{"id":2323199,"date":"2024-08-12T14:51:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T18:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-greatest-olympian-youve-never-heard-of-el-terrible-sounds-like-a-movie-monster\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T14:55:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T18:55:27","slug":"the-greatest-olympian-youve-never-heard-of-el-terrible-sounds-like-a-movie-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-greatest-olympian-youve-never-heard-of-el-terrible-sounds-like-a-movie-monster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Olympian You&#8217;ve Never Heard Of: &#8216;El Terrible&#8217; Sounds Like a Movie Monster"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-greatest-olympian-youve-never-heard-of-el-terrible-sounds-like-a-movie-monster%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2323199&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text discusses the remarkable achievements of Cuban\u2064 wrestler Mija\u00edn L\u00f3pez, nicknamed \u201cEl Terrible,\u201d who retired\u200d after the 2024 Olympic Games. Standing at \u200d6&#8217;5&#8243; and weighing \u2063290 pounds, \u2063L\u00f3pez is celebrated for his exceptional career in amateur \u2063wrestling, particularly in the\u200c Greco-Roman \u2064style at the 130kg \u200dweight class. He has\u2062 won five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/team-usa-basketball-wins-fourth-consecutive-olympic-gold-medal\/\" title=\"Team USA basketball Wins Fourth Consecutive Olympic Gold Medal\">consecutive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-toyota-super-bowl-ads-strong-pro-life-message\/\" title=\"WATCH: Toyota Super Bowl Ad\u2019s Strong Pro-Life Message\">gold medals<\/a><\/a> at the Olympics, a record \u2063for\u200b the longest streak in\u200c a single\u200d event, surpassing swimming legend Michael Phelps, who holds four consecutive gold medals in one\u200d event. Furthermore, L\u00f3pez had an\u2064 incredible dominance in his matches, having not given up a single point in over a decade prior to the Paris Games. His opponents have\u200c expressed admiration for his strength and speed, solidifying his status as a legendary figure in wrestling and marking him as \u2062one of the greatest\u2062 Olympians of all \u2063time.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Turns out, monsters do exist.<\/p>\n<p>You just don&rsquo;t hear about them, because they populate the relatively unpopular sport of amateur wrestling (not to be confused with its much more popular &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wwes-wrestlemania-xl-officially-successful-event-companys-history-wow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">professional<\/a>&rdquo; counterpart).<\/p>\n<p>And that&rsquo;s a shame, because one of the greatest &mdash; if not the greatest &mdash; Olympian to ever partake in the historic games called it a career after the 2024 spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>Cuba&rsquo;s Mija&iacute;n L&oacute;pez has earned the nickname &ldquo;El Terrible,&rdquo; and you don&rsquo;t even need to see his body of work to understand why.<\/p>\n<p>You just need to see his body. The gargantuan 41-year-old stands at 6-foot-5 and tips the scales at 290 pounds, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/sports\/olympics\/mijain-lopez-wrestling-paris-olympics-cuba-b01b1770?mod=e2tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>But when you observe the accolades and body of work as a whole?<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s every reason to believe that L&oacute;pez is just as accomplished as the most accomplished Olympian ever, U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps &mdash; who boasts an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-greatest-olympian-youve-never-heard-of-el-terrible-sounds-like-a-movie-monster\/\" title=\"he Greatest Olympian You&#039;ve Never Heard Of: &#039;El Terrible&#039; Sounds Like a Movie Monster\">eye-watering 23 gold medals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(That&rsquo;s more than twice as many as anyone else.)<\/p>\n<p>No, L&oacute;pez has a relatively meager five gold medals on his r&eacute;sum&eacute;.<\/p>\n<p>But that&rsquo;s still good enough to make history.<\/p>\n<p>As NBC Sports noted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HYBjLm6Snww\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">captivating video<\/a>, L&oacute;pez won his fifth straight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-us-capitol-police-martyrs-will-get-congressional-gold-medal\/\" title=\"Pelosi: US Capitol Police \u2018Martyrs\u2019 Will Get Congressional Gold Medal\">gold medal<\/a> in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 130kg weight class.<\/p>\n<p>That streak of gold medals in a single event is the longest such streak of any Olympian, ever.<\/p>\n<p>Phelps, who is just shy of that record with four straight gold medals in a single event, couldn&rsquo;t believe it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To be able to do that, it&rsquo;s unheard of,&rdquo; Phelps told the Journal.