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Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Wrestling - Freestyle - Women s 57kg - Quarterfinal - Makuhari Messe Hall A, Chiba, Japan - August 4, 2021. Helen Maroulis of the United States celebrates after winning REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
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CHIBA, Japan, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Reigning Olympic champion Helen Maroulis of the United States sounded out a warning to her rivals on Wednesday after scoring convincing victories in her opening bouts of the women s freestyle lightweight competition to reach the semi-finals.
Maroulis, the first female American wrestler to be crowned an Olympic champion when she won gold in Rio, has battled through multiple concussions and post-traumatic stress disorder in recent years before qualifying for the Tokyo Games.
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(Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
(Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Helen Maroulis of Team USA competes against Ningning Rong of China during the Women s Freestyle 57kg 1/8 Final on day twelve of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall on August 04, 2021 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
By: Nicholas Mendola
and last updated 2021-08-04 00:11:36-04
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Helen Maroulis started her 1/8 final slow but soon showed that the woman who won gold at 53kg in Rio is a threat to do it again at 58kg in Tokyo.
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