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Big scare in the freestyle wrestling event this Saturday at the Arena Champ-de-Mars. During the round of 16 in the -76 kg category, Romanian Catalina Axente was taken off the mat on a stretcher after suffering an impressive return from her opponent, American Kennedy Blades.
Axente, bronze medalist at the European Championships in 2020 and 2023, fell heavily on her neck. The rescuers took all the time necessary to immobilize him, put a neck brace on him and remove him from the mat.
The American was logically declared the winner and continued her way to the semi-finals where she will face the Kyrgyz Aiperi Medet Kyzy from 6:15 p.m. Paris 2024 has not yet communicated on the state of health of Axente.