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Greco-Roman–Wrestling Medalists Sure Do Have Disgusting Eye Injuries

Mark Overgaard Madsen celebrates after defeating Peter Bacsi during the men’s 75-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling semifinals at the Rio Olympics on Sunday.

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Russia’s Roman Vlasov (red) wrestles with Croatia’s Bozo Starcevic in their men’s 75-kilogram Greco-Roman semifinal match on Sunday.

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Stig-Andre Berge of Norway (red) competes against Rovshan Bayramov of Azerbaijan during the men’s Greco-Roman 59-kilogram bronze finals at the Rio Olympics on Sunday.

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Let’s take a brief pause at this point to remember that these are the medalists, i.e. the guys who did the most damage to the other guys.

Onward.

Mark Overgaard Madsen of Denmark celebrates after defeating Peter Bacsi of Hungary during the men’s 75-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling semifinals Sunday.

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Russia’s Roman Vlasov celebrates after winning in his men’s 75-kilogram Greco-Roman final match against Denmark’s Mark Overgaard Madsen on Sunday.

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Norway’s Stig-Andre Berge celebrates after winning his men’s 59-kilogram Greco-Roman bronze medal match on Sunday at the Rio Olympics.

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Mark Overgaard Madsen celebrates on the podium after winning the silver medal in the men’s 75-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling event on Sunday.

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Roman Vlasov of Russia celebrates after winning the men’s Greco-Roman 75-kilogram gold medal match at the Rio Olympics on Sunday.

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Norway’s Stig-Andre Berge celebrates on the podium after winning the bronze medal in the men’s 59-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling event on Sunday during the Rio Olympics.

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This has been “Greco-Roman–Wrestling Medalists Sure Do Have Disgusting Eye Injuries.”

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