In pictures: 2015 World Wrestling Championships day two of competition

By Daniel Etchells
Tuesday, 8 September 2015

Cuba's Ismael Borrero Molina beat Azerbaijan's Rovshan Bayramov by technical fall inside 32 seconds of the 59kg final ©Martin Gabor/UWW

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Four Greco-Roman gold medals were won on the second night of finals at the Orleans Arena ©ITG

Ukraine's Armen Vardanyan lost out to Azerbaijan's Rasul Chunayev in the 71kg showdown ©Martin Gabor/UWW

Rasul Chunayev's 71kg victory earned the Azerbaijani his first world title ©Martin Gabor/UWW

Five-time world champion Mijain Lopez Nunez of Cuba suffered a suprise defeat at the hands of Turkey's Riza Kayaalp in the 130kg final ©Martin Gabor/UWW North Korea's Won Chol Yun claimed a 59kg bronze medal ©UWW/Twitter Turkey's Riza Kayaalp claimed his second world title, beating Cuba's Mijain Nunez Lopez as he did in the 120kg final at the 2011 World Championships ©Tony Rotundo/UWW Sweden's Knut Zakarias Tallroth took third-place honours at 71kg ©UWW Russia's Bilyal Makhov had to settle for bronze at 130kg, replicating his performance at last year's World Championships ©Martin Gabor/UWW Germany's Matthias Maasch was beaten in the second 71kg bronze medal match @Tony Rotundo/UWW

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