Japan`s Kaori Icho wins record gold in 63kg

London: Japan`s Kaori Icho became the first woman to win three Olympic wrestling gold medals by beating China`s Jing Ruixue in the freestyle 63kg final.

Icho triumphed in two rounds at ExCeL to add another gold to those she won at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.

Jing is a two-time world champion at 67kg but was no match for Icho, who won the first round 3-0 before clinching victory with a 2-0 score in the second.

Mongolia`s Battsetseg Soronzonbold and Russia`s Lyubov Volosova won bronze.

Soronzonbold beat Canada`s Martine Dugrenier in two rounds, before three-time world silver medallist Volosova overpowered Monika Ewa Michalik.

BDST: 1416 HRS, August 9, 2012
Edited by
Chanchal Ghosh, Newsroom Editor