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Craig
Sesker USA Wrestling
09/23/2009
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Jessica
Medina competing at 51 kg at the World Championships in Herning,
Denmark. Tony Rotundo photo
HERNING, Denmark – The momentum the U.S. wrestling team built
with a two-medal performance on Tuesday quickly vanished on Wednesday
at the World Championships.
Three U.S. wrestlers – Dustin Schlatter, Clarissa Chun and
Jessica Medina – fell short of placing on Day 3 of the
seven-day event at the MesseCenter Herning.
Chun, a 2008 World champion who was wrestling with an injured shoulder,
dropped a three-period decision to 17-year-old North Korean Sim Hyang
So in the second round at 48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Chun dropped the first period 4-0 to So, a powerful, young wrestler.
Chun fought back gamely, firing in on a leg attack to score a takedown
with two seconds left in the period to send the bout to a third period.
Nobody was able to score in the third period and the match went to the
ball draw. So won the draw and quickly finished for a takedown to win
the match.
“I thought I was ready to go, regardless of what injury I
had,” said Chun, who placed fifth in the 2008 Olympics.
“I kept fighting. I didn’t want to lose. I
definitely dropped the ball in the third period. I got too comfortable.
I should have attacked her like I was losing. I should have come after
her and not let it go (to the ball draw).”
So reached the semifinals, but lost to World champion Iorisa Oorzhak of
Russia. That knocked Chun out of the event since So did not reach the
finals.
Chun placed ninth in the final standings at her weight class.
Medina won her first match before falling to eventual finalist Sofia
Mattsson of Sweden in the second round. Mattsson reached the finals to
pull Medina back in for the repechage at 51 kg/112.25 lbs. Medina was
eliminated from medal contention with a two-period loss to China's Di
Hong.
It’s been a breakthrough year for Medina, who placed fourth
in the U.S. Nationals before rebounding to win the U.S. World Team
Trials. Medina was wrestling with a sprained ankle she suffered five
days ago in training.
“This whole year has been amazing,” Medina said.
“I just keep improving. I’m so excited about going
through this experience. I feel so much more confident now.
I’ve come a long way and I have a lot more to improve on. Of
course, I’m disappointed. I am going to come back and train
hard, and come back strong year next year.”
Schlatter dropped a tough first-round match to Ramash Kumar of India in
three periods at 74 kg/163 lbs. Kumar rattled off two more wins before
falling in the semifinals. That knocked Schlatter out of the event.
Individual champions on Wednesday were Denis Tsargush of Russia at 74
kg/163 lbs. in men’s freestyle, and Mariya Stadnyk of
Azerbaijan at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. and Sofia Mattsson of Sweden at 51
kg/112.25 lbs. in women’s freestyle. All three were
first-time World champions.
The United States placed seventh in the final team standings with 19
points. The top three teams were Russia in first place with 63 points,
Azerbaijan in second place with 48 points and Iran in third place with
40 points.
Three U.S. women – Tatiana Padilla (55 kg/121 lbs.), Deanna
Rix (59 kg/130 lbs.) and Elena Pirozhkova (63 kg/138.75 lbs.)
– weighed in and received their draws for
Thursday’s competition.
U.S. FREESTYLE,
WOMEN’S FREESTYLE RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY’S WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Women’s
freestyle
48 kg/105.5 lbs.
– Clarissa Chun, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 9th
WIN Mehvynna Tambunan (Singapore), 6-0, 6-0
LOSS Sim Hyang So (North Korea), 4-0, 2-2, 1-0
51 kg/112.25 lbs.
– Jessica Medina, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC),
dnp/15th
WIN Thie Dieu Ninh Tran (Vietnam), 3-0, 3-3
LOSS Sofia Mattsson (Sweden), 6-0, 1-0
LOSS Di Hong (China), 1-0, 1-0
Freestyle
74 kg/163 lbs.
– Dustin Schlatter, Massillon, Ohio (Minnesota Storm),
dnp/23rd
LOSS Ramash Kumar (India), 1-0, 0-2, 1-1
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS
Women’s
freestyle results
48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Gold – Mariya Stadnyk (Azerbaijan)
Silver – Lorisa Oorzhak (Russia)
Bronze – Sim Hyang So (North Korea)
Bronze – Lyudmila Balushka (Ukraine)
5th – Thi Lua Nguyen (Vietnam)
5th – Yana Stadnik (Great Britain)
7th – Lindsay Rushton (Canada)
8th – Makiko Sakamoto (Japan)
9th – Clarissa Chun (USA)
10th – Sara Sanchez (Spain)
Gold – Stadnyk dec. Oorzhak, 3-0, 2-0
Bronze – Balushka pin Stadnik, 2-0, pin
Bronze – So dec. Nguyen, 3-0, 3-2
51 kg/112.25 lbs.
