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The Yomiuri Shimbun Kenichiro Fumita celebrates after the men’s Greco-Roman 60kg gold medal match on Tuesday.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
6:19 JST, August 7, 2024
PARIS — Japan’s Kenichiro Fumita defeated China’s Cao Liguo in the men’s 60-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling final at Paris Olympics on Tuesday, securing the country’s first gold medal in the event in 40 years.
Fumita took silver in the Tokyo Games in 2021. Before the Paris final, he said, “All I’ve been thinking about for three years is winning the next one. I’m going to give it everything I’ve got.”
Reuters Nonoka Ozaki celebrates winning bronze in the match against Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria in the women’s freestyle 68-kg bronze medal match on Tuesday.
Nonoka Ozaki won bronze in the women’s freestyle 68-kilogram event on Tuesday after defeating Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria in women’s freestyle 68-kilogram match on Tuesday.
