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    Suspect arrested in murder of European Junior champ Vlasko

    A suspect in the murder of the two-time European junior freestyle wrestling champion Yury Vlasko of the Russian Federation has been arrested, the Russian website RAPSI reported Thursday. He was 20.

    Yury Vlasko
    One week after winning the junior title in the under 96-kilogram category in competition at Ulan-Ude, Vlasko was found dead on the shore of Lake Baikal in Siberia on Saturday, July 29. He had been stabbed in the neck and chest.

    According to BloodyElbow.com, Vlasko came to the rescue of friends who had reported being attacked by locals on the beach. When the brawl ended, Vlasko's bloodied body was found lying on the beach.

    Vlasko had dreamed of wrestling at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

    Mikhail Mamishvili, president of the Wrestling Federation of Russia, expressed his condolences.

    "Yury was an open, honest, strong, and lucid guy without a shadow of aggression, a team spirit. A real strong Russian guy with clear goals and objectives," he told TASS.
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