Gold – Sofia Mattsson (Sweden)
Silver – Kum Ok Han (North Korea
Bronze – Oleksandra Kohut (Ukraine)
Bronze – Yuri Kai (Japan)
5th – Natalia Budu (Moldova)
5th – Di Hong (China)
7th – Alexandra Englehardt (Germany)
8th – Babita Kumari (India)
9th – Tatyana Bakatyuk (Kazakhstan)
10th – Emese Szabo (Hungary)
Gold – Mattsson dec. Han, 3-0, 4-0
Bronze – Kohut dec. Budu, 1-0, 1-0
Bronze – Kai pin Hong
Men’s freestyle
74 kg/163 lbs.
Gold – Denis Tsargush (Russia)
Silver – Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev (Azerbaijan)
Bronze – Ramesh Kumar (India)
Bronze – Sadegh Goudarzi (Iran)
5th – Alexandr Burca (Moldova)
5th – Murad Gaidarov (Belarus)
7th – Apostolos Taskoudis (Greece)
8th – Kiril Terziev (Bulgaria)
9th – Bi Shengfeng (China)
10th – Andrej Shyyka (Germany)
Gold – Tsargush dec. Chamsulvarayev (Azerbaijan), 2-0, 1-0
Bronze – Goudarzi dec. Gaidarov, 1-0, 3-0
Bronze – Kumar dec. Burca, 0-3, 2-0, 6-4
Men’s Freestyle
Final Team Standings
1 RUSSIA, 63
2 AZERBAIJAN, 48
3 IRAN, 40
4 TURKEY, 27
5 UKRAINE, 23
6 BELARUS, 21
7 UNITED STATES, 19
8 UZBEKISTAN, 18
9 GEORGIA, 14
9 INDIA, 14
9 JAPAN, 14
12 GREECE, 12
12 NORTH KOREA, 12
12 CUBA, 12
15 KAZAKHSTAN, 8
15 ARMENIA, 8
17 GREAT BRITAIN, 6
17 MOLDOVA, 6
17 TAJIKISTAN, 6
20 GERMANY, 4
20 POLAND, 4
20 BULGARIA, 4
23 EGYPT, 3
23 KOREA, 3
25 CANADA, 2
25 CHINA, 2
25 KYRGYZSTAN, 2
25 PUERTO RICO, 2
29 HUNGARY, 1
29 MONGOLIA, 1
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USA
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Jenna
Pavlik, Sara Fulp-Allen, Kelsey Campbell Women's Team USA
09/24/2009
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 Women's
Team USA members and training partners Jenna Pavlik, Sara Fulp Allen
and Kelsey Campbell (left to right) will provide a journal about the
U.S. Women's Team at the 2009 World Championships
Wednesday, September 23
by Kelsey Campbell
Day one of women's competition was definitely not a slow one.
After seeing all of the freestyle guys wrestling, especially Jake and
Trevel win medals, we were all ready and excited for the women's
competition to begin.
At this point, all the girls were at different places. Some competed
today, while some weighed in this morning, and still others had another
day to compete. my respect for the coaches, though already high, has
grown significantly. They have really been all things to all people.
Our team leader, Kim Martori, has done a phenomenal job with just being
there to assist the coaches and athletes, making sure rides are taken
care of, and I am sure, a multitude of things none of us see that takes
place behind the scenes.
Some of the girls that did not need to weigh in today had a separate
workout this morning with wrestling partners, while 55kg, 59kg, and
63kg had their weigh in. After some close calls, so far, everyone has
weighed in accordingly.
I got to warm up with Clarissa. I have learned a lot from her this
trip. Training with someone who has done as much as she has, it is
definitely an upward call to always have that game face on. Even this
morning, she prepared for the competition with so much fight. It is
awesome. And her opening match really showed that. The same was true
for Jessica. She wrestled today like I have never seen her wrestle. As
we have all experienced at some point, the results were not what either
of them wanted. Regardless, I am extremely proud of both of them and
cannot wait to see what we can all accomplish as Team USA in the years
to come.
After the competition finished, a lot of the girls were still pretty
scattered. Some wanted to get away from the venue, and headed to the
store. I was pretty exhausted from a hard workout and the warm-up, so I
finally got a chance to be immobile for a little while.
Tomorrow, Tatiana, Deanna and Elena will compete. The final day of
women's competition will include Adeline and Ali - otherwise known as
"Team A."
Another day of competition comes to a close and overall, I have just
learned so much: to always be ready, always have that game face on, and
always be open-minded. Until next time!
