Kenichiro Fumita celebrates the gold medal match in the men’s 60kg Greek on Tuesday.
6:19 JST, August 7, 2024
PARIS — Japan’s Kenichiro Fumita defeated China’s Cao Liguo on Tuesday in the final of the men’s 60-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling event at the Paris Olympics, winning the country’s first gold medal in the event in 40 years.
Fumita won silver at the 2021 Tokyo Games. Before the final in Paris, he said: “The only thing I’ve thought about for three years is winning the next one. I’m going to do everything I can.”
Nonoka Ozaki celebrates her bronze medal win against Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu in the women’s 68kg freestyle bronze medal match on Tuesday.
Nonoka Ozaki won bronze on Tuesday after beating Nigeria’s Blessing Oborududu in the women’s 68kg freestyle.
