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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.
The mats are rolled and whistles are ready to be blown for the first day of wrestling competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Preliminaries and quarterfinals were wrestled from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m ...
This is the 26th appearance of men's freestyle lightweight event, the event debut as 65.8kg as a demonstration, in 1908, as 66.6kg, (except 1912), 1920 as 61kg, 1924 as 66kg, in 1928 as 65kg, from 1932 through 1936 as 66kg, from 1948 through 1960 as 67kg, from 1964 through 1968 as 70kg, from 1972 through 1996 as 68 kg, 2000 as 69kg, from 2004 through 2012 as 66kg, from 2016, 65kg as a current ...
Penn State wrestling will be the epicenter of the sport this weekend in America. The university that just won its 11th national wrestling title in 13 years is hosting the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team ...
Hagerstown native Aaron Brooks, 24, is set to make his Olympic Games debut in Paris, competing in men's freestyle wrestling in the 86-kilogram weight class. The competition will be held Thursday ...
Abdulrashid Sadulaev was a defending Olympic champion, but on 6 July 2024, the Russian Wrestling Federation (RWF) announced that all the Russian wrestlers has boycotted the Paris 2024 Olympic games, Kyle Snyder returned for the games, but lost to potentially gold medalist Akhmed Tazhudinov, Snyder advanced for bronze medal match, but lost to ...
This is the third appearance of the women's welterweight category, debut in 2016, as 58kg, from 2020 as 57kg as a current weight limit. Risako Kawai was a defending Olympic champion, but she did not qualify, 2020 silver medalist Irina Kurachkina originally won a quota at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships, but the IOC did not claim her neutral, Alina Hrushyna took her spot due to ...
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.