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2003 World Championship Results
48 Kg
Lyndsay Belisle, CAN
Patricia Miranda, USA
Del Mar Osuna, ESP
Miranda dec Belisle, 3-1
Miranda BYE
Miranda dec Osuna 11-0 2:58
Quarterfinal - Miranda dec Berthenet, FRA or Tzekova, BUL 11-1, 4:19
Semifinal - Miranda pins Psatha GRE, 1:51.
Gold Medal match - Miranda loses 5-4 to Irini Merleni of Ukraina.
Miranda wins silver.
51 Kg
Yura Gandolgor, MGL
Jenny Wong, USA
Teresa Piotrowski, CAN
Wong dec Gandolgor, 5-0
Wong BYE
Wong dec Piotrowski 6-1
Quarterfinal - Wong dec Deluntsch, FRA, 6-2
Semifinal - Wong loses to Karamchakova, RUS, 3-0.
Bronze Medal match - Wong dec Alena Kareisha of Belarus, 3-2.
Wong wins bronze.
55 Kg
Ludmila Christea, MDA
Elvira Rasulova-Mursalova, KGZ
Tina George, USA
Julieta Okot, BUL
George dec Okot, 9-3
George fall Christea, 2:36
George dec Mursalova 10-2
Quarterfinal - George dec Fonsoca, PUR 7-3
Semifinal - George dec Dongmei CHN, 5-4.
Gold Medal match -George loses 5-2 to Saori Yoshida of Japan.
George wins silver.
59 Kg
Aikaterina Tsimpanakou, GRD
Sally Roberts, USA
Seba Valderrama, ESP
Stefanie Stueber, GER
Roberts fall Tsimpanakou, 2:20
Roberts dec. Stueber, 10-3
Roberts dec Valderrama 6-0
Semifinal - Roberts loses to Ivashko of, RUS, 7-5
Bronze Medal match - Roberts pins Sastin from Hungary, 5:36
Roberts wins bronze
63 Kg
Sara Eriksson, SWE
Sara McMann, USA
Kristine Odrina, LAT
McMann fall Eriksson, 5:39
McMann BYE
McMann dec Odrina 11-0 1:38
Quarterfinal - McMann dec Kartacheva, RUS, 4-3
Semifinal - McMann pins Yanik CAN 2:39
Gold Medal match - McMann loses 5-4 to Kaori Icho of Japan
McMann wins silver.
67 Kg
Nori Saito, JPN
Martina Zyklova, CZE
Jodeen Marie MacGregor, NZL
Kristie Marano, USA
Marano fall MacGregor, 2:18
Marano TF over Zyklova, 10-0 (4:08)
Marano pins Saito 2:13
Semifinal - Marano pins Samler, CAN 2:15
Gold Medal match - Marano dec over Ewelina Pruszko of Poland, 7-1
Marano wins gold.
72 Kg
Toccara Montgomery, USA
Zarife Yildirim, TUR
Marie Nicole Diedhiou, SEN
Montgomery dec Yildirim, 7-0
Montgomery fall Diedhiou, 1:37
Montgomery BYE
Quarterfinal - Montgomery pins Gastl, AUT, 4:40
Semifinal - Montgomery pins Xu CHN 2:39
Gold Medal match - Montgomery loses 4-1 to Kyoko Hamaguchi of Japan
Montgomery wins silver
USA takes 2nd place in team race and comes away with 5 individual silver medals and 2 bronze medals
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Weight Class: 48 - Women Agate results
This Weight last updated 14 September 2003 - 04:21:04 PM
Please Note: If a bout number and Mat number appear on the left the bout is yet to be wrestled.
