Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012
27 Jul 2012
55kg Draw:
Olga Butkevych had a bye in her first qualifying round (Link to bracket)
Olga then wrestled Lissette Alexandra Antes Castillo of Ecuador in the 1/8 Finals. This was a closely fought match, and it was lost over three rounds.
A narrow defeat, but then the victor Antes Castillo went on to a her own narrow defeat by Jackeline Renteria Castillo of Columbia also over three rounds. Renteria Castillo was, in turn, narrowly defeated by Tonya Lynn Verbeek of Canada, a match requiring a draw for the clinch to decide the second bout winner.
So, in this sort of company, matches are so close that any one of these wrestlers could have ended up winning the group.
Veebeek went on to claim Silver and Renteria Castillo Bronze. Olga ended in 11th place out of 19 qualifiers.
Overall, Japanese westlers claimed gold in three out of the four available weight classes. Russia gained the fourth.
Both Olga and Shaun Morley, Performance Director, were amazed by the fantastic reception she got from the crowd both before and after her match. Said Shaun, “It was fantastic to see our athlete supported in that way.” Olga added “I deeply regret that I was not able to deliver a performance to match the support.”
Greco-Roman
| 55kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
Soryan Reihanpour R Bayramov P Modos M Semenov |
IRI AZE HUN RUS |
| 60kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
O Noroozi RLashkhi R Matsumoto Z Kuramagomedov |
IRI GEO JPN RUS |
| 66kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
H Kim T Lorincz M Tskhadaia S Guenot |
KOR HUN GEO FRA |
| 74kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
R Vlasov A Julfalakyan A Kazakevic E Ahmadov |
RUS ARM LTU AZE |
| 84kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
A Khugaev KMG Ebrahim D Gajiyev D Janikowski |
RUS EGY KAZ POL |
| 96kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
G Rezaei R Totrov A Aleksanyan J Lidberg |
IRI RUS ARM SWE |
| 120kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
M Lopez Nunez H Nabi R Kayaalp J Euren |
CUB EST TUR SWE |
| Female Wrestling |
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| 48kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
H Obara M Stadnyk C Huynh C Chun |
JPN AZE CAN USA |
| 55kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
S Yoshida T Verbeek J Renteria Castillo Y Ratkevich |
JPN CAN COL AZE |
| 63k | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
K Icho R Jing B Soronzonbold L Volosova |
JPN CHN MGL RUS |
| 72kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
N Vorobieva S Hristova G Manyurova M Unda |
RUS BUL KAZ ESP |
Freestyle
| 55kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
D Otarsultanov V Khinchegashvili K Yang S Yumoto |
RUS GEO PRK JPN |
| 60kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
T Asgarov B Kudukhov C Scott Y Dutt |
AZE RUS USA IND |
| 66kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
T Yonemitsu Sushil Kumar A Tanatarov L Lopez Azcuy |
JPN IND KAZ CUB |
| 74kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
J Burroughs S Goudarzi S Tigiev D Tsargush |
USA IRI UZB RUS |
| 84kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
S Sharifov J Espinal D Marsagishvili E Lashgari |
AZE PUR GEO IRI |
| 96kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
J Varner V Andriitsev G Gogshelidze K Gazyumov |
USA UKR GEO RUS |
| 120kg | Gold Silver Bronze Bronze |
A Taymazof D Modzmanashvili K Ghasemi B Makhov |
UZB GEO IRI RUS |
Olga Butkevych will represent Team GB in the Female Wrestling’s 55kg category.
The session starts at 13:00 on Thursday 9th August
- Event Title: Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012
- Start Date: 27 Jul 2012
- End Date: 12 Aug 2012
- Venue:
The ExCel Arena One Western Gateway
Royal Victoria Dock
London E16 1XL - Website: http://www.london2012.com/wrestling/
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