Spencer Lee on Olympics: ‘It would be wrong to say that I’m not representing Iowa’
Wrestler Spencer Lee meets with media ahead of his upcoming appearance in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Former Iowa Hawkeye Spencer Lee was inches away from wresting’s top honor, but the wrestlers of Japan continued their dominance as Rei Higuchi defeated Lee 4-2 in the gold medal final.
It hasn’t mattered the style or the gender, Japan has won medals in all three categories of wrestling now aftr Higuchi’s win.
As for Lee, he is the second Hawkeye to win an Olympic silver, joining Barry Davis in 1984. Iowa wrestlers are now 5-2 in Olympic gold medal matches.
Check out below for a match recap, as well as how the rest of Day 5 at the Olympics when for Team USA and company.
Spencer Lee takes Olympic silver
Lee was oh so close to Olympic gold, up 2-0 on Japan’s Rei Higuchi after a pair of push-outs after the first period.
In the second period, the script flipped, conceding a takedown on a scramble with Higuchi to be tied at two apiece. However, since Higuchi had the largest point-scoring move, he would win by criteria is Lee did not score. Lee fired away late, but Higuchi scored one final takedown to secure a 4-2 win.
An Olympic silver medalist and former World champion, Higuchi positioned himself well throughout the match and did not allow Lee to get his offense going aside from push-outs. As a result, Higuchi gets redemption for taking a silver medal in Rio and Lee becomes the second silver medalist in Iowa Hawkeye history.
You can read more about Lee’s entire tournament and what comes next on Hawkcentral.com
MFS 57 kilogram results
Gold – Japan’s Rei HiguchiSilver – Team USA’s Spencer LeeBronze – India’s Aman Aman and Uzbekistan’s Gulomjon AbdullaevFormer Penn State star Aaron Brooks wins bronze for Team USA
Facing Uzbekistan’s Javrial Shapiev, a fifth-place winner at the Olympics in Tokyo and the 2023 World championships, Brooks took a 1-0 lead off of Shapiev’s shot-clock violation. He then got a step-out before hitting a slick blast-double for a 4-0 lead. His final push-out gave him a 5-0 win over Shapiev and a bronze medal.
That’s now a bronze and silver medal for Team USA on the men’s freestyle side.
MFS 86 kilograms
Gold – Bulgaria’s Magomed Eldarovitch RamazanovSilver – Iran’s Hassan YazdaniBronze – Team USA’s Aaron Brooks and Greece’s Dauren KuruglievGold medal matches set for women’s freestyle 62 kilograms and men’s freestyle 125 kilograms
At 125 kilograms, Georgia’s Geno Petriashvili, who famously lost to former Minnesota star Gable Steveson at the buzzer in Tokyo the last Olympic cycle, punched his ticket to the gold medal final. Of the field, the three-time world champion has been the most dominant with an opening round technical fall and 9-2 quarterfinal win. Petriashvili has never won gold in the Olympics, but is inching near that going into Saturday.
In women’s freestyle at 62 kilograms, Ukraine’s Iryna Koliadenko defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova, a three-time world champion. Since Tynybekova defeated Team USA’s Kayla Miracle and did not make thee gold medal match, Miracle has ben eliminated from medal contention.
WFS 62 kilograms
Ukraine’s Iryna Koliadenko vs. Japan’s Sakura Motoki
MFS 125 kilograms
Iran’s Amir Hossein Abbas Zare vs. Georgia’s Geno PetriashviliTeam USA’s Kyle Dake loses Japan’s Daichi Takatani in offensive explosion of a match
Offense, offense and more offense between these two titans.
After Takatani took a 9-4 lead at the break with some wild exchanges of takedowns and exposures, Dake found a way to cut the deficit to 11-10 before giving up a pair of leg laces to trail 15-10. The match ended with an appropriate wild freestyle exchange of four points for Takatani and two for Dake that was challenged and lost by Dake, giving the Japanese wrestler a 20-12 win.
Dake, a three-time world champion, will compete for bronze tomorrow. Takatani has drawn Uzbekistan’s Razambek Salambekovitch Jamalov.
