Athletistic / Olympic Games. On August 6, Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez became an Olympic champion again. The 41-year-old became the first man to win five Olympic Games in an individual event.
In Paris, Lopez again won a gold medal at the Olympic Games in the Greco-Roman wrestling competition in the weight category up to 130 kg. In the final, he defeated Chilean Yasmani Acosta.
It is worth noting that Makhin won in this discipline at Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. Thus, Lopez surpassed the achievements of legendary swimmer Michael Phelps and American track and field athlete Carl Lewis: both Americans won gold medals at the Games in the same discipline at four Olympic Games.
- See it for yourself. Russia has announced a boycott of the Paris Olympics.
Mihain Lopez suffered his only defeat at the Olympic Games in the quarterfinals of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens against Russia’s Khasan Baroev.
It is worth noting that among women, German Birgit Fischer (kayak and canoe) won 8 gold medals at six Olympic Games.
Source: Sport
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