2021 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 68 kg

Wrestling competitions
Women's freestyle 68 kg
at the 2021 World Championships
VenueNye Jordal Amfi
Dates6–7 October 2021
Competitors15 from 15 nations
Medalists
gold medal Meerim Zhumanazarova   Kyrgyzstan
silver medal Rin Miyaji   Japan
bronze medal Tamyra Mensah-Stock   United States
bronze medal Khanum Velieva   RWF
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The women's freestyle 68 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Oslo, Norway on 6 and 7 October.[1]

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Each bout consists of a single round within a six-minute limit including two halves of three minutes. The wrestler who scores more points is the winner.

Meerim Zhumanazarova from Kyrgyzstan won the gold medal after pinning Rin Miyaji of Japan in the final, Zhumanazarova scored four points before beating her opponent by fall in the 3rd minute of the final. World and Olympic Champion Tamyra Mensah-Stock won the bronze medal after a surprise defeat by fall in the semifinal, the other bronze medal went to Khanum Velieva from the Russian Wrestling Federation.

Results

Legend
  • F — Won by fall

Main bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 Tamyra Mensah-Stock (USA) 8
 Ritu Malik (IND) 0  Anastasiia Lavrenchuk (UKR) 0
 Anastasiia Lavrenchuk (UKR) 4F  Tamyra Mensah-Stock (USA) 0
 Ámbar Garnica (MEX) 5  Rin Miyaji (JPN) 2F
 Danutė Domikaitytė (LTU) 8  Danutė Domikaitytė (LTU) 0
 Rin Miyaji (JPN) 12  Rin Miyaji (JPN) 10
 Adéla Hanzlíčková (CZE) 5  Rin Miyaji (JPN) 0
 Khanum Velieva (RWF) 2  Meerim Zhumanazarova (KGZ) 4F
 Natalia Strzałka (POL) 0  Khanum Velieva (RWF) 8
 Enkhsaikhany Delgermaa (MGL) 0  Blessing Oborududu (NGR) 7
 Blessing Oborududu (NGR) 10  Khanum Velieva (RWF) 3
 Nesrin Baş (TUR) 0  Meerim Zhumanazarova (KGZ) 3
 Olivia Di Bacco (CAN) 10  Olivia Di Bacco (CAN) 1
 Ha Min-ji (KOR) 0  Meerim Zhumanazarova (KGZ) 7
 Meerim Zhumanazarova (KGZ) 8F

Repechage

Repechage round 1Bronze medals
 Adéla Hanzlíčková (CZE)2 Adéla Hanzlíčková (CZE)1
 Danutė Domikaitytė (LTU)1 Tamyra Mensah-Stock (USA)10
 Ha Min-ji (KOR)0 Olivia Di Bacco (CAN)1
 Olivia Di Bacco (CAN)10 Khanum Velieva (RWF)2

Final standing

Rank Athlete
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Meerim Zhumanazarova (KGZ)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Rin Miyaji (JPN)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Tamyra Mensah-Stock (USA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Khanum Velieva (RWF)
5  Adéla Hanzlíčková (CZE)
5  Olivia Di Bacco (CAN)
7  Anastasiia Lavrenchuk (UKR)
8  Blessing Oborududu (NGR)
9  Danutė Domikaitytė (LTU)
10  Ámbar Garnica (MEX)
11  Natalia Strzałka (POL)
12  Ritu Malik (IND)
13  Enkhsaikhany Delgermaa (MGL)
14  Nesrin Baş (TUR)
15  Ha Min-ji (KOR)

References

  1. ^ "Women's wrestling – Seniors – 68 kg – Results" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

External links

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World Champions in women's light heavyweight (68 kg)
  • 1987–1996: 70 kg
  • 1997–2001: 68 kg
  • 2002–2013 : 67 kg
  • 2014–2017 : 69 kg
  • 2018–present : 68 kg