“You haven’t seen anything from Erica yet.”So five years and a pandemic later, Wiebe carried the weight of considerable expectation on to the mat for her opening match of the women’s 76-kilogram Olympic wrestling tournament. “Obviously, now that I’m Olympic champion, there’s added pressure,” Wiebe acknowledged not long before she arrived in Japan. “I can’t imagine the pressure that she was facing,” Ragusa said after the match. “My only goal today was just to compete at my best, and I think I did that the last two minutes of the match,” Wiebe said. No longer the reigning Olympic champion, Ragusa pointed out that, no matter the reason for Sunday’s ending, Wiebe is forever an Olympic gold medallist.

Source: thestar August 01, 2021 11:26 UTC