Japan’s Kusaka and Iran’s Saravi win Greco-Roman golds

Japan’s Kusaka and Iran’s Saravi win Greco-Roman golds

Nao Kusaka wins the men's 77kg category while Mohammad Hadi Saravi wins the men's 97kg category.

Nao Kusaka 2024 Paris Olympics
Japan’s Nao Kusaka (top) and Kazakhstan’s Demeu Zhadrayev compete during the 2024 Paris Olympics. (AP pic)
PARIS:
Japan’s Nao Kusaka won the gold medal in the men’s 77kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, while Demeu Zhadrayev of Kazakhstan claimed silver.

Armenia’s Malkhas Amoyan and Kyrgyzstan’s Akzhol Makhmudov took bronze.

Iran’s Mohammad Hadi Saravi won gold in the men’s 97kg, while Artur Aleksanyan of Aremina claimed silver.

Cuba’s Gabriel Rosillo and Uzur Dzhuzupbetook of Kyrgyzstan took bronze.

In the women’s freestyle, Sarah Hildebrandt of the US won the 50kg gold beating silver medallist Yusneylys Guzman.

Japan’s Yui Susaki and Feng Ziqi of China won bronze.

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