Kim Seung-jun loses Greco-Roman repechage 8-2 to Uzbekistan's Assakalov
Published: 07 Aug. 2024, 19:44
![Korea's Kim Seung-jun, right, in action with Rustam Assakalov of Uzbekistan in the repechage round of the 97-kilogram Greco-Roman contest at the Paris Olympics Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/08/07/6544a345-b7ca-4a17-8e54-173472c6fc6c.jpg)
Korea's Kim Seung-jun, right, in action with Rustam Assakalov of Uzbekistan in the repechage round of the 97-kilogram Greco-Roman contest at the Paris Olympics Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]
Korean wrestler Kim Seung-jun lost 8-2 to Uzbekistan's Rustam Assakalov in a repechage round of the men's Greco-Roman 97-kilogram contest at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris Wednesday, ending Korea's run in the sport at the Paris Olympics.
He was sent into the repechage bracket after losing 9-0 to Armenia's Artur Aleksanyan in the round of 16 Tuesday.
Kim's repechage loss follows fellow Korean wrestler Lee Seung-chan's exit after his repechage 130-kilogram bout Tuesday.
Kim and Lee were the only two Korean wrestlers competing across the sport at the Games, and both in Greco-Roman — a men-only discipline.
Both were first-time Olympics.
BY MARY YANG [mary.yang@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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