Women's freestyle 62 kilograms competition at the

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, took place on 3–4 August 2021 at the

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in Mihama-ku. The qualification rounds were held on 3 August while medal matches were held on the 2nd day of the competition. This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Yukako Kawai is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the women's 62 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in ...

from Japan won the gold medal after beating the World Champion Aisuluu Tynybekova from Kyrgyzstan 4–3 in the gold medal match.

Schedule

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Results

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Main bracket

Repechage

Final standing

References

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