From: Tim Foley [email protected] Subject: Yoshida Seeks 4th Olympic Gold: 's Quick + Easy Day Five Preview Date: August 17, 2016 at 5:47 PM To: [email protected]

Yoshida Seeks 4th Olympic Gold: Wrestling's Quick + Easy Day Five Preview by William May // Photo: Gabor Martin,

RIO DE JANEIRO (August 17) -- (JPN) seeks her fourth gold medal in women's wrestling. If she accomplishes the feat she'll be the second woman to ever win four gold medals in a single event across four Summer Games, and she'll become the second wrestler to ever win four Olympic gold medals. Yoshida's s teammate accomplished the feats on August 17th with her title at 58kg..

United World Wrestling made a film about the duo's endeavor, which can be watched for free on YouTube and Facebook.

Tomorrow's wrestling will start at 9am E.T. (10am local) and feature women's wrestling 53kg, 63kg and 75kg.

The first session will end after semifinals with repechage being competed in the second session. The second session will start at 3pm E.T. (4pm local) and run roughly three hours.

Highlights for 53kg

First Round: World medalists MATTSSON (SWE) and Odunayo ADEKUOROYE (NGR) are set to battle Must Watch Athlete: Saori YOSHIDA (JPN) as she goes for historic number four

Highlights for 63kg

First Round: 2013 world champion Marianna SASTIN (HUN) battles Inna TRAZHUKOVA (RUS) Must Watch: SORONZONBOLD Battsetseg (MGL) looks to become her nation's first-ever gold medalist in wrestling.

Highlights for 75kg

First Round: 2013 world champion ZHANG Fengliu (CHN) takes on Epp MAE (EST) Must Watch: Three-time Adeline GRAY (USA) looks to become the United States' first gold medalist in women's wrestling

To get you ready for the stories behind tomorrow's action below are the links you'll need, with photos of the brackets and a guide to our news agate which makes for an easy viewing of results. Inside the 53kg, 63kg and 75kg brackets: http://uww.io/w2myd

How to view the brackets --> Click on "" then "Results & Videos" and then your preferred weight class. This will give you the agate and the upcoming mat assignments for each match and wrestler: http://uww.io/vTABU

Helpful link on where to watch the wrestling from your country: http://uww.io/live

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