<\/p>\n<p>The decorated swimmer added: &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a reason why no one&rsquo;s ever done it before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yet somehow, this feat that &ldquo;no one&rsquo;s ever done&rdquo; before almost pales in comparison to one of L&oacute;pez&rsquo;s most impressive fun facts (well, not so fun for his opponents).<\/p>\n<p>WSJ chronicles: &ldquo;To the people unfortunate enough to have stepped into the ring with L&oacute;pez, the remarkable streak of medals is just the beginning of his legend.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Forget losing a match or settling for silver&mdash;entering the Paris Games, it had been more than a decade since he&rsquo;d so much as given up a single point at the Olympics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/embattled-boxer-imane-khelif-left-past-female-fighter-thanking-god-survival-long-olympic-match\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oddly prescient note<\/a>, the Journal added: &ldquo;His last gold medal, in Tokyo, came when his final opponent chose to stop competing, standing to one side and letting L&oacute;pez raise his arms in victory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Opponents had nothing but respect for L&oacute;pez when the topic was broached.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s like wrestling with a rock who is moving,&rdquo; retired Lithuanian wrestler Mindaugas Mizgaitis told the Journal.<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s also scary fast.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re fighting, you&rsquo;re fighting, you&rsquo;re fighting, and then it&rsquo;s like, &lsquo;Where&rsquo;d he go?&rsquo;&rdquo; American Robby Smith described.<\/p>\n<p>A historic win streak, unheard of dominance (without any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-female-opponent-taunts-embattled-olympic-boxer-makes-x-sign-protest-amid-failed-gender-test-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shenanigans<\/a>), and the fact that L&oacute;pez was basically retired when he decided to abruptly chase history? 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This is unfortunate, as one of the greatest Olympians\u2014perhaps even the greatest\u2014has just retired after the 2024 Games. Cuba&#8217;s Mija\u00edn L\u00f3pez, known as &#8220;El Terrible,&#8221; has earned this nickname for good reason; you only need to look at his impressive physique to understand why. At 41 years old, he stands 6-foot-5 and weighs around 290 pounds, according to The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p>When you consider his achievements in their entirety, it&#8217;s clear that L\u00f3pez rivals even the most decorated Olympian in history, U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps\u2014who holds an astonishing 23 gold medals (more than double anyone else). While L\u00f3pez has a modest five gold medals on his record, this still places him in a historic light. As highlighted by NBC Sports in an engaging video segment, L\u00f3pez secured his fifth consecutive gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 130kg weight class\u2014a streak that marks the longest of any Olympian ever in a single event.<\/p>\n<p>Phelps himself was astonished by this achievement: \u201cTo be able to do that is unheard of,\u201d he remarked to The Journal. He added that there\u2019s a reason no one has accomplished it before. However, this remarkable feat almost seems secondary when considering another impressive aspect of L\u00f3pez&#8217;s career: for over ten years leading up to the Paris Games, he hadn\u2019t given up a single point at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>In an interesting note from The Journal: \u201cHis last gold medal win in Tokyo came when his final opponent chose not to compete anymore and stepped aside so L\u00f3pez could celebrate.\u201d Opponents have expressed nothing but respect for him; retired Lithuanian wrestler Mindaugas Mizgaitis described facing him as akin to \u201cwrestling with a moving rock.\u201d American Robby Smith noted how fast he is: \u201cYou\u2019re fighting and then suddenly it\u2019s like \u2018Where did he go?\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<p>With an unprecedented winning streak and dominance without any questionable tactics\u2014and considering that L\u00f3pez was essentially retired before deciding to pursue history\u2014these elements contribute significantly to the legend of &#8220;El Terrible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2323200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mijain-Lopez.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37912,4825,37913,37914],"class_list":["post-2323199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-el-terrible","tag-olympics","tag-sports-history","tag-underrated-athletes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Mijain-Lopez.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2323199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2323200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2323199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2323199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2323199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}