42-year-old wrestler from Cuba is the favorite to win the Olympic Games in Greco-Roman wrestling
There is just over a week left until the start of the Olympic Wrestling Games in Paris, and every day more and more interesting details are becoming known to the public.
As is known, only the strongest, fully prepared and, most importantly, young athletes participate in the Olympic Games. But our hero is not interested in any standards or restrictions.
42-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler Mihain Lopez will go to Paris for Olympic gold as part of the Cuban national team. Despite his age, he is considered one of the main favorites to win the 130 kg weight category. Meehane is a four-time Olympic champion, five-time world champion and nine-time Pan American champion.
For four Olympic cycles in a row, no one was able to defeat him in the Olympic tournaments. In appearance, he is already an old man, and perhaps there will be a young and promising opponent who can send him into retirement, but so far no one has been found.
It became known that one of the Cuban's opponents, Turkish heavyweight Ryza Kayaalp, was disqualified and will not go to the Olympic Games due to a violation of anti-doping control rules. Now the only wrestler who can stop this legend is the Iranian wrestler Amin Mirzazadeh, the current world champion in this weight category. He is very strong and young.
All that remains is to wait for the start of the Olympic Games and see whether experience or youth will win.
