Youth Olympics beach wrestling: Diatta and Diop win Senegal’s first golds
Elisabeth Diatta won the −55 kg title to give host Senegal its first Youth Olympic gold, before Maguette Diop took the −80 kg title.
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Elisabeth Diatta won the −55 kg title to give host Senegal its first Youth Olympic gold, before Maguette Diop took the −80 kg title.
Elisabeth Diatta gave host Senegal its first Youth Olympic gold in beach wrestling, and Maguette Diop followed with another title at the Dakar Games, France 24 said.
The finals at Saly Beach West came on beach wrestling’s first appearance at an Olympic event. Both Senegalese wrestlers had finished fourth at the year’s under-17 world championships.
Diatta beat Japan’s Reisa Kojima, the reigning under-17 world champion, 5–1 in the girls' 55 kg final. DR Congo’s Stephie Tsimba Manzanza took bronze with a 3–1 win over Azerbaijan’s Gunel Karimli.
In the boys' 80 kg final, Diop beat Azerbaijan’s Nihad Suleymanli, a two-time under-17 world champion, 4–0. Diop challenged a decision that had initially given Suleymanli three points; a review reversed it and awarded the points to Diop.
Iran’s Reza Jalilian, an under-17 world silver medalist, won bronze in that category, beating Greece’s Konstantinos Mourtzilakis 4–2.
Four more beach-wrestling champions are scheduled to be crowned Sunday: in the boys' 70 kg and 90 kg and girls' 45 kg and 65 kg events.
Suren Katvalyan beat Egypt’s Fahd Wazir at 65 kg after the referee stopped their bout, guaranteeing at least bronze and a semifinal place.
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