Japan's Rei Higuchi settles for silver at the wrestling world championships in the men's 57-kilogram freestyle, losing the final 7-4 to Serbia's Stevan Andria Micic.
Tokyo Olympic Games - Top men’s freestyle wrestling contenders to win gold
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In a way, the Tokyo Olympics will be the first major wrestling championship event since the World Championships in the summer of 2019. COVID-19 kept several major wrestling powers out of a potential 2020 World Championship, resulting in an unofficial “Individual World Cup” tournament in Serbia, which functioned as Worlds last year. Which means this year’s Olympics will finally let fans see the absolute best collide for the most prestigious prize in all of sports.