The Cliff Keen Wrestling Club’s Stevan Micic and Myles Amine will compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics this week at the the Makuhari Messe convention center. Micic, the No. 1 seed at 57kg, and Amine, the No. 3 seed at 86kg, have the same competition schedule, opening up with the round of 16 and quarterfinal at 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday (August 3), followed by semifinals (5:15 a.m. ET) and repechage (10 p.m. ET) on Wednesday (August 4) and medal matches at 6:30 a.m. ET on Thursday (August 5).
It is the first Olympic Games for both wrestlers, who both qualified after placing fifth at the 2019 World Championships, and they are the seventh and eighth Olympians in University of Michigan wrestling history — and the first for the CKWC since Jake Herbert in 2021. They are also the first ever freestyle wrestlers to qualify for the Olympics for their respective countries; Micic represents Serbia in international competition, while Amine competes for San Marino.
Micic will open competition against Japan’s Yuki Takahashi, the 2017 world champion, at 57kg, while Amine will face Colombia’s Carlos Izquierdo in his first match at 86kg.
Cliff Keen WC head coach Sergei Beloglazov and Michigan head coach Sean Bormet will coach the duo in Tokyo, while fellow CKWC member Alex Dieringer is Amine’s training partner and Rustam Ampar and Paul Petrov are on-site to work out with Micic.
When to Catch Them
Due to the time difference — Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time — each bracket will be contested over three days in America. Round of 16 and quarterfinal rounds will commence at 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday, followed semifinal matches at 5:15 a.m. ET on Wednesday. Action resumes with repechage at 10 p.m. ET Wednesday night, while medal matches will start at 6:30 a.m. ET on Thursday.
Tuesday, August 3
Qualifying Rounds: 10 p.m. ET
Wednesday, August 4
Semifinals: 5:15 a.m. ET
Repechage: 10 p.m. ET
Thursday, August 5
Medal Matches: 6:30 a.m. ET
How to Catch the Action
All matches will be streamed live on NBCOlympics.com. To access the live streams, click the schedule tab, or go directly to www.nbcolympics.com/schedule/sport/wrestling, scroll down to the area where all of the current live streams can be found by mat. For the first session, 57kg will run entirely on Mat A, while 86kg will be on Mat C.
The Olympic Channel will serve as the NBC television home for wrestling in Tokyo and provide live coverage of every session. The announcers for the NBC coverage of wrestling are play-by-play announcer Jason Knapp, plus color commentators John Smith and Jordan Burroughs. Smith is a two-time Olympic champion and four-time World champion. Burroughs is an Olympic champion and four-time World champion. Wrestling will see some time on CNBC and on USA Network, and could appear on other networks, at NBC’s discretion.
The CKWC Representatives
Stevan Micic — A 2018 NCAA finalist, Micic is a three-time NCAA All-American and a Big Ten champion at 133 pounds for Michigan but down to compete at 57kg (125 pounds) internationally. Micic redshirted in 2019-20 after placing fifth at the 2019 World Championships to qualify for his first Olympic Games and, after adding medals in each of the three UWW Ranking Series events, including gold at the Poland Open in June, he will be the No. 1 seed at 57kg in Tokyo. A Serbian citizen on his father’s side, he is the country’s first freestyle wrestler to qualify for the Olympics.
Myles Amine — Amine is the No. 3 seed at 86kg freestyle. After qualifying for his first Olympic team at the 2019 World Championships, Amine opted to redshirt the 2019-20 NCAA season before returning to compete this past season. He became just the seventh four-time All-American in Michigan wrestling history with his third-place NCAA finish at 197 pounds in 2021 — after placing top-four at 174 pounds in each of his previous three appearances — and captured his first Big Ten title. He has captured three consecutive European medals since 2019, including a bronze at the 2021 championships in April. A dual citizen on his mother’s side, he is the first wrestler from San Marino to qualify for the Olympic Games.
Amine served as one of San Marino’s two flag bearers, along with swimmer Arianna Valloni, for the Tokyo Games opening ceremony’s Parade of Nations. CKWC head coach Sergei Beloglazov, himself a two-time Olympic gold medalist, also participated in the Parade of Nations as part of the San Marino delegation.
