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Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤68 kilograms), Women

Date2 – 3 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationMakuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Participants16 from 16 countries

American Tamyra Mensah-Stock was the #1 seed. She had won the 2019 World Championships, and her last defeat had come in the finals of the 2018 Worlds, also winning the 2019 Pan American Games, three straight Pan American Championships, and three consecutive titles at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin.

Her biggest competition was expected to come from Nigerian Blessing Oborududu, who was competing in her third Olympics. Oborududu was the 2018 Commonwealth Games Champion and was a 10-time champion at the African Games. Also considered was the defending gold medallist from Rio, Japan’s Sara Dosho, although she was not seeded.

Things went as expected with both Mensah-Stock and Oborududu winning their early matches with ease and reaching the final. The final was close and well-fought, but Mensah-Stock prevailed for the gold medal, winning on points, 4-1.

The losing semi-finalists were Ukraine’s Alla Cherkasova and Mongolia’s Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg. Both repêchage finals were decided by falls, with Cherkasova taking down Dosho for one bronze medal. The other bronze match was somewhat of an upset as Soronzonboldyn, twice a World Champion although back in 2010 and 2015, lost by fall to Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova, although Zhumanazarova was the 2020 World Cup Champion.

PosCompetitorNOCCPVFSTTPTPR
1Tamyra Mensah-StockUSA1402345Gold
2Blessing OborududuNGR11012410Silver
=3Alla CherkasovaUKR15212310Bronze
=3Meerim ZhumanazarovaKGZ12102310Bronze
=5Sara DoshoJPN300714
=5Soronzonboldyn BattsetsegMGL9101525
7Zhou FengCHN5011519
8Khanum VeliyevaROC400128
9Anna SchellGER30076
10Elis ManolovaAZE200317
11Mimi HristovaBUL10057
12Yudari SánchezCUB100213
13Koumba LarroqueFRA00034
14Enas MostafaEGY00007
15Danielle LappageCAN00007
16Agnieszka Wieszczek-KordusPOL000011

Round One

Date2 August 2021 — 12:50
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #102 Aug 12:50Tamyra Mensah-StockUSATechnical superiority by shutoutSara DoshoJPN
Match #202 AugZhou FengCHNTechnical superiorityYudari SánchezCUB
Match #302 AugAlla CherkasovaUKRTechnical superiority by shutoutAgnieszka Wieszczek-KordusPOL
Match #402 AugAnna SchellGERDecision by shutoutEnas MostafaEGY
Match #502 AugSoronzonboldyn BattsetsegMGLFallKoumba LarroqueFRA
Match #602 AugKhanum VeliyevaROCDecision by shutoutDanielle LappageCAN
Match #702 AugMeerim ZhumanazarovaKGZDecisionMimi HristovaBUL
Match #802 AugBlessing OborududuNGRTechnical superiorityElis ManolovaAZE

Quarter-Finals

Date2 August 2021 — 21:20
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #102 Aug 21:20Tamyra Mensah-StockUSATechnical superiority by shutoutZhou FengCHN
Match #202 AugAlla CherkasovaUKRFallAnna SchellGER
Match #302 AugSoronzonboldyn BattsetsegMGLDecisionKhanum VeliyevaROC
Match #402 AugBlessing OborududuNGRDecisionMeerim ZhumanazarovaKGZ

Semi-Finals

Date2 August 2021 — 18:55
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #102 Aug 18:55Tamyra Mensah-StockUSADecisionAlla CherkasovaUKR
Match #202 AugBlessing OborududuNGRDecisionSoronzonboldyn BattsetsegMGL

Repêchage Round One

Date3 August 2021
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #103 AugSara DoshoJPNDecisionZhou FengCHN
Match #203 AugMeerim ZhumanazarovaKGZDecisionElis ManolovaAZE

Repêchage Final

Date3 August 2021 — 11:00
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #103 Aug 11:00Alla CherkasovaUKRFallSara DoshoJPN
Match #203 AugMeerim ZhumanazarovaKGZFallSoronzonboldyn BattsetsegMGL

Final Round

Date3 August 2021 — 20:55
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/203 Aug 11:30Tamyra Mensah-StockUSADecisionBlessing OborududuNGR