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Cuban Lopez wins fifth Olympic gold in wrestling

By: CubaPLUS Magazine
Aug 06, 2024
Cuban Lopez wins fifth Olympic gold in wrestling

Cuban wrestler Mijaín López today further secured his place among the immortals of world sport by dominating the up to 130 kilogram division of the Greco-Roman style, his fifth crown under the five rings.

Nobody, in any sport, won titles in five summer editions, so the victory against his compatriot Yasmani Acosta left him in a position unknown until now For the gold he won 6-0, but in the case of Acosta he also did something historic, as he secured for Chile the first medal in this sport in this type of competition, in the presence of the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the German Thomas Bach.

The bronzes in this weight went to the Chinese Lingzhe Meng, who beat the Egyptian Abdellatif Mohamed 5-2, and to the Iranian Amin Mirzazadeh, who beat the Azerbaijani Sabah Saleh Shariati 4-0.

(Taken from Prensa Latina)

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