At the World Wrestling Championships held in Serbia, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Mayu Shichichi in the women's 55-kg class and 19-year-old Nonoka Ozaki in the women's 62-kg class both won gold medals.
The wrestling world championship was held in Belgrade, Serbia on the 13th in the women's 55 kg class final, which is not an Olympic weight class. We played against each other.
Shitochi took the lead with two points in the early minutes, and continued to attack aggressively after that to accumulate points.
There was a scene where the opponent complained of pain in his right leg and the match was temporarily suspended, but Shitochi continued to hold the initiative until the end and won the technical fall 10-0 to win the gold medal for the first time in this tournament as a Japanese team. did.
Shitochi won all five games until the final without losing a single point, and at the World Championships, it was his third gold medal after winning in 2016 and 2018.
In the women's 62-kilogram class, 19-year-old Ozaki from Tokyo defeated a Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Kyrgyzstan in the semifinals to advance to the final.
In the final against an American player, Ozaki aggressively attacked from the beginning and scored a point first, and after that he continued to attack and overwhelmed with a 10-0 technical fall win and won the gold medal.
Ozaki, who won the bronze medal at her first world championships last year, won her first gold medal at the world championships.
In addition, Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Kenichiro Fumita won the bronze medal in the men's Greco-Roman style 60 kg class, defeating an athlete from Azerbaijan 5-1 in the third-place match.