Maria Prevolaraki reached the medal zone at 74 kg of the World Wrestling Championship, making great performances and now has two great opportunities to secure the Olympic “ticket”.
In the opening game, Prevolaraki defeated Uzbeka Keunimieva 2-1 and continued in the tournament.
In the round of 16, she was called upon to face China’s Pang and managed to pull off an epic upset. Despite the fact that she lost to the “silver” Olympic champion of Tokyo 4-1 just a few seconds before the end of the match, she managed to “turn it around” to 7-4.
The Chinese bench made an objection, which was rejected and, thus, the Greek champion prevailed 8-4.
Romanian Ana was Prevolaraki’s opponent in the quarterfinals of the World Championship. In an exciting game, the Greek champion overcame the tie and with a 1-1 score found herself in the semi-finals.
In the race to qualify for the final, where whoever wins would also secure Olympic qualification, Maria Prevolaraki was defeated with technical superiority by the Japanese Fujinami. Therefore, on Thursday he will claim the bronze medal, but also the qualification to the Olympic Games, having two opportunities.
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