Paris 2024 wrestling: All results, as USA's Sarah Hildebrandt wins gold in women's freestyle 50kg

Sarah Hildebrandt from the USA scored early and held on to beat Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez and win gold in women's freestyle wrestling at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on Wednesday, 7 August.

After Hildebrandt won, she looked to the crowd and mouthed, as if she didn't quite believe it: "I just won the Olympics!" Hildebrandt had suffered a narrow loss at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in the semifinals, and had to settle for bronze. This medal at Paris 2024 is what she has been working for since that moment.

This is the second gold won by American women wrestling so far at Paris 2024. Amit Elor won gold at 68 kg on Tuesday, 6 August.

"It just speaks volumes to these women, our coaches and the people around us, and their investment in women's sports. You can see it in somebody like Amit Elor, who's just so young and so talented, and so sure of what she's doing," Hildebrandt said. "It's super cool, and that just feeds everything. She feeds it to me, and I'm 10 years older than her. The environment is really growing, and the belief is building and building."

Susaki Yui of Japan defeated Oksana Livach of Ukraine by technical superiority, 10-0, in bronze medal match A.

In bronze medal match B, Feng Ziqi of People’s Republic of China beat Otgonjargal Dolgorjav of Mongolia 6-0.

Vinesh Phogat from India was originally scheduled to wrestle in the gold-medal match, but she failed her weigh-in and Cuba's Guzman Lopez replaced her.

Women's freestyle wresting complete podium

Gold: Sarah Hildebrandt (USA)
Silver: Yusneylis Guzman Lopez (Cuba)
Bronze: Susaki Yui (Japan)
Bronze: Feng Ziqi (People's Republic of China)

Complete results can be found at Olympics.com.