Olympic Wrestling Live Blog: Tuesday Session I: Hildebrandt, Bey, Rau up for USA

Greco Roman 77 kg semifinals pairings

Nao Kusaka (Japan) vs. Malkhas Amoyan (Armenia)

Demeu Zhadrayev (Kazakhstan)  vs. Sanan Suleymanov (Azerbaijan)

Quarterfinals results

Nao Kusaka (Japan) tech fall Aram Vardanyan (Uzbekistan)12-2

Malkhas Amoyan (Armenia) dec. Amin Kaviyaninejad (Iran) 3-0

Demeu Zhadrayev (Kazakhstan)  dec. Akzhol Makhmudov (Kyrgyzstan) 3-1

Sanan Suleymanov (Azerbaijan) dec. Zoltan Levai (Hungary) 1-1

Greco Roman 97 kg semifinal pairings

Artur Aleksanyan (Armenia) vs. Gabriel Rosillo (Cuba)

Mohammadhadi Saravi (Iran) vs. Mohamed Gabr (Egypt)

Quarterfinal results

Artur Aleksanyan (Armenia) dec. Rustam Assakalov (Uzbekistan) Dec 9-5

Gabriel Rosillo (Cuba) dec. Arvi Savolainen (Finland) Dec 5-2

Mohammadhadi Saravi (Iran) tech fall Uzur Dzhuzupbekov (Kyrgyzstan) TF 8-0

Mohamed Gabr (Egypt) dec. Abubakar Khaslakhanau (Neutral Athletes) Dec 4-1

Women 50 kg finals pairings

Vinesh (India) vs. Yusneylis Guzman (Cuba)

Sarah Hildebrandt (USA) vs. Otgonjargal Dolgorjav (Mongolia)

Quarterfinals results

Vinesh (India) dec. Oksana Livach (Ukraine) 7-5

Yusneylis Guzman (Cuba) tech fall Gabija Dilyte (Lithuania) 10-0

Sarah Hildebrandt (USA) dec. Ziqi Feng (China) , 7-4

Otgonjargal Dolgorjav (Mongolia) dec. Mariya Stadnik (Azerbaijan) 4-3

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In the semifinals, Hildebrandt will face No. 2 seed Otgonjargal Dolgorjav of Mongolia. Dolgorjav is a three-time Senior World medalist, with silver medals in 2022 and 2023.

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Mohammadhadi Saravi (Iran) tech. fall (KGZ) Uzur Dzhuzupbekov (Kyrgyzstan), 8-0 in the quarterfinals at 97 kg. This means Joe Rau remains eligible for repechage. Saravi must win tonight’s semifinals for Rau to get pulled back in.

Demeu Zhadrayev (Kazakhstan) dec. Akzhol Makhmudov (Kyrgyzstan) 3-1 in the 77 kg quarterfinals. This eliminates Kamal Bey from the tournament, who is now ineligible for repechage.

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50 kg WFS quarterfinals - Sarah Hildebrandt (USA) dec. Ziqi Feng (China), 7-4

Feng scores a double leg takedown to lead 2-0. Hildebrandt gets a reversal to make it 2-1. Hildebrandt gets a throw by takedown for a 3-2 lead. Add in a Feng takedown to make it 4-3 for Feng. Hildebrandt spins behind for a takedown and a 5-4 lead at the break.

Hildebrandt gets a go-behind with 35 seconds left for a 7-4 lead. She counters tough in the closing seconds and advances to the semifinals with a 7-4 victory.

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In the quarterfinals, Hildebrandt will battle No. 3 seed Ziqi Feng of China, a 2023 World bronze medalist. Feng was second in the 2024 Asian Championships and a 2019 U23 World silver medalist. Hildebrandt beat Feng 4-2 at the 2023 Imre & Varga Memorial in Hungary.

50 kg WFS preliminaries - Sarah Hildebrandt (USA) tech fall Ibtissem Doudou (Algeria), 10-0

Hildebrandt scores on a single leg, 2-0 She gets her ankle lace and turns it four times for a quick 10-0 technical fall in 1:34 win for Hildebrandt.

