Vinesh Phogat of India has had an appeal over her weight disqualification from the Women's 50kg wrestling in Paris knocked back by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Ad hoc Division.

The wrestling tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was dominated by the Japanese. In the absence of the Russian national team, Japan took the lead with eight gold, two silver and one bronze medals. If the dominance in women's wrestling was expected, two gold medals in each of the men's styles came as a surprise.

The Cuban delegation in Paris is back on home soil. They were first received by President Miguel Diaz-Canel at Havana airport. This was followed by a party and a concert on the Malecon. Mijain Lopez was the main attraction after winning his fifth gold medal at Paris 2024.

Japan capped off a successful wrestling campaign on 11 August, securing two more gold medals at the Champ-de-Mars Arena. These victories highlighted the nation's dominance in the sport, concluding the tournament with a strong performance that solidified Japan's reputation as a wrestling powerhouse.

Georgia's Geno Petrisashvili finally claimed an Olympic title after winning bronze in Rio 2016 and silver in Tokyo 2020.

Rio 2016 runner-up Rey Higuchi (Japan) returned to the podium after an 8-year absence with a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Magomed Ramazanov (Bulgaria) stunned Rio 2016 champion Hasan Yazdanichariati. Tsugumi Sakurai (Japan) claimed hher predicted gold medal, while Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Kyle Dake again failed to qualify for the Olympic final.

Indian wrestler Antim Panghal, has had a Paris 2024 debut that ended with a tough defeat in the first round. The Indian wrestler, has been a two-time world junior champion and senior world championship bronze medalist.

Greco-Roman wrestler Semen Novikov (-87 kg), who was born in Ukraine, started representing Bulgaria because of Tokyo 2020 champion Zhan Beleniuk. Novikov had few chances to compete in the major tournament because of Beleniuk, one of the most successful wrestlers in Ukrainian wrestling.

Iran's Mohammadhadi Saravi stunned four-time Olympic medallist Artur Aleksanyan in the final of the Greco-Roman wrestling -97kg category on Wednesday.

India's wrestling federation has decided to appeal Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after the 29-year-old weighed in at 100g over the limit before the final.

Vinesh Phogat once again finds her match with the Olympics. The Indian wrestling star has been disqualified after weighing in 100g over the limit before the final, leaving her without a chance for a medal. Vinesh's Olympic odyssey continues.

Cuba's Mijain Lopez made the history of the modern Olympic Games becoming the first ever Olympic athlete to win five gold medals in five Olympic Games in individual sports.

On 3 August French judoka Teddy Riner claimed his fifth Olympic gold cementing his legendary status. Two days later another legend, Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez started his journey for the gold medal in the fifth consecutive Olympic Games.

16 wrestlers have qualified for the US out of the 290 athletes who will compete in the Olympic Games. It has six places in the freestyle event, six in the women's event and four in the Greco-Roman event. Japan follows with 13 wrestlers, and there will be two neutral individual wrestlers and two refugee athletes.

United World Wrestling (UWW) has announced the names of the Greco-Roman wrestlers who will take part in Paris 2024.

The heavyweight (-130kg) category was one of the most interesting, with everyone expecting the return of the king - four-time Olympic champion Mijain Lopez from Cuba. Lopez had announced his participation in his sixth Olympic Games and his name was on the list published by the UWW on 9 July.