The

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competition at the

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took place in Singapore from 15 to 17 August at the International Convention Centre. The first positive drugs tests of the Games came in wrestling events, with the

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announcing on 15 October that two wrestlers, including a silver medallist, had tested positive for

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Event summary

Medal table

Girl's events

Freestyle

Boy's events

Freestyle

Greco-Roman

Changes in medal winners

On 15 October 2010, the

announced that

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, who won a silver medal for

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in wrestling, and Johnny Pilay who finished fifth in a separate wrestling event for

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, had tested positive for a banned

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. Both were disqualified and Hakkulov was stripped of his silver medal, although no decision was taken on whether to promote Shadybek Sulaimanov and Johan Rodriguez Banguela in the event.

References

{{EventsAt2010YouthOlympics Events at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics 2010 in sport wrestling

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Wrestling in Singapore