■Paris Olympics™ Women’s Wrestling 50kg 1st Round (6th, Champ de Mars Arena)

In the women’s 50kg wrestling semi-finals, Yui Susaki (25, KITZ/Waseda University) lost to V. Vinesh (29, India) in the first round, failing to achieve her dream of winning two consecutive Olympic gold medals.

Suzaki, who is aiming for consecutive victories, faced V. Vinesh (29, India) in the first round. At 1 minute 27 seconds into the match, the opponent was caught passive, and Suzaki managed to defend the activity time and score one point. In the first period, he went for a tackle with 13 seconds left, but was unable to score.

With the score at 1-0 in the second period, Susaki again defended the activity time and scored a second point. However, Vinesh, who had not been attacking up until that point, rushed with 20 seconds left, and Susaki was taken from behind and lost two points. Susaki, who had won the championship without conceding a single point in all four games from the first round in the previous Tokyo Olympics, unexpectedly conceded a point. The game ended with the score overturned 2-3. Susaki was eliminated from the first round.

Her dream of winning gold medals in two consecutive tournaments was not realized, and her 94-game winning streak against foreign players came to an end. After the match, Susaki said in tears, “I can’t believe it’s over here,” and continued, “I feel so sorry. I’m so sorry that everyone’s efforts were wasted.” Her tears wouldn’t stop.