Round 1-Womens Freestyle 48
Iwona Sadowska, POL, dec Flor Quispe Cordova, PER, 3 -0 in 7:29
Ji-Young Park, KOR, dec Sigrun Dobner, GER, 3 -1
Patricia Miranda, USA, dec Lyndsay Belisle, CAN, 3 -1
Fani Psatha, GRE, dec Lila Ristevska, AUS, 4 -3 in 6:16
Ying-Chi Wang, TPE, dec Zhanar Amangaliyeva, KAZ, 9-0
Inga Karamchakova, RUS, dec Gudrun Hoie, NOR, 5-3 in 7:46
Francine De paola, ITA, by tech fall over Susana Santos, BRA, 10 -0 in 4:35
Lidiya Karamchakova, TJK, dec Nicoleta Badea, ROM, 3 -2
Sakamoto Makiko, JPN, dec Mayerli Karipa, VEN, 3-0 in 6:03
N.Ugurun Percin, TUR, dec Livanis Rivera, PUR, 4-0
Irini Merleni, UKR, pin Karin Wild, SUI, 1:07
Round 2-Womens Freestyle 48
Angélique Michèle Berthenet, FRA, dec Flor Quispe Cordova, PER, 4-2
Kamelia Nikolaeva Tzekova, BUL, pin Sigrun Dobner, GER, :24
Lyndsay Belisle, CAN, pin M. Del Mar Peralta Osuna, ESP, 2:12
Kamini Yadav, IND, dec Lila Ristevska, AUS, 3-1
Alfia Zaynulina, KGZ, dec Ying-Chi Wang, TPE, 4-2
Inga Karamchakova, RUS, dec Ida HellstrÖm, SWE, 3 -2
Li Hui, CHN, pin Susana Santos, BRA, 1:24
Sakamoto Makiko, JPN, dec Nicoleta Badea, ROM, 5 -0
Mayerli Karipa, VEN, dec Lidiya Karamchakova, TJK, 5 -1
N.Ugurun Percin, TUR, dec Karin Wild, SUI, 6-3
Irini Merleni, UKR, pin Livanis Rivera, PUR, 0:55
Round 3-Womens Freestyle 48
Angélique Michèle Berthenet, FRA, dec Iwona Sadowska, POL, 5 -2
Kamelia Nikolaeva Tzekova, BUL, dec Ji-Young Park, KOR, 8 -6
Patricia Miranda, USA, by tech fall over M. Del Mar Peralta Osuna, ESP, 11-0 in 2:58
Fani Psatha, GRE, dec Kamini Yadav, IND, 8-5
Alfia Zaynulina, KGZ, dec Zhanar Amangaliyeva, KAZ, 4 -2
Gudrun Hoie, NOR, by inj. default Ida HellstrÖm, SWE, 0:00
Li Hui, CHN, by tech fall over Francine De paola, ITA, 13 -3 in 5:27
Mayerli Karipa, VEN, pin Nicoleta Badea, ROM, 5:00
Sakamoto Makiko, JPN, dec Lidiya Karamchakova, TJK, 6 -5
Irini Merleni, UKR, by tech fall over N.Ugurun Percin, TUR, 11 -0 in 2:38
Livanis Rivera, PUR, dec Karin Wild, SUI, 4-3
1/8 Finals-Womens Freestyle 48
Angélique Michèle Berthenet, FRA, pin Kamelia Nikolaeva Tzekova, BUL, 3:39
Bout BYE_2 on Mat
Patricia Miranda, USA, vs , ,
Bout BYE_3 on Mat
Fani Psatha, GRE, vs , ,
Bout BYE_4 on Mat
Alfia Zaynulina, KGZ, vs , ,
Bout BYE_5 on Mat
Inga Karamchakova, RUS, vs , ,
Bout BYE_6 on Mat
Li Hui, CHN, vs , ,
Bout BYE_7 on Mat
Sakamoto Makiko, JPN, vs , ,
Bout BYE_8 on Mat
Irini Merleni, UKR, vs , ,
1/4 Finals-Womens Freestyle 48
Patricia Miranda, USA, by tech fall over Angélique Michèle Berthenet, FRA, 11 -1 in 4:19
Fani Psatha, GRE, dec Alfia Zaynulina, KGZ, 5-1
Li Hui, CHN, pin Inga Karamchakova, RUS, 1:11
Irini Merleni, UKR, dec Sakamoto Makiko, JPN, 5 -2
1/2 Finals-Womens Freestyle 48
Patricia Miranda, USA, pin Fani Psatha, GRE, 1:51
Irini Merleni, UKR, dec Li Hui, CHN, 6 -1
Final 3-4-Womens Freestyle 48
Li Hui, CHN, pin Fani Psatha, GRE, 5:56
Final 1-2-Womens Freestyle 48
Irini Merleni, UKR, dec Patricia Miranda, USA, 5-4
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Weight Class: 51 - Women Agate results
This Weight last updated 14 September 2003 - 04:37:53 PM
Please Note: If a bout number and Mat number appear on the left the bout is yet to be wrestled.
