2024-08-08 02:41:47
41-year-old Lopez has become the first athlete in the history of the Olympic Games to win five consecutive Olympics in one sport. The Cuban is also the first wrestler to win five Olympic gold medals.
Lopez has become the Olympic champion in the heaviest weight category in Greco-Roman wrestling in all Olympics since the 2008 Beijing Games. He is also a five-time world champion and a five-time winner of the Pan American Games.
After winning the finals of the Paris Olympics, Lopez placed his sneakers in the middle of the wrestling mat, symbolically ending his sports career.
It has already been reported that the Cuban beat the Chilean Jasman Acosta 6-0 in the final, who won the first medal in history for his country in one of the fighting sports.
The bronze medal was won by China’s Meng Linge, who defeated Egypt’s Abdellatif Mohamed 5-2, and Iran’s Amin Mirzazade, who defeated Azerbaijan’s Salah Shariati 4-0.
Meanwhile, Japanese wrestler Kenichiro Fumita won gold in the weight category up to 60 kilograms at the Paris Olympics.
Tokyo Games silver medalist Fumita beat China’s Cao Liguo 4-1 in the final, while Kyrgyz athlete Zholaman Sharshenbekov, who beat Iran’s Mehdi Mohsen 3-1, and Seung Ri of North Korea (PRC), who beat the Venezuelan 8-0, won bronze medals. Rayver Rodriguez.
The Olympic Games will take place in the French capital until August 11, and not only in the French capital, but also in 16 other places, including the French overseas territory of French Polynesia. The Games program includes 32 sports and 329 sets of medals will be distributed.
2024-08-08 02:41:47