Wrestling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' freestyle 63 kg explained

The boys' 63 kg tournament in wrestling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics was held on August 17 at the International Convention Centre.

The event limited competitors to a maximum of 63 kilograms of body mass. The tournament had two groups where wrestlers compete in a round-robin format. The winners of each group would go on to play for the gold medal, second placers played for the bronze medal while everyone else played for classification depending on where they ranked in the group stage.

On 15 October 2010, the International Olympic Committee announced Johnny Pilay who finished fifth had tested positive for a banned diuretic, furosemide. He was disqualified from the event.^[1]

Medalists

Group stages

Group A

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	3	11	26
	3	7	26
	3	4	9
	3	0	0

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	2-0 (3–0, 8–0)
	T. Fall (7–0, 9–0)
	T. Fall (7–0, 6–0)
	2-0 (1–0, 6–0)
	Fall (3–0)
	0-2 (2-3, 0-7)

Group B

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	3	10	29
	3	9	20
	3	3	6
	3	1	11

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	T. Fall (6–0, 7–0)
	Fall (0-4)
	2-0 (4–0, 3–0)
	T.Fall (0-7, 0-7)
	2-0 (5–0, 4–2)
	2-1 (5–3, 0-7, 1–1)

Classification

Gold-medal match

Final rankings

Rank	Athlete
4
5	Vacant
6
7
8
DQ^[2]

• Johnny Pilay of Ecuador originally finished 5th, but in October 2010, it was announced that he tested positive for diuretic Furosemide.

References

• Overall Results
• Results per Round

Notes and References

1. News: Two wrestlers test positive at Youth Olympics, confirm IOC. October 15, 2010. October 16, 2010. Morethanthegames.co.uk.
2. News: 1st YOG Doping Cases; Tornados for Olympics; Paralympic Anniversary; Boxing Battles "Misleading" Info. 15 October 2010. 18 November 2010. aroundtherings.com.