CHIBA, Japan (AP) — Germany's Aline Rotter-Focken beat American Adeline Gray 7-3 in the 76-kilogram women's wrestling final.
Gray is a five-time world champion, but she had never claimed an Olympic medal. She finished a disappointing seventh at the Rio de Janeiro Games while fighting through injuries that kept her out of action for a year.
She bounced back to win two more world titles and earn the No. 1 seed at the Olympics.
She was confident she would join Helen Maroulis as the only two U.S. women's wrestling Olympic gold medalists. Instead, second-seeded Rotter-Focken used her length to prevail.