Calgary Herald

CaNadIaN WReSTLeRS adVaNce TO FINaLS

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Canadians Danielle Lappage and Justina Di Stasio have advanced to the final bout in their respective divisions at the world wrestling championsh­ips, while Olympic champion Erica Wiebe just missed joining them. Lappage, from Olds, Alta., will face Finland’s Petra Ollip in the 65-kilogram gold-medal match Wednesday. Di Stasio, from Burnaby, B.C., will take on Mongolia’s Nasanburma­a Ochirbat in the 72kg final. Wiebe, of Stittsvill­e, Ont., who won gold at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, was defeated by three-time world champion Adeline Gray of the United States in the 76kg event. Wiebe will face Zsanett Nemeth of Hungary for bronze.

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