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[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.
Freestyle wrestling (or, catch-as-catch-can wrestling as it was called prior to the 1948 Olympics) and weight classes both made their first appearance at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Women's freestyle wrestling competition was first held at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2013, the IOC voted to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympic program.
Wrestling had been contested at every modern Summer Olympic Games, except Paris 1900. [1] [failed verification] Around 288 wrestlers were expected to compete in 18 events at the 2020 Summer Olympics which was postponed in March 2020 and planned for 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
2024 Olympic wrestling: Live updates as Adam Coon and Amit Elor wrestle for Team USA on Monday in Paris
Elor is perhaps the most dominant of Team USA’s 592 Olympics athletes at the moment. She swept through to Tuesday’s final by an aggregate score of 28-2. Forced to drop down from her usual ...
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 ...
Kotaro Kiyooka (清岡幸大郎, Kiyooka Kotaro, born 12 April 2001) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler who competes in the 65 kilogram class. [1] He represented Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he became the reigning Olympic champion. [2]
Here's a guide to wrestling at the 2024 Paris Olympics, including weight classes, scoring, tournament format, repechage and more: