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The World Championships for women's freestyle wrestling first began in 1987. Women's freestyle wrestling at the Olympics first began in 2004. The World Championships takes place during non Olympic years. At the World Championships team scoring is kept, while no official team statistics are kept at the 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.
The organization cited wrestling's long-standing history as an Olympic event, which dates as far back as the ancient Olympic Games. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The decision resulted in immediate backlash; Armen Nazaryan and Sagid Murtazaliev both returned gold medals to the IOC in protest, while Nazaryan also staged a hunger strike until the 2013 ...
Here's a guide to wrestling at the 2024 Paris Olympics, including weight classes, scoring, tournament format, repechage and more:
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 ...
1.2 Women. 1.2.1 Flyweight. 1.2.2 ... This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in ... List of Asian Games medalists in wrestling; List of World and Olympic ...
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