John Stefanowicz at Final X 2019 (Photo courtesy of Tony Rotundo; WrestlersAreWarriors.com)Brackets for the third day of the 2020 Olympic Games have been released. Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg and 87 kg, as well as, 62 kg in women's freestyle will be conducted on day three of the wrestling competition. Below are all three brackets and information about the first-round opponent for each American entrant.
67 kg Men's Greco-Roman
American Entry - Alex Sancho
1st Round Opponent:Artem Surkov (ROC) - 2018 World Champion/4x World Medalist
Top 1st Round Matches:
Frank Staebler (Germany) - 3x World Champion/5x World Medalist vs. Mate Nemes (Serbia) 2019 World Bronze Medalist
87 kg Men's Greco-Roman
American Entry - John Stefanowicz
1st Round Opponent: Ivan Huklek (Croatia) - 2017 U23 World Silver Medalist
Top 1st Round Matches:
Islam Abbasov (Azerbaijan) - 2x U23 World Bronze Medalist vs. Daniel Gregorich Hechavarria (Cuba) - 2x U23 World Medalist
Rustam Assakalov (Uzbekistan) - 2x World Medalist vs. Lasha Gobadze (Georgia) - 2019 World Champion/2x World Medalist
62 kg Women's Freestyle
American Entry - Kayla Miracle
1st Round Opponent: Jia Long (China) - 2020 Matteo Pellicone Bronze Medalist (Defeated Miracle 6-1 for third)
Top 1st Round Matches:
Aisuluu Tynybekova (Kyrgyzstan) - 2019 World Champion/2x World Medalist vs. Anastasija Grigorjeva (Latvia) - 2x World Medalist
Yukako Kawai (Japan) - 2x World Medalist vs. Lyubov Ovcharova (ROC) - 2019 World Silver Medalist
Marwa Amri (Tunisia) - 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist/2017 World Silver Medalist vs. Henna Johansson (Sweden) - 2x World Medalist
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