(241226) — BEIJING, Dec. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) — As the sporting 12 months attracts to a detailed, right here is Xinhua News Agency’s collection of the world’s high 10 athletes in 2024:
3. Mijain Lopez Nunez (Cuba, wrestling)
At the Paris Olympics, six-time Olympian Lopez defeated Chile’s Yasmani Acosta Fernandez 6-0 within the males’s Greco-Roman wrestling 130kg last, turning into the primary male wrestler to take 5 Olympic gold medals in a row in the identical occasion.
This file photograph taken on Aug. 6, 2024 reveals gold medalist Mijain Lopez Nunez of Cuba celebrating throughout the awarding ceremony for the lads’s greco-roman 130kg of wrestling on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan)