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Japan wins Olympic wrestling medal count with 11, Iran next with eight, USA in third with seven

Japan won the medal table in the sport of wrestling at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, capturing 11 medals, including an impressive eight individual champions. Japan won six women’s freestyle medals, three men’s freestyle medals and two Greco-Roman medals. Japan won the medal count in the women’s freestyle discipline.

Individual champions from Japan were Akari Fujinami (53 kg women’s freestyle), Tsugumi Sakurai (57 kg women’s freestyle), Sakura Motoki (62 kg women’s freestyle), Yuka Kagami (76 kg women’s freestyle), Rei Higuchi (57 kg men’s freestyle), Kotaro Kiyooka (65 kg men’s freestyle), Kenichiro Fumita (60 kg Greco-Roman) and Nao Kusaka (77 kg Greco-Roman).

Iran was next with eight medals, four in Greco-Roman and four in men’s freestyle. Iran won the medal table for both Greco-Roman and men’s freestyle with four each. Iran had two Olympic champions, Saeid Esmaeili (67 kg Greco-Roman) and Mohammadhadi Saravi (97 kg Greco-Roman).

The United States came in third with seven medalists, including four in women’s freestyle and three in men’s freestyle. The USA had a pair of individual champions, Sarah Hildebrandt (50 kg women’s freestyle) and Amit Elor (68 kg women’s freestyle). … more at … https://www.themat.com/news/2024/august/15/japan-wins-olympic-wrestling-medal-count-with-11-iran-next-with-eight-usa-in-third-with-seven

August 19, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized