Men’s Freestyle -57kg
In the quarter-finals of the top quarter, two former world championships medalists would come up against each other. It was Nurislam Sanayev (Kazakhstan) who overcame home favourite Yuki Takahashi (Japan). Ravi Kumar Dahiya (India) had the easiest-looking draw and made it through to the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 27-6. Suleyman Atli (Turkey) was upset in the opening round by Reza Atri (Iran). The bottom quarter hosted the favourite Zaur Uguev (Russia), who edged Thomas Gilman (United States) in a tough opening bout before beating Gulomjon Abdullaev (Uzbekistan). Dahiya would beat Sanayev from behind, with a last-minute pin despite being bitten by the Kazakh. Uguev would join him with an 8-3 win over Atri. In the final Uguev dominated defensively and took a 7-4 victory. Gilman would come through the repechage with an 11-1 win and then beat Atri 9-1.
🥇Zaur Uguev 🇷🇺
🥈Ravi Kumar Dahiya 🇮🇳
🥉Thomas Gilman 🇺🇸
🥉Nurislam Sanayev 🇰🇿
Men’s Freestyle -65kg
A big clash came in the quarter-finals as Gadzhimurad Rashidov (Russia) beat Magomedmurad Gadzhiev (Poland) 6-2. In the semi-finals he would come up against Takuto Otoguro (Japan), a clash of the last two world champions, who beat Iszmail Muszukajev (Hungary) in the quarter-final. A high-scoring contest in the opening round saw Daulet Niyazbekov (Kazakhstan) beat Alejandro Valdes (Cuba) 21-11. Haji Aliyev (Azerbaijan) would beat Niyazbekov 9-1. Bajrang Punia (India) came through the bottom quarter to face Aliyev but would lose 12-5. In the top quarter, Otoguro edged Rashidov 3-2 in a fascinating clash. In the final it was Otoguro, winning 5-4 to take gold.
🥇Takuto Otoguro 🇯🇵
🥈Haji Aliyev 🇦🇿
🥉Gadzhimurad Rashidov 🇷🇺
🥉Bajrang Punia 🇮🇳
Men’s Freestyle -74kg
Frank Chamizo (Italy) headlined the top quarter, a two-time world champion famed for his battles with Jordan Burroughs. He would make his way through to the semi-final, with a notable win over Avtandil Kentchadze (Georgia). Kyle Dake (United States) had been twice world champion at a higher weight but was upset by Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau (Belarus) 11-0. Double world champion Zaurbek Sidakov (Russia) would start strongly, coming through his quarter with an aggregate score of 25-8. World championship bronze medalist Daniyar Kaisanov (Kazakhstan) would also come through his quarter impressively. Kadzimahamedau would beat Chamizo 9-7 whilst Sidakov showed his dominance with an 11-0 win over Kaisanov. In the final, he would win 7-0, completing an incredible run. Dake would beat Genadry Garzon (Cuba) 10-0 and Chamizo 5-0 to confirm bronze.
🥇Zaurbek Sidakov 🇷🇺
🥈Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau 🇧🇾
🥉Kyle Dake 🇺🇸
🥉Bekzod Abdurakhmonov 🇰🇿
Men’s Freestyle -86kg
Hassan Yazdani (Iran) would cruise through his quarter impressively with 12-1 and 11-2 victories. The 12-1 victory came against the 2019 bronze medalist at the world championships in Stefan Reichmuth (Switzerland). In the semi-final, he would come up against Arut Naifonov (Russia) who went through with an aggregate 18-1 score. David Taylor (United States) was eager to look just as dominant and came through with an aggregate 23-2 score. Deepak Punia (India) was the other semi-finalist but not as dominant as the preceding three. The dominance continued in the semi as Yazdani won 7-1 whilst Taylor got a 10-0 win. In the final, Taylor landed a double with ten seconds to go, to take the victory.
🥇David Taylor 🇺🇸
🥈Hassan Yazdani 🇮🇷
🥉Arut Naifonov 🇷🇺
🥉Myles Amine 🇸🇲
Men’s Freestyle -97kg
Everyone was hoping to see the rematch between Kyle Snyder (United States), the reigning Olympic and double world champion, and Abdulrashid Sadulaev (Russia), the reigning Olympic champion at 86kg and quadruple world champion. Sadulaev would cruise through beating world and Olympic medalists by an aggregate score of 19-0. Only Jordan Steen (Canada) was able to score points against Snyder on his way to the final in the opening round as he came through 23-2. In the final, Sadulaev took a 2-0 lead at the interval with a shot clock score and pushing him out the ring. Soon he would build up a 6-0 lead as although Snyder scored a takedown and pushed him out the ring, he could only drag it back to 6-3. In the repechage, Sharif Sharifov (Azerbaijan) the 2012 Olympic champion won his through to the bronze medal match-up only to lose to Reineris Salas (Cuba). In the other matchup, Abraham Conyedo (Italy) beat Suleyman Karadeniz (Turkey) 6-2.
