Karelin

You could look around, for instance, and see Rulon Gardner, who would go on at the Sydney Summer Games to do the unthinkable: defeat Alexander Karelin, the man mountain from Siberia.

Zero Regrets Apolo Ohno 2010

You could look around, for instance, and see Rulon Gardner, who would go on at the Sydney Summer Games to do the unthinkable: defeat Alexander Karelin, the man mountain from Siberia.

Zero Regrets Apolo Ohno 2010

You could look around, for instance, and see Rulon Gardner, who would go on at the Sydney Summer Games to do the unthinkable: defeat Alexander Karelin, the man mountain from Siberia.

Zero Regrets Apolo Ohno 2010

GOOD SHOWINGS Jones named her two miniature pinschers after cities where she's triumphedAleksandr Karelin Greco-Roman Wrestling, RussiaLike the Loch Ness monster and the bogeyman, Russia's Aleksandr Karelin has inspired many legends.

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Karelin is the long-reigning king of heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling.

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To no one's surprise, Karelin beat the poor man again Tuesday night, 1-0 in overtime, to secure a third consecutive Olympic gold medal.

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But Karelin insists he's actually a sensitive fellow, well schooled in literature and rhetoric, who loves nothing more than the opera.

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The indisputable truth about Karelin, 32, is nearly as intimidating: he has won three straight gold medals in the heavyweight division and has not lost -- at all -- in more than 14 years.

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At home in Novosibirsk, Siberia, Karelin holds down a day job as a colonel in the Russian tax police and keeps fit by running through snowdrifts carrying armloads of logs.

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(Despite all the punishment he has taken from Karelin, Ghaffari keeps his picture on the wall for inspiration.)

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