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USA
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Jason
Bryant USA Wrestling
09/23/2009
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The
three women wrestling on Thursday
have received their draws at the 2009 World Championships after making
weight on Wednesday morning.
Tatiana Padilla (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) received a
favorable draw at 55kg for Thursday’s competition at the 2009
Wrestling World Championships at the Messecenter Herning in Herning,
Denmark.
Padilla will have a first-round bye and then will face the winner of
the Lenka Martinakova-Gudrun Hoeie bout. Martinakova is from the Czech
Republic and finished 9th in the European Championships, while Hoeie,
from Norway, was fifth at the recent Golden Grand Prix in Baku. Padilla
was the World bronze medalist last year in Tokyo as a 1
The draw is favorable due to the fact Japan’s Saori Yoshida,
a six-time World Champion and two-time Olympic champion, is in the
bottom half of the bracket, along with Russia’s Natalya
Golts. The Russian was second in the 2008 World Championships and the
2009 European Champion. Golts will face 1999 World Champion Anna Gomis
of France in the opening round. Canadian Tonya Verbeek, a World and
Olympic bronze medalist is also at the bottom of the bracket.
Golts is moving down from 59kg.
Deanna Rix (Colorado Springs, Colo./NYAC) placed fifth in the World
Championships last year at 59kg, and will be in the top bracket
position in this year’s championships at the same weight.
Rix will face Bulgaria’s Taybe Yusein in her first match.
Yusein is in her first World Championships at the senior level as the
18-year-old was third in the Junior Worlds last year.
Japan’s Kei Yamana is in the top half of the bracket with
Rix. Yamana is a 2005 Junior World Champion and was most recently third
at the Golden Grand Prix. Hungary’s Marianna Sastin, a 2005
World silver medalist, is also in the top bracket and could face Yamana
early on.
China’s Mei Jia was second in the Asian championships and is
in the bottom of the bracket.
Elena Pirozhkova (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) will also compete
tomorrow. Pirozhkova won the 2008 University World Championships and is
in the bottom bracket position at 63kg.
Pirozhkova will face Turkey’s Aysel Can in a qualification
round. Can was 10th in the 2008 World Championships.
Notables in the draw include the newest addition to the Japanese World
Team, Mio Nishimaki. She won the 2009 Asian Championships and is in the
top half of the bracket away from Pirozhkova.
Poland’s Monika Michalik-Rogien is a two-time World bronze
medalist and is in the bottom half of the draw as well. Elina Vaseva of
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USA
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Jason
Bryant USA Wrestling
09/24/2009
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All
three U.S. wrestlers set to
compete on Friday at the 2009 World Championships all made weight and
received their draws on Thursday at the Messecenter Herning in Herning,
Denmark.
The 2008 Junior World Champion, Adeline Gray (Colorado Springs,
Colo./NYAC), didn’t fare so well in her return trip to the
Junior Worlds earlier this year, but the 18-year-old has a chance for
redemption at the senior level.
Gray draws Germany’s Maria Mueller in the opening round.
Mueller was third in the 2006 World Championships in China, but fell to
14th in the Worlds in 2007 and did not qualify for the Olympics.
Should Gray get past Mueller, a tough opponent will await in either
China’s Yan Ma, the reigning Asian Junior Champion and Senior
runner-up or Russian Yulia Bartnovskaya, who finished fifth in the
World Championships last year.
Notable wrestlers in the bottom half of the draw include 2008 World
Champion and Olympic fifth-place finisher Martine Dugrenier of Canada
and Mongolian Badrakh Odinchimeg, who coincidentally meet in the
opening round. Odinchimeg was 10th in the Olympics in 2008.
Japan’s entry is 2008 Asian Junior Champion and Senior
runner-up Yoshiko Inoue.
Ali Bernard (New Ulm, Minn./Gator WC) doesn’t have a stellar
draw, as she’ll meet 2007 World Champion Stanka Zlateva of
Bulgaria in the opening round. Zlateva was the 2008 Olympic silver
medalist. Bernard represented the U.S. at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
The winner will take on either Ohenewa Akuffo of Canada or Maria-Louisa
Vrioni of Greece. Akuffo was third in the World Championships in 2008.
Japan’s new entry, Asuka Sano, was the Asian Senior
runner-up, but will have big shoes to fill as Kyoko Hamaguchi, a
five-time World Champion, has stopped competing.
In Greco-Roman, Spenser Mango (St. Louis, Mo./NYAC), the 2008 Olympian
at 55kg for the U.S., will take to the mat against Estonia’s
Anar Zeinalov in the opening round. Zeinalov was 10th in the European
championships.