97 kg GR preliminaries - Mohammadhadi Saravi (Iran) tech fall Joe Rau (USA), 10-1

Saravi hit with passivity, Rau leads 1-0. Rau unable to turn him from top. Saravi forces a step out to tie it at 1-1. We go to the break at 1-1, with Saravi having the tiebreaker.

Rau hit with passivity, giving Saravi a 2-1 lead. A Saravi gut wrench, then another extends his lead to 6-1. A Saravi body lock takedown makes it 8-1. Add another turn on top and Saravi wins, 10-1 by technical fall.

77 kg GR preliminaries - Akzhol Makhmudov (Kyrgyzstan) dec. Kamal Bey (USA), 4-1

Bey hit with passivity, down 1-0. Makhmudov unable to turn Bey. A Makhmudov are throw did not get any points. It is 1-0 at the break for Makhmudov.

Makhmudov forces a step out, 2-0. A Makhmudov attack on the edge gets another step out, 3-0. Bey hit with passivity again and put down, 4-0 Makhmudov not able to turn. Bey gets a point to make it 4-1 and that is how it ends. Makhmudov advances to the quarterfinals.

11:37 a.m. Paris time – Can’t believe what we just saw. At 50 kg in women’s freestyle Vinesh of India scored in the final seconds to beat forever unbeaten No. 1 seed Yui Susaki of Japan, 2-2. The Japan corner challenged the winning move, but the jury denied the challenge. Vinesh beat Susaki, 3-2. If you go to Susaki’s UWW database report, she has never lost in 22 previous UWW international events. This is huge – the kind of upsets you see at the Olympic Games. It also opens up an opportunity for somebody else to get gold – maybe Sarah Hildebrandt of the USA???

11:24 a.m. Paris time - The repechage round is complete for this morning, and the medal matches have been finalized in Group W. Based upon this morning's results, here are the medal pairings for tonight at 7:30 p.m. Paris time.

Group 1 Medal pairings (set during repechage)

Greco-Roman 60 kg

Gold - Kenichiro Fumita (Japan) vs. Liguo Cao (China)

Bronze – Zholaman Sharshenbekov (Kyrgyzstan) vs. Mehdi Mohsen Nejad (Iran)

Bronze – Se ung Ri (North Korea) vs. Raber Rodriguez Orozco (Venezuela)

Greco-Roman 130 kg

Gold - Mijain Lopez (Cuba) vs. Yasmani Acosta (Chile)

Bronze – Sabah Shariati (Azerbaijan) vs. Amin Mirzazadeh (Iran)

Bronze – Lingzhe Meng (China) vs. Abdellatif Mohamed (Egypt)

Women's freestyle 68 kg

Gold - Amit Elor (United States) vs. Meerim Zhumanazarova (Kyrgyzstan)

Bronze – Sol Gum Pak (North Korea) vs. Buse Cavusoglu Tosun (Turkey)

Bronze – Blessing Oborududu (Nigeria) vs. Nonoka Ozaki (Japan)

11:06 a.m. Paris time - We are starting off with Group 1 repechage. The USA has nobody in the repechage. Yesterday, Amit Elor made the 68 kg women's freestyle finals, Adam Coon was eliminated at 130 kg in Greco-Roman, and the USA did not have a qualifier at 60 kg in Greco-Roman. Therefore, this session will determine who goes for bronze in those three Group A weight classes.

11:00 a.m.  Paris time –Good morning America (or night). Wrestling is underway on day two at the Champ de Mars Arena near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, with the preliminaries in three weight classes

Based up their draw, all three USA athletes could be on the mat at the same time.

Mat A, Bout 7 – 77 kg GR preliminaries - Kamal Bey (USA) vs. Akzhol Makhmudov (Kyrgyzstan)

Makhmudov - 2022 and 2023 World champion, 2020 Olympic silver medalist, 2016 U17 World champion

Mat B, Bout 8 – 50 kg WFS preliminaries - Sarah Hildebrandt (USA) vs. Ibtissem Doudou (Algeria)

Doudou - four-time African champion

Mat C, Bout 7 – 97 kg GR preliminaries - Joe Rau (USA) vs. Mohammadhadi Saravi (Iran)

Saravi - 2021 World champion, 2022 and 2023 World bronze medalist, 2018 U20 World champion.

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