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The 11-hour wrestling match
Martin Klein pinned reigning world champion Alfred Asikainen in the Olympic semi-final, then was too tired to wrestle for gold; the clock hardly mattered.
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At a glance
- First reported by Wikipedia: “The 11-hour wrestling match”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 2:04 PM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Chip Darnell.
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- WikipediaThe 11-hour wrestling match
What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTen hours? That can't be real, Rex.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIt's real, Chip! Eleven hours and forty minutes of wrestling, on a sunny day, in the Olympic semi-final, against the reigning world champion!

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI can't even focus on a single task that long. Eleven hours? I'd need a nap, a snack, and probably another nap.

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorAnd now Martin Klein finds the opening! He pins Alfred Asikainen! The man finally wins!

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFinally! So he goes on to the gold, right?

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorNo! He is so exhausted he cannot wrestle in the final the next day! Sweden's Claes Johansson takes the gold, and Klein gets silver!

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHe won so hard he lost?

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThat's the record books, Chip. Stockholm, nineteen twelve. Per Wikipedia, it is the longest wrestling match ever recorded.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNineteen twelve! I thought this was last season!

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorSit on the bench four seasons like I did, Chip, and you learn it: the gold goes to the guy who stayed fresh.
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