Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler, Nunez Lopez, on Tuesday won his fifth Olympic gold medal in the 130kg, beating Fernandez Acosta of Chile in the process at the ongoing Paris 2024 Games.
Widely considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, López is also, five-time World Champion, and five-time Pan American Games champion.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Cuban after the fight celebrated his coaching crew by lifting one up and throwing the other over in the celebrations mood.
NAN reports that the Cuban put off his fighting shoes and left them in the middle of the mat, in what looks like the 41-year-old is retiring from the sport.
His first gold medal was in Beijing 2008, the other in London 2012 and the 3rd in Rio De Janeiro in 2016.
He won the fourth in Tokyo 2020 before his victory at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
He is the younger brother of Michel López Núñez, a Cuban amateur boxer.
On July 3, he and the Cuban judoka Idalys Ortíz, were designated as the flag bearers for Paris 2024 Olympic Games.(NAN)
