TOKYO, July 31 (Xinhua) -- As the Tokyo Olympics enter the second half, wrestling, one of the world's oldest sports, will begin with drums from August 1. This is the dominant event of host Japan, but Chinese wrestlers also have the strength of "tiger's mouth to pull teeth".
Wrestling is one of the most gold medals produced at the Tokyo Olympics, producing 18 gold medals, including 6 levels of men's freestyle wrestling, 6 levels of women's freestyle wrestling, and 6 levels of men's classical wrestling.
A total of 11 players from the Chinese wrestling team won tickets for the Tokyo Olympics, of which the women's freestyle wrestling won a full quota of seats. Sun Yanan, Pang Qianyu, Rong Ningning, Long Jia, Zhou Feng and Zhou Qian will play in the women's 50, 53, 57, 62, 68 and 76 kg respectively, Vari Khan Serik and Peng Fei will appear in the men's classical wrestling 60 and 87 kg classes, and Liu Minghu, Lin Zushen and Deng Zhiwei will appear in the men's free wrestling 57, 86 and 125 kg classes.
Like judo, wrestling is also the gold medal of the host Japan, and in the last Rio Olympic Games, the Japanese wrestling team won 4 gold and 3 silver, of which the women contributed 4 gold and 1 silver. At this Tokyo Olympic Games, the Japanese wrestling team, which has strong strength in itself, will definitely take advantage of the time and place to win more gold medals and medals.
Chinese wrestling, especially women's wrestling, has won gold medals for Chinese delegations at the Athens and Beijing Olympics. However, at the London Olympics and the Rio Olympics, Chinese wrestling missed the gold medal, and The Chinese wrestling in the Rio Olympics relied on the women's team to win two bronze medals in the 48 kg and 75 kg events.
In recent years, Chinese wrestling has made great progress, which is China's potential advantage in the Tokyo Olympic Games, especially the women's team has the strength to rush gold. Rong Ningning in the 57 kg class is the 2018 World Championship champion, Sun Yanan in the 50 kg class is the bronze medalist in the Rio Olympic Games, Zhou Feng in the 68 kg class is the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games champion, and the 62 kg "dark horse" Long Jia, they are all extremely impactful.
The Chinese men's team also strives to make history. Freestyle wrestling veteran of the 125 kg class, Deng Zhiwei, has high hopes, and he won the silver and bronze medals in the event at the 2018 World Championships and the 2019 World Championships respectively. (End)
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