Semifinal matches set for Day 5 of wrestling at Olympics
With Mongolia’s Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur being eliminated in the quarterfinals, Team USA’s Mason Parris’ tournament is done at 0-1
WFS 62 kilograms
Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova vs. Ukraine’s Iryna KoliadenkoNorway’s Grace Bullen vs. Japan’s Sakura Motoki
MFS 74 kilograms
Team USA’s Kyle Dake vs. Japan’s Daichi TakataniTajikistan’s Viktor Rassadin vs. Uzbekistan’s Razambek Salambekovitch Jamalov
MFS 125 kilograms
Iran’s Amir Hossein Abbas Zare vs. Turkey’s Taha AkgulAzerbaijan’s Giorgi Meshvildishvili vs. Georgia’s Geno PetriashviliTeam USA’s Kyle Dake wins by fall, Miracle falls in quarterfinals
The two Americans went simultaneously on Mat’s A and B and rolled to victory to reach the semifinals of their weight classes.
Miracle started by getting stalemates on a pair of shots that Tynybekova was in on, before the Kyrgyzstan wrestler was dinged for a shot-clock violation for a 1-0 lead. Miracle followed that up with a takedown right before the end of the first period to take a 3-0 edge. The world champion was not going to go down without a fight, scoring a four-point move followed by a challenge lost to make it 6-3 for Tynybekova. While Miracle got a push-out point and a takedown at the buzzer to tie it at six each, Tynybekova’s four-point score was the decider by criteria to advance.
After losing to Tynybekova in the world final by a 7-0 scoreline, this was a big improvement and showing from Miracle. She’ll need Tynybekova to win one more match to reach the repechage and compete for bronze.
Dake, meanwhile, rolled Iran’s Yones Aliakbar Emamichoghaei for a win by fall. Dake scored three takedowns, a push-out point and a turn for a 9-1 lead. He concluded the match by flopping Emamichoghaei on his back for a win by fall to make the semifinals. He’ll face Japan’s Daichi Takatani, a 2023 world bronze medalist.
Quarterfinals being set for Day 5 of Olympic wrestling action
WFS 62 kilograms
Team USA’s Kayla Miracle vs. Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu TynybekovaBulgaria’s Aisuluu Tynybekova Dudova vs. Ukraine’s Iryna KoliadenkoNorway’s Grace Bullen vs. Germany’s Luisa Helga Gerda NiemeschCanada’s Ana Paula Godinez Gonzalez vs. Japan’s Sakura Motoki
MFS 74 kilograms
Team USA’s Kyle Dake vs. Iran’s Yones Aliakbar EmamichoghaeiSerbia’s Hetik Cabolov vs. Japan’s Daichi TakataniTajikistan’s Viktor Rassadin vs. China’s Feng LuUzbekistan’s Razambek Salambekovitch Jamalov vs. Albania’s Chermen Valiev
MFS 125 kilograms
Iran’s Amir Hossein Abbas Zare vs. Canada’s Amarveer DhesiHungary’s Daniel Ligeti vs. Turkey’s Taha AkgulMongolia’s Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur vs. Azerbaijan’s Giorgi MeshvildishviliPoland’s Robert Baran vs. Georgia’s Geno PetriashviliTeam USA’s Mason Parris falls in first round to World silver medalist
When it rains, it pours. For the Michigan man, the points against him suddenly came in bunches.
Originally up 3-1 on Mongolia’s Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur via a takedown and push-out, Parris quickly went from leading to trailing following a four-point throw from Munkhtur for a 6-3 lead. After an unsuccessful challenge, Parris went down 7-3, followed by a caution for fleeing the mat and a takedown for Munkhtur for the 10-3 deficit.
Parris added one more takedown to make it a 10-5 loss, but will need Munkhtur to reach the gold medal match to be able to compete for bronze.
Team USA’s Kayla Miracle rallies to reach quarterfinal
Turkey’s Nesrin Bas is a fierce young talent as a two-time U23 world champion and it showed early with a quick takedown from Bas on the Indiana native. However, Miracle dominated from there, racking up three takedowns and four exposure points. She was close to a technical fall on several occasions, finally securing a final exposure at the buzzer for a 12-2 victory over Bas.
It gets even harder now for Miracle, as No. 1 seed Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan awaits her. Tynybekova is a three-time Olympian, taking silver in Tokyo. She’s also won three world championships.
Team USA’s Kyle Dake roll in round one
Dake was facing a relative unknown in Venezuela’s Anthony Jose Montero Chirinos, but he advanced with ease. Starting with a single-leg take into a gut wrench for a 4-0 lead 20 seconds into the match, he added another takedown and four points via a gut wrench for the 10-0 technical fall in the first period.
