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Canadian wrestler Ana Godinez Gonzalez falls short in women’s -62kg bronze-medal match | CBC Sports

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Canadian wrestler Ana Godinez Gonzalez falls short in women’s -62kg bronze-medal match | CBC Sports

Canadian wrestler Ana Paula Godinez Gonzalez came up short inthe bronze-medal match in the women’s 62-kilogram freestyle division at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

The 24-year-old from Burnaby, B.C. lost to Grace Jacob Bullen of Norway by a score of 11-0. Earlier Saturday, Godinez Gonzalez defeated Romania’s Kriszta Tunde Incze 2-0 in a repechage at the Champ-de-Mars arena to reach the medal round.

Godinez Gonzalez began her tournament with a win against France’s Ameline Douarre before falling to Sakura Motoki of Japan by an 11-0 score.

The first-time Olympian moved to Canada at age seven after her family was forced to flee her native Mexico.

She has previously won two gold medals at the Pan American Championships and finished fifth in the women’s world championships in 2022.

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