2024-08-15 08:09:51
Yasmani Acosta secured the second Olympic medal for Team Chile and will go for gold in the final against four-time Olympic champion Mijaín López.
After securing the second medal for Team Chile, the fighter Yasmani Acosta will go for the gold medal against the Cuban this Tuesday Mijain Lopez in the final of the Greco-Roman Wrestling at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The national team’s victory over the Chinese Lingzhe Meng, on Monday, allowed him to reach this decisive stage, in which will face the current four-time Olympic champion.
Yasmani Acosta made history at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, after reaching for the first time the final of his specialtyafter the fourth place he achieved in Tokyo 2021.
Who is Yasmani Acosta’s rival for the gold medal?
Considered one of the best exponents in the history of Greco-Roman wrestling, the Cuban Mijain Lopez He is 41 years old and has won every Olympic medal to date since the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
That turned him into the sixth athlete in history to win four consecutive gold medals in the same disciplinein the more than 100 years of history of the modern Olympic Games.
In addition to being a four-time Olympic champion, López He is the current five-time world and Pan American Games champion. in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Where and what time to see Yasamani Acosta
The Greco-Roman wrestling final will be held this Tuesday, August 6, on track B of the Champ de Mars Arena, at a time close to 1:00 p.m. in Chile.
To see the Chilean’s gold medal dispute you can do so through the open signal of Chilevisión or through its online signal, or through the Claro Sports signal on YouTube.