{"id":39436,"date":"2021-08-02T13:57:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T13:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=39436"},"modified":"2021-08-02T13:57:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T13:57:21","slug":"tokyo-olympics-mijain-lopez-wins-fourth-straight-gold-in-greco-roman-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=39436","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Olympics: Mijain Lopez wins fourth straight gold in Greco-Roman wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lopez, who was competing in the 130kg category, was the only athlete in Tokyo aiming for their fourth gold in the same individual event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez cemented his position in history by winning his fourth straight Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo Games.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 38-year-old Cuban beat Georgia’s Iakobi Kajaia 5-0 at the Makuhari Messe Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He is the most successful male Olympic wrestler of all time and only the fifth athlete in history to win four golds in the same individual event. <\/span><\/p>\n

“I feel happy, proud to be the best in the world and make history,” he said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Lopez had said he would retire after Tokyo 2020, but soon after winning gold he did not rule out a bid for a record-breaking fifth gold at Paris 2024, when he will be 41. <\/span><\/p>\n

“I don’t want to say yes or no, but to everyone, Mijain is alive,” Lopez said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’ve had a long career, working hard to make these goals and break this record.”<\/span><\/p>\n

At the conclusion of the match, Lopez hoisted his coach on to his shoulder, carrying him around the mat in wild celebration. <\/span><\/p>\n

He joins an exclusive list of athletes who have won four goals in the same individual event – Paul Elvstrom (Finn sailing, 1948-1960), Al Oerter (discus, 1956-1968), Carl Lewis (long jump, 1984-1996), and Michael Phelps (200m individual medley, 2004-2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lopez, who was competing in the 130kg category, was the only athlete in Tokyo aiming for their fourth gold in the same individual event Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez cemented his position in history by winning his fourth straight Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo Games. The 38-year-old Cuban beat Georgia’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hindi-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/119704091_mediaitem119703415.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}