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LONDON—Canadian wrestler Carol Huynh has won bronze in the 48-kilogram category at the London Olympics.
In the bronze medal match Huynh defeated Isabelle Sambou of Senegal. Huynh won by winning the first two rounds. The Senegalese woman fought very passively, holding off Huynh, and both rounds ended 0-0 in score.
Those rounds then went to a clinch, a form of a tiebreaker. In that, one wrestler gets a leg hold on the other and has 30 seconds to score a point. If she gets a point, she wins the round, if not she loses it.
Through the luck of the draw, Huynh has the upperhand in both clinches and made good scoring a point in each. It's the sixth consecutive Olympics in which Canada has earned a wrestling medal.
Huynh, easily won her first two bouts here, the first in a 34-second pin over Thi Lua Nguyen of Vietnam. She then smoked Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus, easily winning the first two rounds. The format here is that the winner is whoever takes two of three rounds unless there is a pin.
But then in the semi-final, Huynh, from Hazelton, B.C., lost to eight-time world champion Hitoma Obara, of Japan who came out of retirement to try for a gold medal.
Canada’s other wrestler on the mat today, Martine Dugrenier of Montreal, lost her first match to Japanese powerhouse and two-time Olympic champ Kaori Icho in two rounds.
She later lost the bronze medal match against Battsetseg Soronzonbold from Mongolia
With files from The Canadian Press
In the bronze medal match Huynh defeated Isabelle Sambou of Senegal. Huynh won by winning the first two rounds. The Senegalese woman fought very passively, holding off Huynh, and both rounds ended 0-0 in score.
Those rounds then went to a clinch, a form of a tiebreaker. In that, one wrestler gets a leg hold on the other and has 30 seconds to score a point. If she gets a point, she wins the round, if not she loses it.
Through the luck of the draw, Huynh has the upperhand in both clinches and made good scoring a point in each. It's the sixth consecutive Olympics in which Canada has earned a wrestling medal.
Huynh, easily won her first two bouts here, the first in a 34-second pin over Thi Lua Nguyen of Vietnam. She then smoked Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus, easily winning the first two rounds. The format here is that the winner is whoever takes two of three rounds unless there is a pin.
But then in the semi-final, Huynh, from Hazelton, B.C., lost to eight-time world champion Hitoma Obara, of Japan who came out of retirement to try for a gold medal.
Canada’s other wrestler on the mat today, Martine Dugrenier of Montreal, lost her first match to Japanese powerhouse and two-time Olympic champ Kaori Icho in two rounds.
She later lost the bronze medal match against Battsetseg Soronzonbold from Mongolia
With files from The Canadian Press
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