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00:00The 2024 Paris Olympic Games will be a party for all continents.
00:04We will focus on those in the south.
00:07Who will be the Latin American legends in the capital, Gala?
00:11What athletes will acquire the title of myth?
00:15We are starting with Alma from the south.
00:30The first chapter could not be dedicated to another figure other than Mijaín López.
00:40Whatever happens, the Olympic tetrachampion of the Greco-Roman struggle is already a living legend of the sport
00:47and will seek to enlarge his legend in Paris.
00:50Will the fifth Olympic title arrive for the giant of Herradura?
00:55Mijaín López has already surpassed the great Alexander Kareli.
00:59The Siberian bear was undefeated for 13 years, he won three Olympic Games in a row,
01:04but in Sydney 2000 he fell to the unknown Rulon Garner.
01:09Mijaín already has four crowns and is the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler in history.
01:16Mijaín López is tied with the Japanese Kaori Icho,
01:20who also won four consecutive titles between 2004 and 2016.
01:26Icho was about to lose his chain in Rio de Janeiro,
01:29but in the final ten seconds he beat his Russian rival Koulova.
01:34He was undefeated for 13 years in the World Cup.
01:38Will Mijaín overcome her?
01:40Another wrestler who will arrive looking for her fifth Olympic title is the Sepayan Maria Stani,
01:46only that she has never won a crown in summer queues, plus two silver and two bronze.
01:52So the legend, the legend has a name, Mijaín López.
01:58Who were his main rivals in previous Olympic dates?
02:03In 2004 he gave up in his only fight in the Olympic Games against Kazan Baroev.
02:09He had a break and beat him in the Beijing 2008 final.
02:13In London 2012, the finalist was the Estonian Heikki Navi.
02:18In Rio de Janeiro, he beat his most fierce rival in recent years, the Turkish Riza Kayal.
02:25And in the last Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020, he defeated the Georgian Kahaya in the final fight.
02:32Who will be Mijaín's main rival in Paris 2024?
02:39He will have to take care of three main rivals.
02:42Of course, the Turkish Kayal, who beat him in two world finals, 2011 and 2015,
02:47but has not been able to beat Mijaín in the last three Olympic Games.
02:51Another rival to consider, the Iranian Amin Mirzazadeh,
02:55whom Mijaín has already defeated in the previous Olympics,
02:58but now arrives with the 2023 Belgrade World Title after defeating the Turkish.
03:05And another of the strong rivals, the Russian Sergei Semenov,
03:08who defeated Riza Kayal in the European Championship
03:11and prevented the Turkish from breaking the embrace of 12 European titles with the great Alexander Karel.
03:21A curious note, the Finnish Adolf Lindors in Hamburg in 1920
03:26and the Soviet Anatoly Roshkin in 1972 in Munich,
03:31are the only two fighters who have won an Olympic title at more than 40 years old.
03:36Do you know how old Mijaín is?
03:38On August 20, he will be 42 years old.
03:42Will Mijaín close his great career with the fifth Olympic title?
03:46Will any fighter prevent him from closing his career with a gold brooch?
03:52We will continue, here, with soul, from the south.