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	Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Gardner deals Karelin first defeat since 1987, 1-0
		Karelin is universally considered the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time, a man who had never lost in international competition, who had not been scored upon in 10 years.
		Karelin, whose throwing skills are so renowned that he has a lift named for him, tried to throw Gardner around in the first two minutes but couldn't.
		Karelin is so strong that he once carried a refrigerator up seven flights of stairs rather than ask for help, but, on this night, supposedly his night of nights, he didn't have the strength to win.
	www.caller2.com /2000/september/28/today/olympics/5253.html (1242 words)

	Alexander Karelin: ZoomInfo Business People Information
		Karelin : I was born in Novosibilsk in Russia.
		Karelin has won world and European championships without enduring hardship, and of all the athletes in Sydney, his grip on gold is firmest.
		Karelin admits he sees terror before almost all his bouts : the terror in the eyes of his opponents, who frequently roll over and allow themselves to be pinned over, rather than be battered by the reverse flip.
	www.zoominfo.com /people/karelin_alexander_43251871.aspx (2320 words)

	Alexander Karelin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexandr Alexandrovich Karelin, or simply Alexander Karelin, (Russian: Александр Александрович Карелин; born September 19, 1967 in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR) was a dominant Greco-Roman wrestler for the Soviet Union and later, after its dissolution, for Russia.
		Nicknamed the "Russian Dan Gable", and commonly referred to in the media as "The Experiment", he went undefeated in international competition from 1987 until 2000, when he was upset by American Rulon Gardner in the gold-medal match at the Summer Olympics.
		Karelin's ability to make this throw against elite opponents weighing as much as 130 kg was amazing to audiences and other participants in and observers of the sport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Karelin (314 words)

	Stickgrappler's MMA page - Articles - Alexander Karelin Story from Sports Illustrated 5/13/91
		Karelin pads back to the couch, wiggles both of the ears that protrude like funnels from the sides of his head, looks up at the chandelier swinging gently back and forth, and grins like a schoolboy.
		Karelin is so strong that the muscles in his legs and arms bulge to slightly obscene proportions when they are driving a man to his back.
		Karelin begins the move on his knees, alongside the hips and facing the feet of his opponent, who is lying prone on the mat.
	stickgrappler.tripod.com /articles/sikarelin.html (3300 words)

	ESPN.com - ESPN 25 - 89: Rulon Gardner stops invincible Karelin
		Wide at the shoulders and narrow at the hips, Karelin was a glowering mountain of a man, a terrifying 286-pound Greek statue.
		Karelin tries throwing Gardner repeatedly in the first three minutes of the Olympic showdown, but he is unsuccessful, as Gardner stays chest-to-chest, shoulder-to-shoulder, never allowing Karelin to get leverage or a chance to toss him for points.
		Then, with five seconds left in the overtime period, Karelin rises from the mat and takes a step back, and, as the arena goes silent, not knowing what is happening, he shockingly concedes the match.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/espn25/story?page=moments/89 (975 words)

	Champion Turned Politician Seeks Fourth Gold
		Alexander Karelin has many roles in life у as a member of parliament, a tax official and a colonel.
		Karelin, a close friend of President Vladimir Putin, decided last year to go into politics as one of the leaders of a pro-Kremlin party appropriately nicknamed the Bear from its initials.
		Karelin is unperturbed at being the overwhelming favorite for the Olympic crown yet again.
	www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2000/09/06/150-print.html (713 words)

	SI.com - Olympics Sports - Gardner shrugs off rumors of potential Olympic rematch with Karelin - Saturday July 26, 2003 ...
		Alexander Karelin is training for the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
		Even if it is the great Karelin, the best Greco-Roman wrestler the world has ever known, the refrigerator-sized man who is such a perfect physical specimen that he is known as The Experiment.
		He is not scared of Karelin, nor intimidated by him, but he also knows how difficult it was to beat him once, and he isn't looking forward to having to try to do it twice.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/news/2003/07/25/gardner_karelin_ap (1198 words)

	Hall of Honors - Aleksandr Karelin: FILA - International Wrestling Hall of Fame
		At the 1996 Atlanta Games, Karelin outscored his five opponents 25-0 and became the first wrestler to win the same weight division three times.
		He made it to the final once again, but his quest for a fourth gold medal was thwarted when he experienced a rare lapse of concentration and lost 1-0 to Rulon Gardner of the United States.
		Despite his intimidating presence, Karelin was a soft-spoken student of literature.
	www.filahalloffame.com /karelin.html (243 words)

	TIME Europe \| Olympics 2000: The Ones To Beat - Alexander Karelin \| 9/11/2000
		Ask Alexander Karelin to name his greatest challenge, and he will tell you about the time he outwrestled a refrigerator that weighed nearly twice as much as he did.
		No wonder Karelin is a bogatyr — a folk hero — in Russia, where he represents his home town in the Duma (the Russian parliament) and holds the rank of colonel in the customs police.
		Karelin and his campaign managers gave one another fits.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2000/0911/oly_karelin.html (983 words)