Round 1-Womens Freestyle 51
Anne Catherine Deluntsch, FRA, dec Li-Chuan Wu, TPE, 6 -0
Jenny Wong, USA, dec Yura Gandolgor, MGL, 5 -0
Wen Juling, CHN, by tech fall over Mersini Koloni, GRE, 10-0 in 2:49
Natalia Karamchakova, RUS, by tech fall over Evelyne Diatta, SEN, 11 -0 in 2:16
Alexandra Demmel, GER, pin Emese SzabÓ, HUN, 4:40
Alena Kareisha, BLR, dec Inessa Rebar, UKR, 3-1
Round 2-Womens Freestyle 51
Elzbieta Stryczek, POL, pin Li-Chuan Wu, TPE, :13
Teresa Piotrowski, CAN, dec Yura Gandolgor, MGL, 5-0
Wen Juling, CHN, by tech fall over Joanna Mills, GBR, 11 -0 in 1:15
Nadine Tokar, SUI, pin Evelyne Diatta, SEN, 3:46
Chiharu Icho, JPN, pin Emese SzabÓ, HUN, 1:55
Alena Kareisha, BLR, dec Alexandra Hinterbauer, AUT, 3 -0
Round 3-Womens Freestyle 51
Anne Catherine Deluntsch, FRA, dec Elzbieta Stryczek, POL, 6-1
Jenny Wong, USA, dec Teresa Piotrowski, CAN, 6-1
Mersini Koloni, GRE, pin Joanna Mills, GBR, 1:36
Natalia Karamchakova, RUS, by tech fall over Nadine Tokar, SUI, 10-0 in 2:39
Chiharu Icho, JPN, by tech fall over Alexandra Demmel, GER, 11 -0 in 5:42
Inessa Rebar, UKR, dec Alexandra Hinterbauer, AUT, 10-2
1/4 Finals-Womens Freestyle 51
Jenny Wong, USA, dec Anne Catherine Deluntsch, FRA, 6 -2
Natalia Karamchakova, RUS, dec Wen Juling, CHN, 4 -3
Bout BYE_3 on Mat
Chiharu Icho, JPN, vs , ,
Bout BYE_4 on Mat
Alena Kareisha, BLR, vs , ,
1/2 Finals-Womens Freestyle 51
Natalia Karamchakova, RUS, dec Jenny Wong, USA, 3 -0
Chiharu Icho, JPN, by tech fall over Alena Kareisha, BLR, 10-0 in 4:22
Final 3-4-Womens Freestyle 51
Jenny Wong, USA, dec Alena Kareisha, BLR, 3-2 in 6:02
Final 1-2-Womens Freestyle 51
Chiharu Icho, JPN, dec Natalia Karamchakova, RUS, 3-0
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Weight Class: 55 - Women Agate results
This Weight last updated 14 September 2003 - 04:58:42 PM
Please Note: If a bout number and Mat number appear on the left the bout is yet to be wrestled.
Round 1-Womens Freestyle 55
Monika Michalik, POL, dec Ida-Theres Karlsson, SWE, 2 -0 in 9:00
Kitti GodÓ, HUN, dec Olga Serbina, BLR, 4 -3 in 7:05
Jennifer Ryz, CAN, pin Shu-Fang Chuang, TPE, 1:35
Sabrina Lotz, GER, dec Alka Tomar, IND, 7 -1
Marzi Andrade, VEN, dec Birgit Stern, AUT, 9 -3
Sun Dongmei, CHN, pin Janet Sovero Nino, PER, 5:08
Minerva Montero Perez, ESP, dec Zeynep Yildirim, TUR, 3-1
Elvira Rasulova-mursalova, KGZ, dec Ludmila Christea, MDA, 8 -6
Tina George, USA, dec Julieta Okot, BUL, 9-3
Mabel Fonsoca, PUR, dec Tatyana Lazareya, UKR, 4-1
Isabelle Sambou, SEN, by tech fall over Roza Sagintayeva, KAZ, 12 -0 in 2:59
Round 2-Womens Freestyle 55
Ida-Theres Karlsson, SWE, dec Sofia Poumpouridou, GRE, 5 -0
Saori Yoshida, JPN, by tech fall over Olga Serbina, BLR, 10-0 in 4:16
Diletta Giampiccolo, ITA, by tech fall over Shu-Fang Chuang, TPE, 10-0 in 2:16
Natalia Golts, RUS, dec Alka Tomar, IND, 3-0 in 6:09
Birgit Stern, AUT, dec Madeleine Schultz, AUS, 5 -3
Na-Lae Lee, KOR, dec Janet Sovero Nino, PER, 6-0
Anna Gomis, FRA, dec Minerva Montero Perez, ESP, 3-0
Tina George, USA, pin Ludmila Christea, MDA, 2:36
