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Women's freestyle 63 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 8 August at ExCeL London. [1] This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals.
ExCel Exhibition Centre. Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics were held between 5 and 12 August, the final day of the Games, at ExCeL London.It was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which were further divided into different weight categories.
Kaori Icho (Japanese: 伊調 馨, Hepburn: Ichō Kaori, born 13 June 1984) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She is a ten-time World Champion and four-time Olympic Champion, winning gold in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Icho was undefeated between 2003 and 2016.
Women's freestyle 55 kilograms competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place on 9 August at ExCeL London. [1] This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals.
Triple defending Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho presented a window of hope for her Rio rivals after losing her first bout in 13 years on Friday.
The Japanese team included several past Olympic champions, three of them defending (freestyle wrestlers Kaori Icho and Saori Yoshida, and breaststroke swimmer Kosuke Kitajima). Yoshida, who won two consecutive gold medals in the Olympics before, became Japan's third female flag bearer at the opening ceremony since 2004, and the sixth in Olympic ...
Kaori Icho Japan: Sara McMann United States: Lise Legrand France: 2008 Beijing details: Kaori Icho Japan: Alena Kartashova Russia: Yelena Shalygina Kazakhstan: Randi Miller United States: 2012 London details: Kaori Icho Japan: Jing Ruixue China: Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg Mongolia: Lubov Volosova Russia: 2016 Rio de Janeiro details: Risako Kawai ...
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