Bronze medal matches set for men’s freestyle 57 kilograms, 86 kilograms and women’s freestyle 57 kilograms
By reaching the semifinals on Thursday and losing, Team USA’s Aaron Brooks and Helen Maroulis have byes into a bronze medal match and need just one more win to secure a medal. One note for Spencer Lee fans, his opponent Wanhao Zou was pinned by Kyrgyzstan’s Bekzat Almaz Uulu (Lee’s quarterfinal opponent), who will now face his semifinal opponent Gulomjon Abdullaev.
MFS 57 Kilograms
Kyrgyzstan’s Bekzat Almaz Uulu vs. Uzbekistan’s Gulomjon AbdullaevPuerto Rico’s Darian Cruz vs. Indias Aman Aman
MFS 86 kilograms
Team USA’s Aaron Brooks vs. Uzbekistan’s Javrial ShapievSan Marino’s Myles Amine vs. Greece’s Dauren Kurugliev
WFS 57 kilograms
Team USA’s Helen Maroulis vs. Canada’s Hannah TaylorChina’s Kexin Hong vs. Brazil’s Giullia PenalberWho is Spencer Lee?
Lee is representing Team USA in France, the home country of his mother, Cathy Lee. After sustaining injuries during the latter part of his historic collegiate career that included three NCAA titles and two Dan Hodge Trophies (college wrestling’s equivalent to the Heisman Trophy), Lee has returned better than ever by sweeping Senior Nationals, the Pan-American Championships, the US Olympic Trials and the Last Chance Olympic qualifier to get here.
It took a lot of hard work in the wrestling room, the rehab for his torn ACLs and a sabbatical in Japan to get ready, but Lee is here to realize a childhood dream and live out the dreams his parents once had as Olympic hopefuls themselves.
Who is Aaron Brooks?
This should be a familiar one for college wrestling fans as the NCAA’s most recent four-time champion with Penn State. He defeated USA wrestling great and now-Oklahoma State wrestling coach David Taylor twice at the US Olympic Trials to get here and is now considered a top contender for a medal at 86 kilograms in freestyle.
He’ll compete for bronze Friday.
Who is Helen Maroulis?
If you watched the previous two Olympics, you know darn well who Maroulis is.
She was Team USA’s first female to win Olympic gold and also won bronze in Tokyo. She also has three world titles to her name. The 32-year-old Maryland native is the No. 5 seed.
She’ll wrestle for bronze looking to add to her Olympic trophy case (gold medal and bronze medal) Friday morning.
Who is Kyle Dake?
Dake is one of the best wrestlers in the United States at the moment as a four-time world champion and a 2020 Olympic bronze medalist. The former Cornell wrestler, where he won four NCAA titles, is Team USA’s representative at 74 kilograms.
Seeded at No. 1, Dake will have Venezuela’s Anthony Chirinos first. Chirinos has competed in two senior World Championships but has never placed higher than 25th. If Dake wins, he could face Italy’s Frank Chamizo, Iran’s RI Yones Aliakbar Emamichoghaei or Guinea Bissau’s Bacar Ndum. Chamizo is a two-time Olympian (bronze in 2016) and a two-time World champion. Emamichoghaei is a two-time World bronze medalist, while Ndum is a bit more unknown.
Who is Mason Parris?
Parris, a two-time NCAA champion for the University of Michigan, is fresh off a World bronze medal in 2023 and is looking for more in Paris. It’ll be tough right from the beginning, facing Mongolia’s Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur, a world silver and bronze medalist.
He’s got a tough road, but proved in 2023 that he’s capable of wrestling on the big stage.
Who is Kayla Miracle?
Miracle is back for her second Olympic games after taking 12th in Tokyo. The three-time World silver medalist is 28 years old and a native of Bloomington, Indiana. She and Sarah Hildebrandt, who just won gold earlier this week, are both Indiana natives.
As Team USA’s representative at 62 kilograms, she is the No. 8 seed. If she can beat 22-year-old Nesrin Bas of Turkey, a two-time U23 World champion, she’ll likely draw No. 1 seeded Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan. Tynybekova is a three-time Olympian, taking silver in Tokyo. She’s won three World championships.
If Miracle gets to that match, she will need some magic to pull an upset.
Eli McKown covers high school sports and wrestling for the Des Moines Register. Contact him at Emckown@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @EMcKown23.
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