Senior Women's World Championships - End of Pool Competition News Page
MARANO WINS GOLD MEDAL, MIRANDA TAKES SILVER MEDAL AT WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SOFIA, BULGARIA,
SEPT. 3 ,2000 USA Wrestling
Kristie Marano (Albany, N.Y./ATWA) won a gold medal at 149.75 pounds, leading the United States to a fifth-place team finish at the Women’s World Wrestling Championships, in Sofia, Bulgaria, September 3. The competition was held in the hall “Universiada” in Sofia.
Marano becomes only the third U.S. wrestler to win a gold-medal at the Women’s World Championships, joining four-time World Champion Tricia Saunders and one-time World Champion Sandra Bacher as U.S. Women World Champions.
She finished with a 4-0 record in the tournament. On Sunday, Marano pinned Xiomara Guevara of Venezuela in 2:28 in the semifinals. In the gold medal finals, Marano edged Anna Schamova of Russia, in an exciting 6-5, overtime decision.
It was the fifth straight year that Marano had qualified for the gold-medal finals. Marano has finished second in the past four World Championships, competing at 165.25 pounds. She dropped to 149.75 pounds for the first time this year.
It was also the second straight year that the United States has won this weight class, as Bacher was the champion in 1999. Marano and Bacher have not yet wrestled-off for the No. 1 position at this weight class, as Bacher was unable to compete at the World Championships in order to attend the Olympic Games in judo.
Patricia Miranda (Saratoga, Calif./Dave Schultz WC) claimed a silver medal at 123.25 pounds, competing in her first World Championships.
Miranda finished with a 3-1 record in the tournament. On Sunday, in the semifinals, she defeated Ida Hellstrom of Sweden, 4-2. In the gold medal finals, Miranda lost by technical fall to Hitomi Sakamoto of Japan, 10-0.
She was second in both the 2000 U.S. Nationals and 2000 World Team Trials. She also finished third in the 1999 World Team Trials. Miranda wrestles for Stanford University. Miranda was named to the U.S. team when No. 1 ranked athlete Stephanie Murata was unable to wrestle due to injury.
Two other U.S. wrestlers placed in the top 10 of their weight classes, scoring team points for the United States. Iris Smith (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) placed seventh at 165.25 pounds and Sara McMann (Lock Haven, Pa./Sunkist Kids) was ninth at 136.5 pounds.
Japan won the team title with 48 points, ahead of runner-up Russia with 34 points. Canada placed third with 31 points, followed by Ukraine with 27 points and the United States with 25 points. The United States was the 1999 World Team champions, but entered the 2000 event with only two of six team members with previous World Championships experience.
The U.S. team was led by co-head coach Rob Eiter of Chicago, Ill., and USA Wrestling National Women’s Coach Mike Duroe of Colorado Springs, Colo. Co-head coach Jack Griffin of Evanston, Ill. could not attend but participated in the training camp.
WOMEN’S WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS at Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 3
U.S. results on Sunday
51 kg/112.25 lbs - Patricia Miranda, Saratoga, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC) - Semifinals - dec. Ida Hellstrom (Sweden), 4-2; Gold medal finals - lost by tech. fall to Hitomi Sakamoto (Japan), 10-0
69 kg/149.75 lbs. - Kristie Marano, Albany, N.Y. (ATWA) - Semifinals - pin Xiomara Guevara (Venezuela), 2:28; Gold medal finals - dec. Anna Schamova (Russia), 6-5, ot
Top Ten teams
1. Japan, 48 pts.; 2. Russia, 34 pts.; 3. Canada, 31 pts.; 4. Ukraine, 27 pts.; 5. United States, 25 pts.; 6. Germany, 20 pts.; 7. Poland, 19 pts.; 8. Sweden, 18 pts.; 9. France, 13 pts.; 10. Bulgaria, 13 pts.
All U.S. matches during tournament
46 kg/101.25 lbs. - Clarrisa Chun, Kapolei, Hawaii (Viking WC), dnp - lost pin to Maria de los Angelos Barraza (Mexico), 4:20; lost pin to Inga Karamchakova (Russia), 1:21
51 kg/112.25 lbs - Patricia Miranda, Saratoga, Calif. (Dave Schultz WC), 2nd - won by tech. fall over Wu Li-Chauan (Taipei), 12-1; pin Semra Aydin (Turkey), 4:26; dec. Ida Hellstrom (Sweden), 4-2; Gold medal finals - lost by tech. fall to Hitomi Sakamoto (Japan), 10-0
56 kg/123.25 lbs. - Tina George-Wilson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), dnp - lost dec. to Constantina Tsimpanakou (Greece), 9-5; lost dec. to Tatiana Lazareva (Ukraine), 4-3, ot, 6:12
62 kg/136.5 lbs. - Sara McMann, Lock Haven, Pa. (Sunkist Kids), 9th - pin Sofia Kampanari (Greece), 0:37; lost dec. to Nikola Hartmann (Austria), 5-2
69 kg/149.75 lbs. - Kristie Marano, Albany, N.Y. (ATWA), 1st - pin Sakizligi Gamze (Turkey), 5:16; pin Ewelina Pruszko (Poland), 2:26; pin Xiomara Guevara (Venezuela), 2:28; dec. Anna Schamova (Russia), 6-5, ot
75 kg/165.25 lbs. - Iris Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 7th - lost pin to Edyta Witkowska (Poland), 4:20; won by tech. fall over Yildirim Zarife (Turkey), 10-0, 3:25
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Senior Women's World Championships - End of Pool Competition
September 2, 2000 -- Sofia, Bulgaria
46 KG (15) CAROL HUYNH (Burnaby Mountain W.C., Buranby, B.C.)
vs. Mayelis Caripa (VEN) Won by a fall, winning 4-1 at the time.
vs. Kao Wei-Chien (TPE) Won 11-1
vs. Bye in pool
vs. Inga Karamchakova (RUS) in the semi-final
Carol wins her pool and advances automatically to the semi-finals on Sunday morning. She will face Inga Karamchakova from Russia. The other pairing is Irena McInik from the Ukraine versus Farah Touchi from France.
