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Russian freestyle wrestling world champion Kudukhov dies in road accident

Kudukhov’s car has collided with a heavy-duty truck

VLADIKAVKAZ, December 29, 11:47 /ITAR-TASS/. Four-time freestyle wrestling world champion Besik Kudukhov died in a road accident in the small hours on Sunday on the highway from the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of the Russian North Caucasian Republic of North Ossetia, to the Russian southern city of Krasnodar.

The road accident has occurred on the motor road near the city of Armavir, where a heavy-duty truck has collided with Kudukhov’s car, the North Ossetian ministry of youth affairs and sports told Itar-Tass.

Russian freestyle wrestler from North Ossetia Besik Kudukhov, 27, was the four-time world champion, the bronze medallist of the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the silver winner of the London Olympics in 2012.