Archive - Aug 10, 2012

Sem Shilimela’s participation in the Men’s 55kg Freestyle Wrestling competition at the Olympics came to an end when he lost 3-1 to Kyong Il Yang of North Korea in his second fight.

Shilimela had earlier lost 3-0 to Russia’s Dzhamal Otarsultanov, but since the Russian made it through to the final, Shilimela got a second chance to fight for the bronze medal in the Repechage round.

Shilimela gave a good account of himself but the North Korean speed and strength told as he took a 7-2 lead at the end of the first round.