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Olympic countdown - 11 days - Great grappling 12:11pm on 28 Jul 2008 Yes, officially it is a Russian medal and in official records should always remain so. However, Klein was an estonian wrestler and his win should not be interpreted as big Russia beating poor little Finland.
Klein and Asikainen were in fact good friends and had battled before.
I don't understand why i shouldn't make this clear.
Olympic countdown - 11 days - Great grappling 09:52am on 28 Jul 2008 Peter, it's great to read these stories, but i have to make one correction to this one.
Martin Klein is today known as the first Estonian olympic medallist and he should not be considered a russian.
In 1912 Estonia had no chance to field an olympic squad like the finns could. It is wrong to suggest that Klein's victory was somehow a grudge match. Martin Klein represented Imperial Russia only because he had no other chance.
This longest wrestling bout is well remembered in Estonia as a match-up between an estonian and a finn. And on that day the estonian won.

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