The Cuban athlete Mijaín López, a four-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, demonstrated his dominance for the second time on Monday at the Paris 2024 Olympics by winning the match against the Iranian Amin Mirzazadeh, the current world champion.
López defeated Mirzazadeh with a score of 3-1, securing his place in the semifinals. The Cuban made his debut in Paris on August 5, in the over 130 kg category, with a comfortable victory of 7-0 against the South Korean Seungchan Lee.
The fight between Mijaín López and Iranian wrestler Amin Mirzazadeh was what many considered a preliminary final.
López, known as the "GOAT" (the greatest of all time) of Greco-Roman style, is ready to achieve his goals in these games.
The Cuban fighter would set a record if he secures his fifth gold medal at the Olympic Games, surpassing the record of fencer Ramón Fonst, who won four consecutive gold medals 120 years ago.
Mijaín López is currently part of an elite group of five international athletes who have won four consecutive gold medals in the same specialty.
Additionally, the Cuban could enter the records of Paris 2024 as the oldest wrestler to win an Olympic medal, surpassing Adolf Lindfors, gold medalist in 1920.
Since his debut in Athens 2004, where he finished fifth, López has been the absolute owner of the Olympic gold in the following editions.
To optimize its performance, the Cuban delegation decided that the flag bearer for the opening of these Olympic Games would not be the usual one, delegating this responsibility to the boxer Julio César La Cruz.
So far, the Cuban delegation is in 63rd place in the medal table, far from the expectations of the island's authorities.
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