BUCHAREST, Romania — The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club’s Myles Amine captured the 86kg silver medal at the 2024 European Championships on Sunday (Feb. 18) at Polyvalent Hall. It was Amine’s sixth European medal since 2019.
Amine posted a 3-1 record over the two-day tournament, narrowly falling to Greece’s Dauren Kurugliev, 2-1, in the gold-medal final. Amine trailed the entire match after giving up a stepout in the opening seconds and a first-period shot-clock point. Kurugliev was never warned for passivity despite Amine getting in on numerous unanswered single-leg attacks in the second. Amine was awarded a caution point in the closing seconds of the bout but could not find a score late.
He claimed a wild win in the semifinal round, taking an early lead then rallying late to edge Turkey’s Osman Gocen, 8-8, on criteria. Amine hit a four-point carry early in the bout, which ultimately provided the criteria edge for the win, but Gocen scored on three takedowns, adding a lace on the middle one, to hold a four-point in the second period. Amine scored two takedowns in the final 35 seconds, finish on a single then scooting out of a Gocen double-leg attack to finish the winning takedown with 18 seconds left.
The CKWC also had Malik Amine (74kg), Mitch Finesilver (74kg), Matt Finesilver (86kg) and Ben Honis (97kg) in the European freestyle field.
