Women's freestyle wrestling
United State's Gable Dan Steveson celebrates after defeating Georgia's Gennadij Cudinovic during their men's freestyle 125kg wrestling final match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
USA Wrestling makes statement, leads way with 9 medals

By Cliff Brunt Aug. 07, 2021 10:54 AM EDT

United States' David Morris Taylor III, right, celebrates defeating India's Deepak Punia compete in the men's 86kg Freestyle semifinal wrestling match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Helen Maroulis loses to Risako Kawai in 57kg semifinals

By Cliff Brunt Aug. 04, 2021 10:20 AM EDT

United States Tamyra Marianna Stock Mensah, left, and compete Nigeria's Blessing Oborududu during the women's 68kg Freestyle wrestling bronze medal match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Mensah-Stock 1st first Black U.S. woman wrestler to win gold

By Cliff Brunt Aug. 03, 2021 10:40 AM EDT

Daiki Hashimoto, of Japan, performs on the horizontal bar during the artistic gymnastics men's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Olympics Latest: Women's semifinals set in beach volleyball

Aug. 02, 2021 09:09 PM EDT

Gold medalist, Cuba's Mijain Lopez Nunez celebrates during the medal ceremony for the men's 130kg Greco-Roman wrestling final match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
USA's Gray loses 76kg final to Germany's Rotter-Focken

By Cliff Brunt Aug. 02, 2021 09:46 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 17, 2015, file photo, United States' Adeline Gray celebrates her gold medal win, defeating Canada's Justina Distasio during the women's freestyle 75 kg final in wrestling competition in the Pan Am Games in Mississauga, Ontario. Gray has done everything except win an Olympic gold medal during her outstanding career. The five-time world champion is one of the most dominant competitors ever in women’s freestyle wrestling. But misfortune struck at the 2016 Games when she lost to Vasilisa Marzaliuk of Belarus in the quarterfinals. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
USA's Gray seeks Olympic gold to go with her 5 world titles

By Cliff Brunt Jul. 28, 2021 12:34 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 28, 2020, file photo, a man with a face mask against the spread of the new coronavirus walks in front of Miraitowa and Someity, mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics at a park in Tokyo. The postponed Tokyo Olympics have again reached the one-year-to-go mark. But the celebration is small this time with more questions than answers about how the Olympics can happen in the middle of a pandemic. That was before COVID-19 postponed the Olympics and pushed back the opening to July 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Column: Olympic athletes ponder what might've been in Tokyo

By Paul Newberry Jul. 24, 2020 06:24 PM EDT