiest gold medal of all time.
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10:08 the expression of the lady is the same as that of the guy in the crowd who reacted to the end of Undertaker's streak 14 years later. lol
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Karelin was Russian monster even after defeat by just a point he is far better than any wrestlers of the world
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thanks for uploading this and for the full documentary
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Legendary Karelin! Greetings from Serbia!
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Karelin the legend ...love from india
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Didn't Karelin have multiple matches the same day? Where as his opponent had plenty of time to rest?
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I watched this. It was a simple mistake by The Experiment that lost him the match. Rules changed and stated that the first to unlock their hands gave up a point. He unlocked his hands. But Gardner did his job and played HARD.
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Karelin the legend ...
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So he beat the greatest greco-roman wrestler of all time by Karelin’s scoring a questionable point against himself?
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Thank you much for posting!!! :) :) :) :)
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Gardner deasapeared as quick as he appeared. Karel une will stay forever as the best and strongest wrestler for all time !!!
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Fan of aleksandr karelin from 🇮🇳
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Rulon was a younger wrestler making a name on a Legend like Karelin, but not close to compare with the Russian legend who was a real GOAT. The greatest up set was not as great in my view.
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At this Olympic, two Alexander The Greats were beaten : This one and Alexander Popov in men's 50m and 100m freestyle. Karelin was a friend of Popov.