51 KG (16) LYNDSAY BELISLE (Burnaby Mountain W.C., Buranby, B.C.)
vs. Bye in pool
vs. Anne Katherine Deluntsch (FRA) Won by a fall.
vs. Hitomi Sakamoto (JPN) Lost 10-0
Lyndsay is eliminated in the pool competition and will place 7th-11th. The semi-final match-up is Hitomi Sakamoto from Japan versus Inesa Rebar from the Ukraine and Patricia Miranda from the USA versus Ida Hellstrom from Sweden.
56 KG (14) JENNIFER RYZ (Burnaby Mountain W.C., Buranby, B.C.)
vs. Perchin Ugrun (TUR) Win by a fall, winning 5-0 at the time of the fall.
vs. Mabel Fonseca Ramirez (PUR) Won 5-3
vs. Yolianni Orellana (VEN) Won 8-0
vs. Seiko Yamamoto (JPN) in the semi-final
Jennifer wins her pool and advanced into the semi-finals. She will face Seiko Yamamoto from Japan. The other semi-final match-up is Selma Ferchichi from Tunisia versus Tatiana Lazareva from the Ukraine.
62 KG (17) TRISH LEIBEL (U of Calgary W.C., Calgary, AB)
vs. Lotta Anderson (SWE) Lost by injury default.
Trish has injured out of the tournament and will place in 17th position. The semi-final matches are Stephanie Gross from Germany versus Nikola Hartmann from Austria and Rena Iwama from Japan versus Malgorzata Bassa from Poland.
68 KG (13) SHANNON SAMLER (Buranby Mountian W.C., Buranby, B.C.)
vs. Bye
vs. Anna Schamova (RUS) Lost 6-2
vs. Anita Schatzle (GER) Won 16-4
Shannon finishes second in her pool and does not advance. She will place in 6th or 7th position. The semi-final matches are Xiomara Guevara from Venezeula versus Kristie Marano from the USA and Anna Schamova from Russia versus Tomoe Miyamoto from Japan.
75 KG (15) CHRISTINE NORDHAGEN (University of Calgary W.C., Calgary, Alberta)
vs. Wang Jo-Mei (TPE) Won by a fall, winning 6-0 at the time.
vs. Bye
vs. Ana Hernandez (VEN) Won 10-0
vs. Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) in the semi-final
Christine wins her pool and advances directly into the semi-final. She will face defending World Champion Kyoko Hamaguchi from Japan. The other pairing is Edyta Witkowska from Poland versus Toleva Elisaveta from Bulgaria.
There are 90 athletes representing 25 countries in attendance at the World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Round #2 will take place later this afternoon.
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Fighting Title IX just won't work
By Doug Malan12/1/1999
Kent Bailo has the answer for everyone intent on fighting Title IX as minor sports on the college level continue to be cut.
If you can't beat them, join them.
The Michigan editor for Wrestling USA magazine touched on the subject while discussing Riverdale's Jennifer Daugherty, the top-ranked female wrestler as determined by Bailo's magazine on Jan. 15.
"The way to save the sport is to make it for everybody, men and women," Bailo said.
"In 10 or 15 years down the road, when somebody wants to cut a wrestling program in high school or college, Jennifer Daugherty's gonna say, 'Hey, it's not like this kid's dad wrestled, his mother wrestled, too.' Now you're talking to both sides."
In essence, Bailo wants to see every sport reciprocally offered to females, including football, which would require more money than an all-female wrestling program.
But his idea is to save male sports with equal female opportunities.
He wants opportunities that are real and not on some school's future agenda. Wrestling, in particular, is his main concern.
He has implemented changes in the Michigan high school wrestling tournaments and hopes others will soon follow.
He's the founder/director of the United States Girls Wrestling Association and wants to eliminate inter gender wrestling matches, arguing that heavier girls have little chance of winning against heavier guys.
His focus is preserving the sanctity of the sport through separation.
With separation, Bailo says females will not be cheated from opportunities and guys won't have their existing programs cut.
"The more involvement, the more people, the better off," Bailo said. "If all these things we espouse to be good for boys wrestling, that it teaches you self-discipline, diet control and to get into good shape and make decisions on your feet, then my last question is why aren't those things good for young ladies? There's no reason why they're not."
Of course, the hurdle remains putting action ahead of words.
Others argue that female wrestlers should be banned from competing against guys because of a principle in athletic participation.
If a girl can wrestle against guys with few sticking points, why can't a guy play volleyball against girls?
Like wrestling, volleyball is a sport not offered to males in Tennessee, or many other states for that matter.
Therefore, if a guy can't find an opportunity to compete in volleyball with his own gender, should he then be afforded the opportunity to play on a girls team?
It's the same philosophy used by female wrestlers, but for some reason, I don't think it would work for the guys.
So much for equality in sports.
(Doug Malan covers high school sports for the DNJ. You can contact him at dougmalan@hotmail.com.)