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[ad_1] It’s a unique challenge, the kind of challenge that only a legend can take on. Superstar of Greco-Roman wrestling and already crowned Olympic champion in the -130 kg category in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021, the Cuban Mijain Lopez has the opportunity this Tuesday evening (around 8:30 p.m.) to definitively make history by becoming … Read More “Mijain Lopez, the Cuban giant who can make Olympic history” »
[ad_1] The final boss has adorned his legend with new golden letters. The style that propels you alone on your planet, unmatched. Superstar of Greco-Roman wrestling and already crowned Olympic champion in the -130 kg category in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021, the Cuban Mijain Lopez achieved an unprecedented tour de force. By winning (6-0) … Read More “Crowned Olympic champion for the fifth time in a row, Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez makes history” »
[ad_1] First the left leg, always. Then the right leg. Failing to be able to transmit even an ounce of his incomparable talent, or even the beginning of the magical recipe in which he fell in Pinar del Rio, in the west of Cuba, almost 42 years ago , Mijain Lopez took care to leave … Read More “five-time Olympic champion, the Cuban colossus Mijain Lopez in the legend (Wrestling)” »
[ad_1] Mijain Lopez Nunez (Olympic champion in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021 and 2024) : “For me, this means a lot. As I’ve always said, it’s good to win just one gold medal at the Olympic Games, but to win three, four, five is incredible. It’s a way to show that all these victories are just … Read More ““There Was No Better Time” (Wrestling)” »
[ad_1] In front of the very numerous and very noisy audience at the Arena Champ-de-Mars, Mamadassa Sylla won her round of 16 fight in the -67 kg category in Greco-Roman wrestling on Wednesday, against the Tunisian Souleymen Nasr (1-1 ). The Frenchman qualified by winning the last technical point. He will face Armenian Slavik Galstyan … Read More “Mamadassa Sylla qualified for the -67 kg quarter-finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics” »
[ad_1] Less than an hour after winning his round of 16, Mamadassa Sylla returned to the Arena Champ-de-Mars, still white-hot, to compete in his quarter-final in the -67 kg category. Greco-Roman wrestling. Opposed to the Armenian Slavik Galstyan, very tall and slender for his category, the Frenchman was beaten (3-2) and therefore leaves the table. … Read More “Mamadassa Sylla (-67 kg), beaten in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Olympics, can hope for a repechage” »
[ad_1] Then the room rose, unanimously, to pay tribute to the man who is a deeply respected and appreciated athlete in the world of wrestling but above all an immense symbol for his country, Ukraine. Jan Beleniouk then began a few traditional Ukrainian dance steps of which he is a fan and with which he … Read More “Jan Beleniouk, the Ukrainian MP who won a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, legend of his country” »
[ad_1] This Friday, around 5 a.m., Egyptian Olympic delegation athlete Mohamed Elsayed was arrested by the police in front of a café in the 13th arrondissement. The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed information from Parisian indicating that the wrestler was suspected of having sexually assaulted a female bar patron. “He is accused of having placed a … Read More “Egyptian wrestler Mohamed Elsayed arrested in Paris for sexual assault” »
[ad_1] The meager hope of competing for a bronze medal via the repechage quickly died out for Améline Douarre, after her inaugural defeat. Beaten this Friday in the round of 16 of the Olympic Games in the -62 kg category by the Canadian Ana Paula Godinez Gonzalez (5-2), the 24-year-old wrestler, licensed in Bagnolet, had … Read More “Beaten in the round of 16 of the 2024 J0 in the -62 kg category, wrestler Améline Douarre is eliminated” »
[ad_1] “ My dream is shattered. Goodbye wrestling, 2001-2024. I will always be grateful to you. I’m sorry. » Moved, disoriented, inconsolable. Vinesh Phogat (29) saw her hopes of becoming an Olympic wrestling champion dashed by 100 grams on Wednesday. While she was qualified for the -50 kg final, the Indian wrestler was unable to … Read More “Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, disqualified in the final of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for being 100 grams too heavy at weigh-in, is demanding a silver medal from the Court of Arbitration for Sport” »
