Japan's Kiyooka and Kagami win wrestling goldpublished at 14:12 11 August 202414:12 11 August 2024
Image source,Getty ImagesKagami won her first ever Olympic medal
Japan won two freestyle wrestling gold medals as Kotaro Kiyooka and Yuka Kagami won in their respective weight categories.
Kiyooka, 23, triumphed in the men’s 65kg as he beat Iran’s Rahman Amouzadkhalili in the final.
Albania’s Islam Dudaev claimed bronze.
Meanwhile, 22-year-old Kagami came out on top in the women’s 76kg, beating the USA’s Kennedy Blades, who took silver.
Cuba’s Milaimys Marin and Colombia’s Tatiana Renteria won bronze.
In the men’s 97kg, Bahrain’s Akhmed Tazhudinov claimed gold, defeating Georgia’s silver-winning Givi Matcharashvili.
Iran’s Amirali Azarpira and Azerbaijan’s Magomedkhan Magomedov won bronze.
