Since early Olympic, wrestling is
considered as
a great sports event. An interesting and distinctive means has been
adopted to show wrestler Oskari Friman's outstanding ability to take his
opponents unawares in the standing position. This style of wrestling won
him the gold medal both in the 1920 Olympics (featherweight) and in the
1924 Olympics (lightweight).
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Since early Olympic, wrestling is
considered as
a great sports event. An interesting and distinctive means has been
adopted to show wrestler Oskari Friman's outstanding ability to take his
opponents unawares in the standing position. This style of wrestling won
him the gold medal both in the 1920 Olympics (featherweight) and in the
1924 Olympics (lightweight).