The final two gold medals in Greco-Roman wrestling were handed out on Tuesday, as Davor Stefanek of Serbia won the gold at 66kg, while Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia was the winner in the 98kg category.Stefanek defeated Migran Arutyunyan of Armenia in the 66kg gold medal match, while Aleksanyan defeated Cuba's Yasmany Daniel Lugo Cabrera for the gold…

Kayla Harrison defeated Audrey Tcheumeo of France via ippon to become the first American judoka to win a gold medal in two straight Olympic Games.Harrison…

Kayla Harrison made history yesterday by becoming the first American judoka to win a gold medal in back-to-back Olympic Games.Her success, plus the fact she is…

In judo, the combatants bow or shake hands before and after the match as a sign of respect; it's one of the biggest rules of the sport.But there was an instance at the Olympics in Rio where that rule was not followed. Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby was competing against Israeli judoka Or Sasson, and El Shehaby refused to either bow or shake hands…

Oklahoma City man heads to Rio to go for gold in TaekwondoStephen Lambdin will be going for the Olympic gold in Taekwondo.After 20 plus years of drive and…

.One more final block and the judo at #Judo Rio2016 will be over. Seven days of competition and already 12 Olympic champions, 12 silver medalists and 24 bronze…

.Israel’s Or Sasson beat Cuba’s Alex Maxell Garcia Mendoza to win a bronze medal in the men’s over-100kg competition at the Rio Games on Friday. Sasson’s was Israel’s second bronze of the Games, following female judoka Yarden Gerbi’s bronze on Tuesday. Sasson and Mendoza fought a close tussle, with no decisive moves, with Sasson prevailing by…

American judoka Travis Stevens has progressed to the semifinals in the men's 81-kg judo tournament in Rio.Stevens, who went to San Jose State, won his…

.Shakur Stevenson will be moving on to the finals in the men's bantamweight division in boxing will be moving on to the gold medal bout without competing in the…

Taekwondo kicked off in Rio on Wednesday — the second Olympic Games to use changes to the martial art since scoring controversy in Beijing. Competitors will now wear headgear that electronically detects points for strikes to the head, spinning kicks now earn more points due to their difficulty and the fighters will compete on an octagonal mat…

Travis Stevens has done it again, and in spectacular fashion.The American submitted the number one Tchrikishvili to guarantee the United States a medal in the…

Olympic taekwondo action continued on Thursday, as the athletes in the women's 57kg and men's 68kg divisions competed.Jade Jones of Great Britain won the gold…

Freestyle wrestling got underway on Wednesday, as bouts in the 48kg, 58kg and 69kg divisions of women's freestyle wrestling took place, and Japan had a clean sweep of the gold medals.Eri Tosaka of Japan defeated Mariya Stadnik of Azerbaijan to win the gold medal at 48kg. The 58kg gold medal was won by Kaori Icho of Japan, who defeated Russia's…

Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby stirred controversy when he refused to shake the hand of Israeli judoka Or Sasson after their contest last week. Now, it…

While Russia's athletics and weightlifting competitors have been banned from the Olympics, the wrestling team hasn't, and Russia has a history of success in the…