Team USA Wrestlers Miracle, Stefanowicz, Sancho Out in Round of 16

Team USA's Kayla Miracle in blue wrestles China's Long Jia in Tokyo

The Round of 16 wrestling matches were not kind to Americans as wrestling hit Day 11 of the Tokyo Olympics.

Kayla Miracle, Alejandro Sancho, and John Stefanowicz all could not find a win in their first matches in Japan and will go home without an individual medal.

Miracle, the 25-year-old two-time U.S. Open champion, lost a tight match against China's Long Jia in the women's 62kg class.

Two male U.S. military members also lost.

Sancho, an army specialist, was beaten 10-4 by Artem Surkov of the Russian Olympic Committee in the Greco-Roman 67kg class.

And Stefanowicz, a Marine, fell to Croatia's Ivan Huklek 5-3.

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