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Paris (dpa) — Cuban Greco-Roman wrestling legend Mijain Lopez has become the first Olympian to win the same individual event at five straight Games. Lopez, 41, beat Cuba-born Chilean Yasmani Acosta Fernandez 6-0 for gold in the 130 kilogram division and then ended his glittering career by symbolically placing his shoe in the middle of the mat. Five-time world champion Lopez was competing at his sixth Games, starting with a fifth-place finish 2004 in Athens. He won the heaviest class of 120 kilos 2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London, and when the top division was raised to 130 kilos also the gold…

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