Three U.S. wrestlers – Spencer Lee, Aaron Brooks and Helen Maroulis – have earned the right to wrestle for Olympic freestyle medals in Paris. Lee will go for gold. He dominated the 57-kilogram semifinal from the start to beat Uzbekistan’s Gulomjon Abdullaev 14-4 on technical superiority in under three minutes.
Spencer Richard Lee, of the United State celebrates after defeating Uzbekistan ’s Gulomjon Abdullaev in their men’s freestyle 57kg semifinal wrestling match, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris, France. Spencer Richard Lee, of the United State and Uzbekistan ’s Gulomjon Abdullaev compete in their men’s freestyle 57kg semifinal wrestling match, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris, France.
Brooks, the four-time national champion at Penn State who defeated Tokyo gold medalist David Taylor at the Olympic trials, opened Thursday by knocking off No. 1 seed Azamat Dauletbekov of Kazakhstan 4-3. He then beat Japan’s Hayato Ishiguro 11-1 and led Bulgaria’s Mahomed Ramazanov 3-0 in the semifinal before Ramazanov rallied and won with a takedown in the final seconds.
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