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The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected the professional wrestling industry worldwide in 2020. Many promotions cancelled or postponed booked events, with some being rescheduled for 2021. Other promotions, notably All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and WWE, instead held events behind closed doors.
Top 5 wrestling moments at Tokyo 2020 1 - Historic win: David Taylor, freestyle 86kg. Team USA’s David Taylor proved why he is called the ‘magic man’ winning one of the greatest showdowns in Olympic wrestling history. Taylor’s late takedown saw him triumph 4-3 over Iranian superstar Hassan Yazdani 4-3. It was a heart-breaking loss for ...
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Aug 7, 2021 · By CLIFF BRUNT. Published 7:54 AM PDT, August 7, 2021. CHIBA, Japan (AP) — Kyle Snyder didn’t get the second straight Olympic gold he sought. However, United States wrestling still made a statement at these Games. The Russian Olympic Committee’s Abdulrashid Sadulaev defeated Snyder 6-3 in the men’s freestyle 97-kilogram final on Saturday.
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Bronze. yasemin adar. Turkey. Bronze. qian zhou. People's Republic of China. Official Wrestling results from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments.
- Results For USA's Olympic Wrestlers
- Kyle Dake, Men's Freestyle, 74 Kilograms
- Gable Steveson, Men's Freestyle, 125 Kilograms
- Jacarra Winchester, Women's Freestyle, 53 Kilograms
- Thomas Gilman, Men's Freestyle, 57 Kilograms
- David Taylor, Men's Freestyle, 86 Kilograms
- Helen Maroulis, Women's Freestyle, 57 Kilograms
- Other Notable Olympic Wrestling Results
- Olympic Wrestling Brackets, Results, Mat Assignments, Matchups
- Olympic Medal Count: How Many Medals Does The U.S. have?
Six total American wrestlers took the mat between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Three won medals, and the other three positioned themselves for medals later on. Here's how they did:
First Round: 4-0 win over Moustafa Hosseinkhani (Iran)Quarterfinals: 11-0 loss to Magomedkhabib Kadzimahamed (Belarus)Up Next, Repechage: Jeandry Garzon (Cuba)First Round: 10-0 win over Aiaal Lazarev (Kyrgyzstan)Quarterfinals: 8-0 over Taha Akgul (Turkey)Semifinals: 5-0 over Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur (Mongolia)Up Next, Finals: Geno Petriashvili (Georgia)First Round: 7-4 win over Olga Khoroshavtseva (Russia)Quarterfinals: 6-1 loss to Pang Qianyu (China)Up Next, Repechage: Laura Herin Avila (CUB)First Round: 5-4 loss to Zavur Uguev (Russia)Repechage: 11-1 win over Gulomjon Abdullaev (Uzbekistan)Bronze Medal Match: 9-1 win over Reza Atrinagharchi (Iran)First Round: 11-0 win over Ali Shabanau (Belarus)Quarterfinals: 12-2 win over Myles Amine (San Marino)Semifinals: 10-0 win over Deepak Punia (India)Finals: 4-3 win over Hassan Yazdanicharati (Iran)First Round: 8-4 win over Rong Ningning (China)Quarterfinals: 8-0 win over Tetyana Kit (Ukraine)Semifinals: 2-1 loss to Risako Kawai (Japan)Bronze Medal Match: 11-0 win over Boldsaikhany Khongorzul (Mongolia)Michigan's Amine wins bronze: Myles Amine, a three-time All-American for Michigan, represented San Marino at these Olympic Games and won a bronze medal at 86 kilograms. Amine scored a takedown with 10 seconds left to defeat India's Deepak Punia, 4-2, in the bronze-medal match, which followed his 2-0 win over Belarus' Ali Shabanau in the repechage m...
Mat assignments for Thursday evening's competition, which begins at 9 p.m. CST, can be found here. You can find updated brackets by clicking each weight below: Men's Freestyle 1. 57 kilograms (125 pounds) 2. 65 kilograms (143 pounds) – no USA entry 3. 74 kilograms (163 pounds) 4. 86 kilograms (189 pounds) 5. 97 kilograms (213 pounds) 6. 125 kilogra...
Here's how the United States ranks in the Olympic medal race: Cody Goodwin covers wrestling and high school sports for the Des Moines Register. Follow him on Twitter at @codygoodwin.
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- Wrestling Beat Writer
76 kg. v. t. e. Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured two disciplines, freestyle and Greco-Roman, which were further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only participated in the freestyle events, with 18 gold medals awarded. Wrestling had been contested at every modern ...
Aug 2, 2021 · 2 August 2021. Getty Images. Lopez, who was competing in the 130kg category, was the only athlete in Tokyo aiming for their fourth gold in the same individual event. Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain ...
