Canada’s Ana Godinez Gonzalez falls short in bronze-medal match
![Canada's Ana Paula Godinez Gonzalez](https://toronto.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2024/08/10/gonzalez-1040x572-1-1024x563.jpg)
Posted August 10, 2024 8:15 am.
Last Updated August 11, 2024 8:41 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.