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Canada’s Ana Godinez Gonzalez falls short in bronze-medal match

Romania's Kriszta Incze, in red, and Canada's Ana Paula Godinez Gonzalez compete in their women's freestyle 62kg repechage wrestling match, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

By Sportsnet Staff

Posted August 10, 2024 5:15 am.

Last Updated August 11, 2024 5:42 am.

Canadian wrestler Ana Godinez Gonzalez’s strong run at the Olympics ended with an 11-0 loss to Norway’s Grace Bullen in a bronze-medal match in the women’s 62-kilogram division on Saturday.

Bullen, 27, was favoured to beat the Canadian after winning bronze and silver at the 2023 and ’22 world championships in 62-kg and 59-kg divisions, respectively.

Godinez Gonzalez has a career-best finish of fifth at the 2022 worlds.

Godinez Gonzalez, from Burnaby, B.C., beat Kriszta Incze of Romania 2-0 in a repechage to earn a shot at a medal.

Godinez Gonzalez opened the Olympics with a 5-2 win over France’s Ameline Douarre before losing 11-0 to Sakura Motoki of Japan. The Japanese wrestler advanced to the final, opening up a repechage spot for the Canadian.

The 24-year-old Godinez Gonzalez’s family moved to B.C. from Mexico when she was seven.

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