PARIS, France — Hoosier wrestler Mason Parris rarely loses a match at any level. Losing one Friday ended his Paris Olympics.
Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur, of Mongolia, beat the No. 3-seeded Lawrenceburg heavyweight 10-5 Friday, Aug. 9 at Champ-de-Mars Arena.
Parris was eliminated when No. 6 seed Giorgi Meshvildishvili, of Azerbaijan, defeated the Mongolian 12-2. Only losers to finalists are eligible for repechage.
Parris was a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Championships after winning an NCAA title in the 285-pound weight class to cap a 33-0 season for Michigan.
He scored a first-period takedown and led 2-1. He extended the lead to 3-1 with a step-out point. In a key move, Munkhtur took Parris down on the edge for four points. A U.S. challenge was denied, making the score 6-3.
Munkhtur walked Parris off the mat for a step-out and a caution and one for fleeing to make it 8-3. Another Munkhtur takedown closed it out.
In high school, Parris lost a state quarterfinal to the eventual state champion, then never lost again. His record was 206-1. In football, he was an All-State linebacker.
In women’s freestyle, Culver Academy graduate Kayla Miracle, the No. 8 seed, was edged out by No. 1 seed Aisuluu Tynybekova, of Kyrgyzstan, in a 6-6 criteria decision.
Miracle, a two-time Olympian, is a two-time world silver medalist.
For Miracle to qualify for Saturday's repechage, Tynybekova must win a semifinal match against Iryna Koliadenko, of Ukraine. Tynybekova won a 2021 Olympic silver medal and is a three-time world champion.
Miracle opened with 12-2 technical fall over Nesrin Bas, of Turkey, a 2022 and 2023 under-23 world champion and 2024 European champion.
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