42-year-old Cuban wrestler knocks out Olympic favorite
The Olympic wrestling competitions kicked off in Paris on August 5. The first hour of the tournament has already seen a lot of interesting and sensational things.
The two main favorites in the 130 kg weight category met in the quarterfinals: Cuban four-time Olympic champion Mikhein Lopez and the current world champion from Iran Amin Mirzazadeh. It can be said that there are no other big favorites in this weight category. In this early final, the Cuban master, despite his age, wins over the Iranian with a score of 3:1 and is aiming for his fifth Olympic gold medal.
Before the fight with the Iranian, Mikhein Lopez defeated the representative of South Korea with a score of 7:0 in the 1/8 finals.
