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Wrestling

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  1. Japan's Kiyooka and Kagami win wrestling goldpublished at 14:12 11 August 2024

    Yuka Kagami celebrates after winning freestyle wrestling gold at the Paris OlympicsImage source, Getty Images
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    Kagami won her first ever Olympic medal

    Japan won two freestyle wrestling gold medals as Kotaro Kiyooka and Yuka Kagami won in their respective weight categories.

    Kiyooka, 23, triumphed in the men’s 65kg as he beat Iran’s Rahman Amouzadkhalili in the final.

    Albania’s Islam Dudaev claimed bronze.

    Meanwhile, 22-year-old Kagami came out on top in the women’s 76kg, beating the USA’s Kennedy Blades, who took silver.

    Cuba’s Milaimys Marin and Colombia’s Tatiana Renteria won bronze.

    In the men’s 97kg, Bahrain’s Akhmed Tazhudinov claimed gold, defeating Georgia’s silver-winning Givi Matcharashvili.

    Iran’s Amirali Azarpira and Azerbaijan’s Magomedkhan Magomedov won bronze.

  2. Uzbekistan, Georgia and Japan win wrestling goldspublished at 21:09 10 August 2024

    Sakura Motoki of JapanImage source, Getty Images

    Wrestlers from Uzbekistan, Georgia and Japan all won Olympic gold medals at Paris 2024 on Saturday.

    Uzbekistan's Razambek Jamalov took the men's 74kg freestyle Olympic title, beating Japan's Daichi Takatani who claimed silver.

    Kyle Dake of the United States and Albania's Chermen Valiev won bronze.

    Geno Petriashvili of Georgia clinched gold in the men's 125kg, while Iran's Amir Hossein Zare took silver.

    Taha Akgul of Turkey and Giorgi Meshvildishvil of Azerbaijan secured bronze.

    Sakura Motoki of Japan won the women's 62kg freestyle gold, while Ukraine's Iryna Koliadenko settled for silver.

    Bronze medals were won by Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan and Grace Bullen of Norway.