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Aaron Brooks defeated reigning 86-kilogram gold medalist David Taylor in consecutive matches Saturday night at the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials, claiming a roster spot at the Paris Olympics.
[2] [3] Wrestling has been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900. Mijaín López became the first and only athlete in modern Olympics history to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event after winning in the Greco-Roman wrestling 130 kg, [4] Japan has topped the medal table for the fourth time.
US' Amit Elor celebrates with her national flag after beating Kyrgyzstan's Meerim Zhumanazarova in their women's freestle 68kg wrestling final match at the Champ-de-Mars Arena during the Paris ...
The 2024 United States Olympic Team Trials for wrestling were held at the Bryce Jordan Center of State College, Pennsylvania, on April 19–20, 2024. [1] This event determined the representative of the United States of America for the 2024 Summer Olympics at each Olympic weight class .
Forcing an opponent's shoulders to the mat results in an instant victory by fall. [ 3 ] During the course of a match, if a wrestler builds a 10-point advantage over the opponent, the bout is stopped and the leader is declared as the winner by technical superiority .
Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez has earned a shot at a record fifth Olympic gold medal in wrestling. Just two weeks shy of his 42nd birthday, Lopez beat Azerbaijan’s Sabah Saleh Shariati ...
This is the 25th appearance of men's freestyle welterweight category, debut as a demonstration in 1904 as 71.7kg, except for 1908-1920, returned from 1924 through 1936 as 72kg, from 1948 through 1960 as 73kg, from 1964 through 1968 as 78kg, from 1972 through 1996 as 74kg, 2000 as 76kg, from 2004 as 74kg as a current weight limit.
India's Vinesh Phogat (left) celebrates victory against Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez during the wrestling women's freestyle 50kg semifinal during the 2024 Olympics at Champs-de-Mars Arena on Aug ...