But looming in the same part of the top bracket is Iranian Hamid Sorian
Reihanpour, a three-time World Champion who placed fifth in the
Olympics in 2008.
Notables in the bottom half of the draw are Olympic fifth-place
finisher Kristijan Fris of Serbia, Bulgarian Aleksandar Kostadinov and
Russian Bekxan Mankiev.
Azerbaijan’s Olympic silver medalist Rovshan Bayramov is also
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Hawaii
Hawaii
Beat
For
Thursday, September 24, 2009
By
Star-Bulletin Staff and News Services
POSTED:
01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 24, 2009
Chun
ninth in world wrestling
Hawaii's
Clarissa Chun placed ninth at the
World Wrestling Championships at Herning, Denmark, yesterday.
Chun,
a 2008 world champ and a fifth-place
finisher at the Beijing Olympics, was eliminated from medal contention
after
dropping a three-period decision to Sim Hyang So of North Korea at 105
1/2
pounds.
Chun
wrestled with an injured shoulder.
"I
thought I was ready to go, regardless
of what injury I had," Chun said. "I kept fighting. I didn't want to
lose."
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London
Published
Date: 24 September 2009
RECENTLY local athletes, Ben
Pollin, Gracious and Stewart Phillips, representing the Waterside
Sharks entered the Wigan and Leigh Open Freestyle Wrestling
Championships, England.
This is a relatively new
tournament with weight categories and age groups for all competitors
and it was selected by Coach Barry Pollin to give the wrestlers an
opportunity to really test their skills and build confidence before
participating in the next major events - that is, the Northern Ireland
Closed Championships, Londonderry and the Irish Open in Dublin.
Gracious is a recent recipient of a Mary Peters Trust Award. She has a
background in judo, training with the highly successful Causeway Judo
Club, and narrowly lost her first contest to a more experienced girl,
Shannon Hawke, from the current GB squad.
Even though her opponent was a couple of years older, the 12-year-old
was still able to demonstrate that the gap between them is extremely
narrow. Gracious then went on to win her next contest, sweeping aside
her opponent without any difficulty and was fit to claim a silver medal
by the end of the day.
Stewart is a couple of years older and also has a background in judo
but this was his first freestyle competition and with limited
experience he acquitted himself extremely well, narrowly losing in the
semi final to the current British champion, Justin Haughey. Stewart
finished with a bronze medal after pushing all of his opponents to the
limit.
Ben Pollin is the youngest of the group and wrestled extremely well,
successfully managing to retain the Wigan and Leigh title with a very
comfortable win in the final, which lasted just under a minute.
Club coach, Mohammad Ali, was delighted by the performance and said:
"There is real progress here and all our athletes have shown that they
are a match for any British wrestler. Next year, I fully expect them to
be pushing hard for places on the GB Squad and with a lot of hard work
this target is achievable."
Freestyle Wrestling is an Olympic and Commonwealth Games discipline and
today it is probably one of the fastest growing sports in Northern
Ireland.
The sport is fully regulated and the Governing Body, the Northern
Ireland Wrestling Association, is working in partnership with Derry
City Council and Sport NI to develop talent in this area.
Please visit www.niwrestling.org for further detail
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2009
By Craig Sesker / USA
Wrestling
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Sweden's
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HERNING,
Denmark -- The momentum the U.S. wrestling team built with a
two-medal performance on Tuesday quickly vanished on Wednesday at the
World Championships.
Three U.S. wrestlers --
Dustin Schlatter, Clarissa Chun and Jessica Medina -- fell short of
placing on Day 3 of the seven-day event at the MesseCenter Herning.
Chun, a 2008 World
champion who was wrestling with an injured shoulder, dropped a
three-period decision to 17-year-old North Korean Sim Hyang So in the
second round at 48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Chun dropped the first
period 4-0 to So, a powerful, young wrestler. Chun fought back gamely,
firing in on a leg attack to score a takedown with two seconds left in
the period to send the bout to a third period.
Nobody was able to score
in the third period and the match went to the ball draw. So won the
draw and quickly finished for a takedown to win the match.
"I thought I was ready to
go, regardless of what injury I had," said Chun, who placed fifth in
the 2008 Olympics. "I kept fighting. I didn't want to lose. I
definitely dropped the ball in the third period. I got too comfortable.
I should have attacked her like I was losing. I should have come after
her and not let it go (to the ball draw)."
So reached the
semifinals, but lost to World champion Iorisa Oorzhak of Russia. That
knocked Chun out of the event since So did not reach the finals.
Chun placed ninth in the
final standings at her weight class.