	Olympics2000 \| ARCHIVE
		In a reversal of titanic proportions, Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin, unbeaten in 13 years and a three-time defending gold medalist, was defeated in the super heavyweight title match by an unheralded American, Rulon Gardner.
		Karelin, who is Russia's equivalent of Jesse Ventura, wore a blue uniform in his first match of the Greco-Roman competition on Monday.
		Karelin is the choice of his president, Vladimir Putin, who urged him to run for Duma (the Russian legislature).
	www.azstarnet.com /sydney2000/archive0927.shtml (2987 words)

	Commonwealth - Wrestling
		Alexander Karelin- is a repeated Greco-roman wrestling Olympic champion (Seul, 1988; Barselona, 1992; Atlanta, 1966 and a silver-prize winner in Sydney, 2000).
		In 1999, A. Karelin was elected a member of the State Duma (low chamber of the Federal Assembly).
		In 1997 Alexander Karelin was rewarded with the highest award of Russia – Golden Star of Russian Hero for his great services to his homeland.
	groups.msn.com /CommonwealthWrestling/filanews.msnw (990 words)

	Karelin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Karelin is so strong that the muscles in his legs and arms bulge to
		opponent held snug at Karelin's hip, facedown and parallel to the mat.
		Karelin had only to flick them onto their backs for the pin.
	members.tripod.com /~Tonjie/karelin.html (1059 words)

	The Hindu : The fall of king Karelin
		Karelin had been attempting to join the ranks of Olympic immortals by winning a fourth gold medal but Gardner, leaning heavily on his dairy farm experiences of ``pushing cows about'', was not awed by the Russian's reputation.
		The Russian, variously dubbed ``Alexander the Great'', ``King Kong Karelin'', ``the monster'' and ``the experiment'', virtually submitted three seconds before the end of the bout and watched in stunned disbelief as the American celebrated with a forward flip.
		Karelin's loss overshadowed the Greco-Roman competition and the feats of three wrestlers who continued to build their own dynasties.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/2000/10/14/stories/0714075k.htm (704 words)

	RealProWrestling News - Steve Fraser tells about Rulon Gardner Part II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Alexander Karelin, nine-time World Champion, three-time Olympic Champion and the Russian superhero of international wrestling was not competing in this tournament.
		The media, who obviously anticipated Karelin’s fourth Olympic gold medal victory on the horizon in Sydney, was curious to hear the opinion of Rulon Gardner, the United States’ number-one heavy-weight.
		On the awards stand, as America’s National anthem play and the realization that this was the first time in 13 years that Alexander Karelin was not listening to his own Russian anthem, my thoughts focused on the importance of confidence.
	www.realprowrestling.com /Contents/News/43 (1454 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Index
		Alexander Karelin never had lost in 13 years of international Greco-Roman competition.
		After Gardner's defeat of Russia's Alexander Karelin his hometown has changed as tour buses stop and banners wave, but Gardner's family says he's the same humble guy.
		Alexander Karelin -- the Russian Bear -- is a politician and a colonel.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/wrestling/index.html (156 words)

	CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - Wrestling - American Gardner stuns Karelin in huge upset - Tuesday November 14, 2000 11:47 ...
		Karelin is universally considered the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time, a man who had never lost in international competition, who had not conceded a point in 10 years.
		Next, a dejected Karelin shuffled in front of the podium as Gardner took the top spot on the medal stand and the gold medal from IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch.
		Karelin is so strong that he once carried a refrigerator up seven flights of stairs rather than ask for help, but, on this night he didn't have the strength to win.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2000/wrestling/news/2000/09/27/gardner_upset_ap (1292 words)

	Olympics: It's the stuff two legends are made of
		He beat Karelin 1-0 in overtime to earn the gold medal in the 286-pound weight class in Greco-Roman wrestling.
		If Karelin is the vanguard of Russian culture, Gardner is the pride of Lincoln County.
		Ghaffari mortgaged his home in suburban Cleveland to fund his quest for a final shot at Karelin in 2000, but he was beaten by Gardner at the trials.
	www.sptimes.com /News/092800/Olympics/It_s_the_stuff_two_le.shtml (1059 words)

	Quebrada Issue 70B
		The fakest spot was Maeda picking Karelin's leg, with Karelin rolling to his stomach so Maeda could put on a gyakukataebigatame (1/2 crab).
		Maeda locked in a sleeper, but Karelin threw him off kind of like a snapmare then applied a kesagatame (a head and shoulderlock on the mat where one of the opponents arms is inside the lock), but Maeda got the ropes.
		Karelin was too strong and too good of a wrestler for Maeda, but he didn't have any finishers to use so he'd just throw Maeda down and go for some rudimentary lock.
	www.quebrada.net /columns/issue70/70b3.html (612 words)