🥇Abdulrashid Sadulaev 🇷🇺
🥈Kyle Snyder 🇺🇸
🥉Reineris Salas 🇨🇺
🥉Abraham Conyedo 🇮🇹
Men’s Freestyle -125kg
Geno Petriashvili (Georgia) would win the first quarter, defeating double world championship medalist Deng Zhiwei (China). Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (Ukraine) was the seeded wrestler but was defeated by Amir Hossein Zare (Iran). Taha Akgul (Turkey) was the reigning Olympic champion but was beaten 7-0 by young, explosive Gable Steveson (United States). The bottom quarter would see Yusup Batirmurzaev (Kazakhstan) come through. Petriashvili would defeat Zare 6-3 whilst Steveson won 5-0 meaning he had not conceded a single point in making the Olympic final. Steveson took a 5-1 lead in the final, but Petriashvili would use his experience in the second half to take the lead back, at 8-5. With six seconds remaining Steveson would bring the score back to 8-7 and he would get a takedown in the final second to pinch gold from the triple world champion.
🥇Gable Steveson 🇺🇸
🥈Geno Petriashvili 🇬🇪
🥉Amir Hossein Zare 🇮🇷
🥉Taha Akgul 🇹🇷
Men’s Greco-Roman -60kg
Kenichiro Fumita (Japan) was the number one seed and got through his quarter relatively comfortably. In the semi-final, he would come up against Lenur Temirov (Ukraine) who overcame Olympic medalist Elmurat Tasmuradov (Uzbekistan) and Armen Melikyan (Armenia). Victor Ciobanu (Moldova) would win his quarter with consecutive 8-0 victories. The big surprise of the early rounds came as Luis Orta (Cuba) beat Sergey Emelin (Russia) 4-3. Orta would beat Ciobanu 11-0 with Fumita winning 5-1 to make the final. In the final Orta was dominant, taking his own 5-1 win, cementing an incredible run. In the repechage, Walihan Salike (China) would make his way to the bronze medal matchup and beat Temirov. Emelin would beat Ildar Hafizov (United States) 7-1 and Ciobanu 12-1 to secure his bronze medal.
🥇Luis Orta 🇨🇺
🥈Kenichiro Fumita 🇯🇵
🥉Walihan Salike 🇨🇳
🥉Sergey Emelin 🇷🇺
Men’s Greco-Roman -67kg
Ismael Borrero (Cuba) was looking for a second Olympic medal and to confirm his status as a wrestling great. Instead, he went out in the first round to Ramaz Zoidze (Georgia). He would go on to win the quarter. Former world champion Frank Stabler (Germany) defeated world championship bronze medalist Mate Nemes (Serbia) only for Mohammad Reza Geraei (Iran) to beat him in the quarter-final. Artem Surkov (Russia) was another world champion who was eliminated early, losing to Parviz Nasibov (Ukraine). Ryu Han-su (South Korea) was eliminated by Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed (Egypt). In the semi-finals, Geraei beat Zoidze 6-1 meaning Borrero would not take a medal. Geraei would look even more impressive in the semi-final, beating Nasibov 9-1. Stabler would beat Julian Horta (Colombia) 8-0 and follow up against Zoidze to win bronze.
🥇Mohammad Reza Geraei 🇮🇷
🥈Parviz Nasibov 🇺🇦
🥉Frank Stabler 🇩🇪
🥉Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed 🇪🇬
Men’s Greco-Roman -77kg
Tamas Lorincz (Hungary) was helped by a withdrawal meaning one victory, over Shohei Yabiku (Japan), would get him to a semi-final matchup. Two double bronze medalists in the World Championships were expected to clash in the second quarter but Aik Mnatsakanian (Bulgaria) was defeated by Bozo Starcevcic (Croatia) who went on to lose to Mohammad Ali Geraei (Iran). Another bronze medalist in Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (Uzbekistan) was upset by Karapet Chalyan (Armenia) who then went on to beat Aleksandr Chekhirin (Russia). Akzhol Makhmudov (Kyrgyzstan) would impress, opening with an 11-0 win and following it up with a 9-1 victory over Rafig Huseynov (Azerbaijan). Lorincz would edge Ali Geraei whilst Makhmudov continued his impressive Games with a 6-2 win. Lorincz was able to stop the run, with a 2-1 victory. Yakibu would get a walkover in his opening repechage contest, and managed to overcome Ali Geraei 13-3. Huseynov would also come through to repechage to medal.