Medina won her first
match before falling to eventual finalist Sofia Mattsson of Sweden in
the second round. Mattsson reached the finals to pull Medina back in
for the repechage at 51 kg/112.25 lbs. Medina was eliminated from medal
contention with a two-period loss to China's Di Hong.
It's been a breakthrough
year for Medina, who placed fourth in the U.S. Nationals before
rebounding to win the U.S. World Team Trials. Medina was wrestling with
a sprained ankle she suffered five days ago in training.
"This whole year has been
amazing," Medina said. "I just keep improving. I'm so excited about
going through this experience. I feel so much more confident now. I've
come a long way and I have a lot more to improve on. Of course, I'm
disappointed. I am going to come back and train hard, and come back
strong year next year."
Schlatter dropped a tough
first-round match to Ramash Kumar of India in three periods at 74
kg/163 lbs. Kumar rattled off two more wins before falling in the
semifinals. That knocked Schlatter out of the event.
Individual champions on
Wednesday were Denis Tsargush of Russia at 74 kg/163 lbs. in men's
freestyle, and Mariya Stadnyk of Azerbaijan at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. and
Sofia Mattsson of Sweden at 51 kg/112.25 lbs. in women's freestyle. All
three were first-time World champions.
The United States placed
seventh in the final team standings with 19 points. The top three teams
were Russia in first place with 63 points, Azerbaijan in second place
with 48 points and Iran in third place with 40 points.
Three U.S. women -
Tatiana Padilla (55 kg/121 lbs.), Deanna Rix (59 kg/130 lbs.) and Elena
Pirozhkova (63 kg/138.75 lbs.) - weighed in and received their draws
for Thursday's competition.
U.S.
RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men's freestyle
74 kg/163 lbs. - Dustin Schlatter, Massillon, Ohio
LOSS Ramash Kumar (India), 1-0, 0-2, 1-1
Women's freestyle
48 kg/105.5 lbs. - Clarissa Chun, Colorado Springs, Colo.
WIN Mehvynna Tambunan (Singapore), 6-0, 6-0
LOSS Sim Hyang So (North Korea), 4-0, 2-2, 1-0
51 kg/112.25 lbs. -
Jessica Medina, Colorado Springs, Colo.
WIN Thie Dieu Ninh Tran (Vietnam), 3-0, 3-3
LOSS Sofia Mattsson (Sweden), 6-0, 1-0
LOSS Di Hong (China), 1-0, 1-0
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HAWAII
Hawaii's
Clarissa Chun places ninth in wrestling world championships
Hawai'i's
Clarissa Chun finished ninth today in the 105.5-pound (48-kilogram)
women's
division of the World Wrestling Championships in Herning, Denmark.
Chun,
a
2008 world champion who wrestled with an injured shoulder, dropped a
three-period (4-0, 2-2, 1-0) decision to 17-year-old North Korean Sim
Hyang So
in the second round.
Chun,
28,
is a 1999 Roosevelt High graduate from Kapolei.
So
reached
the semifinals, but lost to world champion Iorisa Oorzhak of Russia.
That
knocked Chun out of the event because So did not reach the finals.
Chun
dropped the first period 4-0, but fought back to score a takedown with
two
seconds left in the period to send the bout to a third period.
No
one
scored in the third period and the match went to the ball draw. So won
the draw
and quickly finished for a takedown to win the match.
"I
thought
I was ready to go, regardless of what injury I had," Chun said in a
story
at the USA Wrestling Web site. "I kept fighting. I didn't want to lose.
I
definitely dropped the ball in the third period. I got too comfortable.
I
should have attacked her like I was losing. I should have come after
her and
not let it go (to the ball draw)."
Chun
defeated Mehvynna Tambunan of Singapore in the first round, 6-0, 6-0.
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India
State
wrestling meet from today
Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Sep 23, 2009
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
The 57th senior men and 12th women
State wrestling championships will begin at the Central Stadium on
Wednesday.
Nearly 300 grapplers
representing 14 districts in the State will take part in the two-day
meet which also serves as the trials for selecting the State team for
the National wrestling championships.
Competitions will be held in
seven weight categories in both the sections. In the men’s
section, the weight categories are 55kg, 60kg, 66kg, 71kg, 84kg, 96kg
and 120kg.
In the women’s
section, the competitions will be held in 48kg, 51kg, 55kg, 59kg, 63kg,
69kg and 72kg weight divisions.
Kasaragod and Kottayam are the
defending champions in the men’s and women’s
sections respectively. The meet will be inaugurated by Kerala Sports
Council president T.P. Dasan. The weigh-in of the competitors begins at
10 a.m. on Wednesday. — Principal Correspondent
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