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#TBT: Mensah-Stock Stops Oborududu in 68kg Olympic Finals

Thursday, September 23, 2021 - 12:10 By Eric Olanowski

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Tamyra MENSAH-STOCK ?? cruised to a three-point win over Blessing OBORUDUDU ?? in the 68kg finals and became the first black woman to win Olympic gold. After her win in Tokyo, Mensah-Stock owns the 3-0 match-advantage over Oborududu heading into the ’21 World Championships ?? (October 2-10).

But, similar to the Tokyo Olympics, Mensah-Stock and Oborududu are seeded first and second, respectively, and if the seeds hold true, the pair of rivals could meet on October 7 with world gold on the line.

Mensah-Stocks wins over Oborududu:
- ’18 Beat the Streets (2-1)
- ’19 World Championships (6-1)
- ’20 Matteo Pellicone (3-1)
- ’21 Tokyo Olympics (4-1)

UWW LIVE: Two-Time World Champion J'den Cox

Tuesday, September 1, 2020 - 17:34 By United World Wrestling Press

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J'den COX has become one of the world's most accomplished upper-weight freestyle wrestlers since entering the world stage in 2016. He claimed a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Since then, Cox has gone 12-1 at world championships, earning a bronze medal in 2017 at 86kg before winning world titles in both 2018 and 2019 at 92kg. He was undefeated in 2019 and outscored his opponents 26-0 at the 2019 World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.  

Cox joined Eric Olanowski to talk about winning a pair of world golds, his recent move up to arguably the deepest weight in the world, 97kg, and why he thinks Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) and Kyle SNYDER (USA) are the two best pound-for-pound wrestlers in the world.