RIO DE JANEIRO – Shinobu Ota managed a silver medal but was no match against reigning world champion Ismael Borrero Molina of Cuba in the men’s Greco-Roman 59-kg final at the Rio Olympics on Sunday.
The 22-year-old Ota, who finished second at the 2014 Asian Championships in Astana and was making his debut in the Olympics, lost by technical fall to the 24-year-old Borrero Molina.
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