South Korean wrestler Lee Seung-chan lost his very first Olympic match in Paris on Monday.Lee fell to Mijain Lopez of Cuba, the four-time defending champion, by 7-0 in the round of 16 in the men's 130-kilogram Greco-Roman event at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris.Lee couldn't get much going against the Cuban veteran, who is going for his fifth consecutive gold medal in the heaviest Greco-Roman weight division at age 41.Lee is one of only two South Korean male wrestlers in Paris, alongside Kim Seung-jun in the men's 97kg Greco-Roman event.If Lopez advances to the final, Lee will be given a reprieve in the repechage round scheduled for Tuesday.South Korea failed to win a medal in wrestling at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the first time the country was shut out in the sport since 1972.Source: Yonhap News Agency

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