	Alexander Karelin? - Page 5 - Sherdog Mixed Martial Arts Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Karelin in his prime would've done the same to ANY MMA fighter today - even a Coleman, Kerr or Randlemann, but would still need some cross-tarining to be a force in MMA.
		Karelin I believe went something like 180-1 in his career, I would like to see him and Fedor in maybe a Sambo match, where they would both have a fair chance, because a wrestling match obviously favors Karelin and MMA favors Fedor.
		It will never happen because Karelin is since retired, he is very intelligent, and has never complained about his loss to Gardner, despite Rulon's lack of any offensive attempt, it was hilarious, they weight the same, and one of them is this fit athlete, and Gardner is just a ball of fluff.
	www.sherdog.net /forums/showthread.php?t=290185&page=5 (1676 words)

	Two U.S. wrestlers can win Greco-Roman gold
		Karelin was taken to overtime Monday for only the second time in his career, but looked his usual formidable self today in pinning Panayiotis Poikilidis of Greece in 2:49 in the other super heavyweight semifinal.
		With Paulson and Ghaffari in the finals, the United States is assured of at least three Greco medals; it had won only seven in Olympic history before these games.
		Not now, with Karelin, 28, bothered by a sore left shoulder and the wear and tear of 10 years of nearly year-around wrestling.
	slam.canoe.ca /OlympicsWrestling/jul23_wres_us.html (635 words)

	CJ Online \| Sports \| Miracle on the mat 09/28/00
		This time it was Karelin, one of the most famous men in Russia, a friend of Russian president Vladimir Putin, who quit with a few seconds left -- just as two former Olympic finalists had quit against him.
		Maybe that's why Gardner wasn't intimidated by Karelin -- wary, for sure, but not fearful -- and wouldn't allow himself to be pushed around by the man so strong he once carried a refrigerator up seven flights of stairs.
		Karelin, whose throwing skills are so renowned that a lift is named for him, tried to throw Gardner repeatedly in the first three minutes but couldn't.
	www.cjonline.com /stories/092800/spo_wrestling.shtml (1027 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Karelin loses first-ever international match
		He proved that Alexander Karelin isn't perfect -- and he won a gold medal that virtually nobody in the world thought he could win.
		At that point, the wrestlers begin the second period with a clinch and must remain locked until one executes a scoring move or releases his lock.
		It took 90 seconds of replay by the mat judges to confirm that Karelin's hands had separated, but it was clear that they had.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0927/782116.html (1220 words)

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	dghk5552.topitalysite.com /alexander-karelin.html (268 words)

	The Hindu : Gardner stuns Karelin for gold
		The defeat of Karelin - who had been regarded as invincible - was his first since that as a 19-year-old by then two-time world champion Igor Rostorosky at the Soviet national championships.
		Karelin got tired and that was the key.'' The impassive Karelin walked with dignity from the ring, and Gardner performed a cartwheel of triumph before whooping U.S. fans, then did a victory somersault.
		The defeat for Karelin was his first since going on since 1987 to win nine world and 12 European championship titles as well as Olympic gold in Seoul, Barcelona and Atlanta as his domination over Greco-Roman wrestling remained total - until Wednesday.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/2000/09/28/stories/07280754.htm (472 words)

	The World Today Archive - Russian laments wrestling hero's fall
		It appears there's national mourning across the length and breadth of the Russian Federation because a hero, Alexander Karelin, lost his Greco-Roman title.
		The defeat of the Russian champion Alexander Karelin by the little-known American Rulon Gardner has shocked Russians.
		Karelin was a national hero because he was a triple Olympic gold medallist- something other athletes strive for and rarely achieve.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/stories/s193181.htm (443 words)

	Sports: The Cincinnati Post
		But that's part of the mystery, even for Gardner, who talked about Karelin after his 3-0 win over Marek Mikulski of Poland in the night session almost as much as he talked about the match.
		That may always be the case, as shocking as the moment was in Sydney when Gardner beat the unbeatable.
		Karelin retired immediately afterward, and although there have been rumors of his return to training and a possible revenge shot, he looked like most other spectators here -- except for his grizzly-bear size and countenance.
	www.cincypost.com /2004/08/25/olymat08-25-2004.html (493 words)

	Meningar.com om karelin. Flair, Wright, with mm.
		For those of you who aren't familiar with Karelin: Aleksandr Karelin is the reigning Greco-Roman wrestling world champion, in the heavyweight division...
		Karelin's down in a heap, and Worthington didn't see it because he was too busy checking to see if Hornet was okay!
		BB: Alexandr Karelin is hardly crying for his mother, but he might be aft..
	www.meningar.com /karelin.html (1461 words)

	Putin Consoles Karelin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		President Vladimir Putin, a skilled judo fighter, commiserated Friday with wrestler Alexander Karelin, beaten in his quest for a fourth Olympic gold, saying he remained "an unbeaten Russian warrior."
		Karelin was beaten this week for the first time in 13 years for the Olympic gold in the Greco-Roman 130-kg category by Rulon Gardner, son of a U.S. farmer.
		Karelin won a seat last year in the State Duma lower house of parliament and is a close ally of Putin as a senior member of the pro-Kremlin Unity party.
	www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2000/09/29/162-print.html (152 words)

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