Olympic Wrestling Live Blog: Tuesday Session II: Elor goes for gold, Hildebrandt in semifinals

We are going into 68 kg medal matches. Amit Elor, in the finals, is up after two more matches.

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Greco-Roman 130 kg medal matches

Gold - Mijain Lopez (Cuba)

Silver - Yasmani Acosta (Chile)

Bronze – Amin Mirzazadeh (Iran)

Bronze – Lingzhe Meng (China)

5^th - Sabah Shariati (Azerbaijan)

5^th - Abdellatif Mohamed (Egypt)

7^th - Mantas Knystautas (Lithuania)

8^th - Alimkhan Syzdykov (Kazakhstan)

9^th - Kiril Milenov Milov (Bulgaria)

10^th -  Heiki Nabi (Estonia)

Gold - Mijain Lopez (Cuba) dec. Yasmani Acosta (Chile), 6-0

Bronze – Amin Mirzazadeh (Iran) dec. Sabah Shariati (Azerbaijan), 4-0

Bronze – Lingzhe Meng (China) dec. Abdellatif Mohamed (Egypt), 5-2

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Even better, Lopez takes off his shoes and leaves them in the center of the mat, to signify his retirement.

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In the second period, Acosta is hit with passivity, making it 4-0. He does not turn Acosta. Add in a go behind by Lopez to lead 6-0.  Time runs out and Lopez wins, 6-0.

OLYMPIC HISTORY!!!

Mijian Lopez of Cuba becomes the first athlete from any sport in history to win a gold medal in the same discipline in five consecutive Olympic Games.

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In the first period, Lopez leads 1-0 on a passivity call. On top, Lopez gets a gut wrench to lead 3-0. Lopez leads at the break, 3-0.

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Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, got to the wrestling venue in time for the finals match with Mijian Lopez. Imagine that.

Greco-Roman 130 kg medal matches

Bronze – Amin Mirzazadeh (Iran) dec. Sabah Shariati (Azerbaijan), 4-0

Bronze – Lingzhe Meng (China) dec. Abdellatif Mohamed (Egypt), 5-2

Now here comes the big one.

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

Greco-Roman 60 kg

Gold - Kenichiro Fumita (Japan)

Silver - Liguo Cao (China)

Bronze – Zholaman Sharshenbekov (Kyrgyzstan)

Bronze – Se ung Ri (North Korea)

5^th - Mehdi Mohsen Nejad (Iran)

5^th -  Raber Rodriguez Orozco (Venezuela)

7^th - Islomjon Bakhramov (Uzbekistan)

8^th  Enes Basar (Turkey)

9^th - Razvan Arnault (Romania)

10^th - Moamen Ahmed Rabie Mohamed (Egpyt)

Gold - Kenichiro Fumita (Japan) vs. Liguo Cao (China), 4-1

Bronze – Zholaman Sharshenbekov (Kyrgyzstan) dec. Mehdi Mohsen Nejad (Iran), 3-1

Bronze – Se ung Ri (North Korea) tech fall Raber Rodriguez Orozco (Venezuela), 8-0

We are going into the medal matches for Group 1

First up is Greco-Roman 60 kg, then Greco-Roman 130 kg, then women’s freestyle 68 kg.

Mat B, Bout 9 - 68 kg WFS gold medal - Amit Elor (United States) vs. Meerim Zhumanazarova (Kyrgyzstan)

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Women 50 kg finals pairing

Vinesh (India) vs. Sarah Hildebrandt (USA)

Semifinals

Vinesh (India) dec. Yusneylis Guzman (Cuba), 5-0

Sarah Hildebrandt (USA) dec. Otgonjargal Dolgorjav (Mongolia), 5-0

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50 kg WFS semifinals - Sarah Hildebrandt (USA) dec. Otgonjargal Dolgorjav (Mongolia), 5-0

Go behind takedown for Hildebrandt, up 2-0. Lots of USA-USA chants, FYI. Hildebrandt on a counter spin behind takedown, 4-0. Penalty point and caution against Dolgorjav, 5-0. Sarah leads at the break, 5-0

Hildebrandt counters a good attack to stalemate. Dolgorjav unable to get to an offense, with some great Hildebrandt defense. Time runs out. Hildebrandt wins, 5-0 and is in the OLYMPIC FINALS!!!

#Paris2024 See it live @Peacock

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Women 50 kg semifinals

Vinesh (India) dec. Yusneylis Guzman (Cuba), 5-0

Up now - Sarah Hildebrandt (USA) vs. Otgonjargal Dolgorjav (Mongolia)

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Greco Roman 97 kg finals pairing

Artur Aleksanyan (Armenia) vs. Mohammadhadi Saravi (Iran)

Semifinal results

Artur Aleksanyan (Armenia) dec. Gabriel Rosillo (Cuba), 5-3

Mohammadhadi Saravi (Iran) dec. Mohamed Gabr (Egypt), 6-0

With Mohammadhadi Saravi of Iran reaching the 97 kg finals, Joe Rau (USA) is pulled back into repechage on Wednesday morning. Rau will face Uzur Dzhuzupbekov of Kyrgyzstan in repechage. If Rau wins the repechage match, he will reach a bronze-medal bout Wednesday night.

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Greco Roman 77 kg finals pairings

Nao Kusaka (Japan) vs. Demeu Zhadrayev (Kazakhstan)

Semifinal results

Nao Kusaka (Japan) dec. Malkhas Amoyan (Armenia), 3-1

Demeu Zhadrayev (Kazakhstan) dec. Sanan Suleymanov (Azerbaijan), 6-1

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6:15 p.m. Paris time. It is time to rock. We start with Greco-Roman 77 kg then 97 kg, followed by women's freestyle at 50 kg. Sarah Hildebrandt is bout five. We will post the results by weight class as they finish. Well, of course with more detail about Sarah.

5:45 p.m. Paris time - This will be a big night for U.S. women’s wrestling, as two of the team’s stars have a chance to make history.

If Sarah Hildebrandt wins the 50 kg semifinals match, she will guarantee a second career Olympic medal. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. This would tie her with Helen Maroulis, a 2016 Olympic champion and 2020 Olympic bronze medalist, as the only U.S. women with a second Olympic medal. Maroulis competes in two days, seeking a third Olympic medal.

If Amit Elor wins the gold medal at 68 kg, she becomes only the third U.S. woman to win an Olympic gold medal, joining Maroulis and Tamyra Mensah Stock, the 2020 Olympic champion at 68 kg. In addition, she would become the youngest U.S. wrestler to win an Olympic title, regardless of style or gender, coming in younger than then 20-year-old Kyle Snyder when he won a 2016 Olympic gold medal at 97 kg in men’s freestyle.

This session begins at 6:15 p.m. Paris time, which is 12:15 p.m. in the U.S. Eastern time zone. All of this is live on Peacock.

Tuesday’s Group 2 semifinals and Group 1 finals

U.S. mat assignments

Mat B, Bout 6 – 50 kg WFS semifinals - Sarah Hildebrandt (USA) vs. Otgonjargal Dolgorjav (Mongolia)

Mat B, Bout 15– 68 kg WFS gold medal - Amit Elor (United States) vs. Meerim Zhumanazarova (Kyrgyzstan)

USA Wrestling will be posting live blogs daily during the wrestling competition of the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Wrap stories follow each session, and additional content will be posted to USA Wrestling’s social media platforms.