At the World Wrestling Championships held in Serbia, Yu Shioya, who competed in the men's Greco-Roman style 55-kilogram weight class, defeated an American wrestler in the 3rd-place match on the 11th, earning the first medal for a Japanese team at this tournament. won a bronze medal.
The wrestling world championships opened in Belgrade, Serbia on the 10th, and the Japanese men's Greco-Roman style, 20-year-old Shiotani, participated in the 55 kg class, which is not an Olympic class.
Shiotani lost in the quarterfinals on the 10th and went to the loser's repechage match on the 11th.
He defeated an Italian player in the repechage match and played an American player in the third place match.
Shiotani scored 4 points in the first minute after the start, and after that he aggressively attacked and accumulated points, winning 7-0 and winning the bronze medal, the first medal for a Japanese team at this tournament.