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Rio 2016 Olympic Freestyle Wrestling: Day 2 Recap – Maroulis takes gold
- Updated: August 19, 2016
Day two of freestyle wrestling kicked off in Rio as more women took to the mats. While day one featured history being made and a newcomer for Team USA; day two featured some established names and an American taking a gold medal.
Helen Maroulis walked away with the gold medal in the 53kg weight class after defeating Saori Yoshida of Japan with the score of 4-1. With this win she became the first American female gold medalist and she did so by defeating Yoshida who is a 16-time World and Olympic champion.
Her day included going 5-0 in multiple matches in which she dominated her opponents. Maroulis is a decorated wrestler, winning a gold, silver …
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