Tokyo Olympics Wrestling Day 1 Results: Mijain Lopez beats Kayaalp, eyes fourth Olympics crown, Adeline Gray set for gold quest
Mijain Lopez kept his record bid for a fourth Olympics title alive as he saw the back of Turkey’s Riza Kayaalp in the semi-final. Lopez, who has won the super heavyweight title at the last three Olympics, brushed aside Romania’s Alin Alexuc Ciurariu 9-0 and Iran’s Amin Mirzazadeh 8-0 to reach the semi-finals and will be aiming to become the first four-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Lopez will take on Georgia’s Iakobi Kajaia for the gold medal, who beat his Chilean rival Yasmani Acosta Fernandez. In the men’s lightest weight category of Greco-Roman wrestling, Cuba’s Luis Alberto Orta Sanchez will compete against Japan’s Kenichiro Fumita for the gold medal.
Meanwhile, United States’ Adeline Maria Gray set up her gold medal with Germany’s Aline Rotter Focken in the women’s heavyweight section. Gray defeated rival Aiperi Medet 3-2, while Focken registered a 3-1 win over home favourite Hiroe Minagawa.
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Greco-Roman 60 kgs:
| 8 | Mat A |
| Sergey EMELIN (ROC) beat Haythem MAHMOUD (EGY) 7-6 |
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| 7 | Mat A |
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Luis Alberto ORTA SANCHEZ (CUB) beat Ildar HAFIZOV (USA) 5-0
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| 6 | Mat A |
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Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ) beat Mirambek AINAGULOV (KAZ) by SUP
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| 5 | Mat A |
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Victor CIOBANU (MDA) beat Kerem KAMAL (TUR) by SUP
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| 4 | Mat A |
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Armen MELIKYAN (ARM) vs. Ali Reza NEJATI (IRI)
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| 3 | Mat A |
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Lenur TEMIROV (UKR) vs. Elmurat TASMURADOV (UZB)
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| 2 | Mat A |
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Etienne KINSINGER (GER) vs. WALIHAN Sailike (CHN)
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FUMITA Kenichiro (JPN) vs. Abdelkarim FERGAT (ALG)
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Greco-Roman 130 kgs
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Sergei SEMENOV (ROC) vs. Abdellatif Mohamed Ahmed MOHAMED (EGY)
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| 31 | Mat C |
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Iakobi KAJAIA (GEO) vs. Matti Elias KUOSMANEN (FIN)
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| 30 | Mat C |
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Yasmani ACOSTA FERNANDEZ (CHI) vs. Amine GUENNICHI (TUN)
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| 29 | Mat C |
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Muminjon ABDULLAEV (UZB) vs. Artur VITITIN (EST)
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| 28 | Mat C |
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KIM Minseok (KOR) vs. Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI)
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| 27 | Mat C |
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Alin ALEXUC CIURARIU (ROU) vs. Mijain LOPEZ NUNEZ (CUB)
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| 26 | Mat C |
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Eduard SOGHOMONYAN (BRA) vs. Eduard POPP (GER)
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| 25 | Mat C |
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Riza KAYAALP (TUR) vs. Mantas KNYSTAUTAS (LTU)
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Women’s 76 kgs
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Vasilisa MARZALIUK (BLR) vs. Aline ROTTER FOCKEN (GER)
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| 19 | Mat B |
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ZHOU Qian (CHN) vs. Alla BELINSKA (UKR)
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| 18 | Mat B |
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Erica Elizabeth WIEBE (CAN) vs. Epp MAEE (EST)
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| 17 | Mat B |
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MINAGAWA Hiroe (JPN) vs. Burmaa OCHIRBAT (MGL)
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| 16 | Mat B |
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Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ) vs. Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ)
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| 15 | Mat B |
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Natalia VOROBIEVA (ROC) vs. Samar Amer Ibrahim HAMZA (EGY)
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| 14 | Mat B |
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Aline SILVA (BRA) vs. Yasemin ADAR (TUR)
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| 13 | Mat B |
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Adeline Maria GRAY (USA) vs. Zaineb SGHAIER (TUN)
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