Flyweight, Freestyle (≤50 kilograms), Women

The #1 seed was Azerbaijani Mariya Stadnik, who had won the 2019 World Championships and was the silver medallist in this class (then at 48 kg) at Rio and London. The second seed went to Romanian Emilia Vuc, who had been runner-up to Stadnik at the 2019 Worlds and also had a silver medal from the 2017 Worlds. Not seeded was Japan’s Yui Susaki, who was World Champion in 2017 and 2018.

Both Stadnik and Susaki won their first two matches easily and met in the semi-finals, where Susaki won by technical superiority, 11-0, in 3:47, overwhelming her Azerbaijani opponent. Susaki went to the final where she faced China’s Sun Yanan, who had been World Champion back in 2013. Sun had defeated American Sarah Hildebrandt, 2018 World silver medallist and 2019 Pan American Champion, in the semi-finals.

The final was another comfortable victory for Susaki who won the gold medal by 10-0 over Sun in only 1:36. Stadnik and Hildebrandt entered the repêchage where they each won their match and shared the bronze medals. Vuc had been upset in her opening match by Bulgarian Miglena Selishka.