🥇Tomasz Lorincz 🇭🇺
🥈Akzhol Makhmudov 🇰🇬
🥉Shohei Yakibu 🇯🇵
🥉Rafig Huseynov 🇦🇿
Men’s Greco-Roman -87kg
Viktor Lorincz (Hungary) was looking to follow Tomasz with a gold medal and started well, coming through his quarter, impressively beating familiar foe Dennis Kudla (Germany). Mohamed Metwally (Egypt) would beat Daniel Gregorich (Cuba) to make the semi-final. Rustam Assakalov (Uzbekistan), a World Championship bronze medalist would beat the world champion from the weight below Lasha Gobadze (Georgia) in the opening round only to go out to Ivan Huklek (Croatia) in the quarter-final. In the bottom quarter, silver medalist from Rio, Zhan Beleniuk (Ukraine) would cruise through. This would continue in the semi-final, where he beat Huklek 7-1. Lorincz would also win comfortably in the semi, taking a 9-2 victory. In the final Beleniuk was able to improve on his silver, with a 5-1 victory. Both Kudla and Zurab Datunashvili (Serbia) would come through the repechage and win to take bronze medals.
🥇Zhan Beleniuk 🇺🇦
🥈Viktor Lorincz 🇭🇺
🥉Dennis Kudla 🇩🇪
🥉Zurab Datunashvili 🇷🇸
Men’s Greco-Roman -97kg
Musa Evloev (Russia) was the dominant force in recent years and made her way through to the semi-finals relatively easily. Double world Championships bronze medalist Mikheil Kajaia (Serbia) was upset by G’Angelo Hancock (United States) before he was beaten by Tadeusz Michalik (Poland). Cenk Ildem (Turkey) won bronze in the 2016 Olympics but was defeated in the opening round here as Mohammad Hadi Saravi (Iran) came through his quarter. 2016 Olympic champion Artur Aleksanyan (Armenia) headlined his quarter and came through with victories of 4-1 and 5-1. In the semi-final, Evloev won 7-1, whilst Aleksanyan won 4-1 to set up the dream final. It was Evloev who managed to get that win 5-1. In this weight division, both the semi-finalists would take the bronze medals.
🥇Musa Evloev 🇷🇺
🥈Artur Aleksanyan 🇦🇲
🥉Mohammad Hadi Saravi 🇮🇷
🥉Tadeusz Michalik 🇵🇱
Men’s Greco-Roman -130kg
Riza Kayaalp (Turkey) would take advantage of a relatively easy path to the semi-final, where he was drawn against arch-rival and all-time great Mijain Lopez (Cuba) looking to add a fourth Olympic gold. He cruised through to the semis with 9-0 wins over the Asian and European champions. Yasmani Acosta (Chile) would win the third quarter and Sergey Semenov (Russia) was beaten by Iakob Kajaja (Georgia). Lopez managed to edge Kayaalp 2-0 whilst Kajaja got the win to make the final. In the final Lopez showed his dominance with a 5-0 win meaning he did not concede a point throughout the whole tournament. It was Semenov and Kayaalp who would take the bronze medals.
🥇Mijain Lopez 🇨🇺
🥈Iakob Kajaja 🇬🇪
🥉Sergey Semenov 🇷🇺
🥉Riza Kayaalp 🇹🇷
Women’s Freestyle -50kg
World champion Mariya Stadnik (Azerbaijan) beat European champion Stalvira Orshush (Russia) and made her way through her quarter. She was looking to add to her collection of Olympic medals, a bronze and two silvers. Yui Susaki (Japan) would set up a semi-final with Stadnik after two 10-0 victories. Sun Yanan (China) was another former Olympic medalist and made her way through her quarter. In a quarter where she was one of three world championship medalists, Sarah Hildebrandt (United States) cruised through with an aggregate score of 23-2. Susaki would comfortably defeat Stadnik 11-0 whilst Yanan edged Hildebrandt. In the final, Susaki would once again show her class, defeating Yanan 10-0, meaning she has a combined score in the Olympics of 41-0. Both Stadnik and Hildebrandt would hold on to the bronze medals with massive wins.
🥇Yui Susaki 🇯🇵
🥈Sun Yanan 🇨🇳
🥉Sarah Hildebrandt 🇺🇸
🥉Mariya Stadnik 🇦🇿
Women’s Freestyle -53kg
Vinesh Phogat (India), a world championship bronze medalist, would beat 2016 Olympic medalist Sofia Mattsson (Sweden), but was defeated in the quarter-final by Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (Belarus). Medalists in the 2019 World Championship at the weight above, Jacarra Winchester (United States) would defeat Olga Khoroshavtseva (Russia) 7-0, only to lose to reigning double bronze medalist Pang Qianyu (China) in the quarter-final. Bat-Ochiryn Bolortuyaa (Mongolia) would come through her quarter to face Mayu Mukaida (Japan). The Japanese wrestler would win with an aggregate score of 22-2. Qianyu would edge Kaladzinskaya with Mukaida winning 6-3. In the final Qianyu would take a 4-0 lead but the Japanese wrestler would rebound to win 5-4.
