WATCH: 10 freestyle finals from Pan-Am Championships
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 - 14:49 By Vinay Siwach
ACAPULCO, Mexico (May 11) -- The USA was defending champions in all 10 weight classes of freestyle wrestling at the Pan-American Championships which were held in Acapulco, Mexico.
They managed to repeat their golden performance in eight of the 10 weight categories while Canada won the remaining two gold medals at the tournament.
Capturing the top medal at all but 70kg and 125kg, the USA once again won the team title with 229 points. They were way clear of second-placer Canada which had 138 points. Puerto Rico finished third with 120 points.
Watch the 10 freestyle finals from the Pan-American Championships.
57kg: GOLD - Thomas GILMAN (USA) vs Darian CRUZ (PUR)
61kg: Round 1 - Daton FIX (USA) vs Joseph SILVA (PUR)
65kg: GOLD - Sebastian RIVERA (PUR) vs Joseph MC KENNA (USA)
65kg: GOLD - Vinicius DA SILVA JOAQUIM (BRA) vs Emmanuel OLAPADE (CAN)
74kg: GOLD - Kyle DAKE (USA) vs Franklin GOMEZ (PUR)
79kg: Round 1 - Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) vs Samuel BARMISH (CAN)
86kg: GOLD - Lazaro HERNANDEZ LUIS (CUB) vs Zahid VALENCIA (USA)
92kg: Round 1 - J'den COX (USA) vs Jeremy POIRIER (CAN)
97kg: GOLD - Kyle SNYDER (USA) vs Arturo SILOT (CUB)
125kg: GOLD - Nicholas GWIAZDOWSKI (USA) vs Amarveer DHESI (CAN)
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