Day 2 of the Olympics as wrapped up and today medalists in 3 weights were decided plus finalists were decided at 3 other weights.
Let’s start with Today’s medalists
Greco-Roman 60 KG
The first of two Bronze Medal matches included Temirov of Ukraine who was a surprise Semi-Finalist and Walihan from China. This was a tight match that was tough to decide and it came down to criteria. First Walihan was hit with passivity and then Temirov was hit with passivity later in the match which was enough for Walihan to win Bronze.
The second Bronze Medal match was between Ciobanu of Moldova and Emelin of Russia. Emelin jumped out to a quick lead and never looked back and with an 8-1 lead late in the match Emelin hit a 4 point move to finish off the match and win Bronze.
In the Gold Medal match we saw favorite Fumita of China and surprise Orta Sanchez of Cuba. It start with an Orta Sanchez push out which gave him a 1-0 lead and shortly after was awarded a passivity point. While in Par Terre Orta Sanchez hit a gut wrench for 2 exposure making it 4-0 and that would pretty much do it with Orta Sanchez taking home Gold for Cuba.
Greco-Roman 130 KG
In the first Bronze Medal match was between Mirazazadeh from Iran and Kayaalp from Turkey. This match was all Kayaalp as he jumped out to an early lead and let his Par Terre offense determine the match as Kayaalp took the Bronze winning 7-2.
The second Bronze Medal match was between Acosta Fernandez from Chile and Semenov from Russia. This match came down to criteria as Semenov scored the last passivity point to win Bronze 1-1.
In the Gold Medal match history was in the making as Kajaia of Turkey took on 3 time Olympic Gold Medalist Lopez Nunez of Cuba. Lopez Nunez controlled this match when he first scored on passivity then hit a guy wrench to go up 3-0. After a penalty point and pushout point Lopez Nunez had a 5-0 lead and that would do it. With 10 seconds left Kajaia in good sportsmanship stopped wrestling giving Lopez Nunez the opportunity to soak in his monumental 4th Gold Medal win.
Women’s Freestyle 76 KG
In the first Bronze Medal match we saw Medet Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan take on Adar from Turkey. This match went quick when a Adar recorded the fall in 1:24 taking home the Bronze.
The second match between Minagawa of Japan vs Zhou of China and had the same outcome as the first match. Zhou controlled the match and put Minagawa on her back and in 2:30 Zhou recorded the fall and earned the Bronze Medal.
The Gold Medal match pitted Gray of the United States and Focken of Germany. Both wrestlers had great stories going in to the final match where Gray earned her first Olympic Medal and Focken announced that this was most likely her last competition. After a passivity point which gave Focken a 1-0 lead Gray was in on a shot but Focken countered and scored 2 and could’ve picked up the fall but time expired. Much like the first Gray shot attempt, Focken countered again going feet to back earning 4 points and it was 7-0. Gray fought back earning a pushout and a takedown but it was too little to late and Focken in maybe her last competition took home the Gold.
Other Results
Greco-Roman 77 KG
In today’s new set of matches Lorincz from Hungary earned a berth into the finals by starting out with a forfeit. Then Lorincz beat Yabiku of Japan 3-1 in the Quarterfinals and in the Semi-Finals Lorincz took out Iranian Geraei in a fun match 6-5.
His opponent in the finals will be Makhmudov of Kyrgyzstan after in the first two matches he picked up a pair of tech falls winning 11-0 in the Round of 16 and 9-1 in the Quarterfinals. Makhmudov took on Armenian Chalyan in the Semis and ended up taking the match 6-2.
Matchups
Gold – Tamas Lorincz (Hungary) vs Akzhoi Makhmudov (Kyrgyzstan)
Repechage – Lamjed Maafi (Tunisia) vs Rafig Huseynov (Azerbaijan)
Bronze – Mohammadali Geraei (Iran) vs Shohei Yabiku (Japan)
Bronze – Karapet Chalyan (Armenia) vs TBD
Greco-Roman 97 KG
Evloev of Russia is the first finalist at 97 KG and had a battle to get there. He opened up winning 3-1 and against Szoke of Hungary in the Quarterfinals, Evloev won 6-2. In the Semi-Finals Evloev was in control against Michalik of Poland winning 7-1.
His opponent in in finals will Aleksanyan of Armenia. Aleksanyan won his first match 4-1 and took the Quarterfinals match over Savolainen of Poland 5-1. In the Semi-Finals Aleksanyan took on Iranian Saravi and won the match 4-1 despite being potentially severely injured in the match. Watch Out for his hamstring later on.
Matchups
Gold – Musa Evloev (ROC) vs Artur Aleksanyan (Armenia)
Repechage – Giorgi Melia (Georgia) vs Alex Grego Szoke (Hungary)
Repechage – Uzur Dzhuzupbekov (Kyrgyzstan) vs Arvi Martin Savolainen (Finland)
Bronze – Tadeusz Michalik (Poland) vs TBD
Bronze – Mohammadhadi Saravi (Iran) vs TBD
Women’s Freestyle 68 KG
Another American Tamyra Mensah-Stock or Stock-Mensah as the broadcast was saying it made it to the finals. Mensah-Stock started her first 2 matches out with a pair of 10-0 tech falls over Dosho of Japan and Zhou of China. In the Semi-Finals she took on Cherkasova of Ukraine where it was not as dominant as the first 2 matches but she still won handedly 10-4.
Her opponent in the finals will be Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu. She started out with a dominating performance over Manolova of Azerbaijan winning by tech fall 13-2. She ran into a tough match against Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan where she won 3-2. In the Semi-Finals Oborududu took on Soronzonbold of Mongolia and was in control winning the match 7-2 punching her ticket to the Finals.
Matchups
Gold – Tamyra Mensah-Stock (United States) vs Blessing Oborududu (Nigeria)
Repechage – Sara Dosho (Japan) vs Feng Zhou (China)
Repechage – Elis Manolova (Azerbaijan) vs Meerim Zhumanazarova (Kyrgyzstan)
Bronze – Alla Cherkasova (Ukraine) vs TBD
Bronze – Battseg Soronzonbold (Mongolia) vs TBD
Action will kick off tonight with Repechage matches and Qualification Rounds in Greco-Roman (67 KG, 87 KG) and Women’s Freestyle (62 KG) at 10:00 pm tonight and the Medal Matches will start tomorrow at 5:15 am.
Results from all the wrestling so far and the new draws can be found here: (2020 Olympics Brackets)