🥇Mayu Mukaida 🇯🇵
🥈Pang Qianyu 🇨🇳
🥉Bat-Ochiryn Bolortuyaa 🇲🇳
🥉Vanesa Kaladzinskaya 🇧🇾
Women’s Freestyle -57kg
Risako Kawai (Japan) impressed early on with 8-2 and 7-0 wins to make it through to the semi-final. In the semi-final she would come up against 2016 Olympic champion Helen Maroulis (United States), overcoming a tough draw including 2018 world champion Rong Ningning (China). Iryna Kurachkina (Belarus) would overcome Valeria Koblova (Russia). Three-time world championship medalist Odunayo Adekuoroye (Nigeria) was upset in round one by Anastasia Nichita (Moldova) who went on to be defeated by Evelina Nikolova (Bulgaria). In the semi-finals, Kawai got a 2-1 victory over Maroulis, all the points were passivity points. Kurachkina overcame Nikolova 11-0. In the final Kurachkina would push Kawai but the Japanese lady took a 5-0 win.
🥇Risako Kawai 🇯🇵
🥈Iryna Kurachkina 🇧🇾
🥉Helen Maroulis 🇺🇸
🥉Evelina Nikolova 🇧🇬
Women’s Freestyle -62kg
Aisuluu Tynybekova (Kyrgyzstan) entered as number one seed but was in a tough quarter, with numerous former world championship medalists. She would make her way through comfortably though winning 8-0 and 6-0 to make the semi-final. The favourite in the second quarter Iryna Koliadenko (Ukraine) would make her way through. Yukako Kawai (Japan) would have another tough quarter, beating 2019 World Championship silver medalist Lyubov Ovcharova (Russia) and Henna Johansson (Sweden) who won bronze in 2019. Taybe Husain (Hungary) would come through the bottom quarter. She would go down 3-2 to Kawai in the semi-final, whilst Tynybekova beat Koliadenko 10-0. Kawai would beat her in the final, with a 4-3 victory.
🥇Yukako Kawai 🇯🇵
🥈Aisuluu Tynybekova 🇰🇬
🥉Iryna Koliadenko 🇺🇦
🥉Taybe Husain 🇭🇺
Women’s Freestyle -68kg
Tamyra Mensah (United States) looked imperious, beating reigning Olympic champion Sara Dosho 10-0 and Zhou Feng (China) by the same scoreline to reach the semi-final. Former world champion Alla Cherkasova (Ukraine) would also go through to the semi-finals without dropping a point. In that semi-final, Mensah got the 10-4 victory. Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg (Mongolia) came through a tough quarter to take on Blessing Oborududu (Nigeria) in the semi-final. Oborududu would beat her 7-2. In the final, Mensah would take a 4-1 victory. In the repechage, Dosho and Meerim Zhumanazarova (Kyrgyzstan) would make it to the bronze medal match, but only Zhumanazarova would win the bronze.
🥇Tamyra Mensah 🇺🇸
🥈Blessing Oborududu 🇳🇬
🥉Meerim Zhumanazarova 🇰🇬
🥉Alla Cherkasova 🇺🇦
Women’s Freestyle -76kg
Adeline Grey (United States) came through her quarter with a win over Yasemin Adar (Turkey). She would have expected to face Natalia Vorobieva (Russia) in the semi-final but Aiperi Medet Kyzy (Kyrgyzstan) beat her 12-0 and 2016 bronze medalist Elmira Syzdykova (Kazakhstan). A 2016 gold medalist Erica Wiebe (Canada) was knocked out in the opening round by Epp Mae (Estonia) who went down to Hiroe Minagawa (Japan). Aline Rotter-Focken (Germany) beat Zhou Qian (China) to take her place in the semi-final. Grey would beat Kyzy 3-2 and Rotter-Focken won 3-1 to set up their final. Rotter-Focken was able to get the win over her friend Grey with some impressive counter manoeuvres. Adar would get victories over Zaineb Sghaier (Tunisia) and Kyzy to take bronze. Qian would also come through the repechage to win bronze.
🥇Aline Rotter-Focken 🇩🇪
🥈Adeline Grey 🇺🇸
🥉Zhou Qian 🇨🇳
🥉Yasemin Adar 🇹🇷
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