Julieta Okot, BUL, dec Elvira Rasulova-mursalova, KGZ, 4 -1
Mabel Fonsoca, PUR, by tech fall over Roza Sagintayeva, KAZ, 10-0 in 3:46
Tatyana Lazareya, UKR, pin Isabelle Sambou, SEN, 1:51
Round 3-Womens Freestyle 55
Monika Michalik, POL, dec Sofia Poumpouridou, GRE, 3-1
Saori Yoshida, JPN, pin Kitti GodÓ, HUN, 0:38
Jennifer Ryz, CAN, dec Diletta Giampiccolo, ITA, 7-4
Natalia Golts, RUS, dec Sabrina Lotz, GER, 8 -0
Marzi Andrade, VEN, pin Madeleine Schultz, AUS, 1:23
Sun Dongmei, CHN, dec Na-Lae Lee, KOR, 6-1
Anna Gomis, FRA, dec Zeynep Yildirim, TUR, 4 -0
Ludmila Christea, MDA, dec Julieta Okot, BUL, 9-2
Tina George, USA, dec Elvira Rasulova-mursalova, KGZ, 10 -2
Mabel Fonsoca, PUR, pin Isabelle Sambou, SEN, 2:27
Tatyana Lazareya, UKR, pin Roza Sagintayeva, KAZ, 2:27
1/8 Finals-Womens Freestyle 55
Saori Yoshida, JPN, pin Monika Michalik, POL, 0:20
Bout BYE_2 on Mat
Jennifer Ryz, CAN, vs , ,
Bout BYE_3 on Mat
Natalia Golts, RUS, vs , ,
Bout BYE_4 on Mat
Marzi Andrade, VEN, vs , ,
Bout BYE_5 on Mat
Sun Dongmei, CHN, vs , ,
Bout BYE_6 on Mat
Anna Gomis, FRA, vs , ,
Bout BYE_7 on Mat
Tina George, USA, vs , ,
Bout BYE_8 on Mat
Mabel Fonsoca, PUR, vs , ,
1/4 Finals-Womens Freestyle 55
Saori Yoshida, JPN, by tech fall over Jennifer Ryz, CAN, 10-0 in 2:51
Natalia Golts, RUS, pin Marzi Andrade, VEN, 3:15
Sun Dongmei, CHN, dec Anna Gomis, FRA, 4-0
Tina George, USA, dec Mabel Fonsoca, PUR, 7-3
1/2 Finals-Womens Freestyle 55
Saori Yoshida, JPN, dec Natalia Golts, RUS, 3-2
Tina George, USA, dec Sun Dongmei, CHN, 4 -3
Final 3-4-Womens Freestyle 55
Natalia Golts, RUS, dec Sun Dongmei, CHN, 4-0
Final 1-2-Womens Freestyle 55
Saori Yoshida, JPN, dec Tina George, USA, 5-2
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Weight Class: 59 - Women Agate results
This Weight last updated 14 September 2003 - 05:22:46 PM
Please Note: If a bout number and Mat number appear on the left the bout is yet to be wrestled.
Round 1-Womens Freestyle 59
Helena Allandi, SWE, dec Liudmila Siomkjna, BLR, 3-1
Seiko Yamamoto, JPN, pin Yu-Ning Huang, TPE, 1:19
Sally Roberts, USA, pin Aikaterina-ko Tsimpanakou, GRE, 2:20
Seba Jimenez Valderrama, ESP, dec Stefanie Stueber, GER, 5-0
Oksana Shalikova, UKR, dec Natalia Ivanova, TJK, 6 -2
Natalia Ivashko, RUS, by tech fall over Angélique Agnés Paul Vaissie, FRA, 11 -0 in 5:07
Round 2-Womens Freestyle 59
Marianna Sastin, HUN, dec Helena Allandi, SWE, 4-3
Emily Richardson, CAN, by tech fall over Yu-Ning Huang, TPE, 10-0 in 2:35
Seba Jimenez Valderrama, ESP, dec Aikaterina-ko Tsimpanakou, GRE, 3 -1
Sally Roberts, USA, dec Stefanie Stueber, GER, 10-3
Natalia Ivanova, TJK, dec Angélique Agnés Paul Vaissie, FRA, 3-1
Natalia Ivashko, RUS, dec Oksana Shalikova, UKR, 4 -0
Round 3-Womens Freestyle 59
Liudmila Siomkjna, BLR, dec Marianna Sastin, HUN, 6-4
Seiko Yamamoto, JPN, dec Emily Richardson, CAN, 10-1
Stefanie Stueber, GER, by inj. default Aikaterina-ko Tsimpanakou, GRE, 0:00
Sally Roberts, USA, dec Seba Jimenez Valderrama, ESP, 5-0
Natalia Ivashko, RUS, dec Natalia Ivanova, TJK, 5 -1
Oksana Shalikova, UKR, pin Angélique Agnés Paul Vaissie, FRA, 2:04
1/2 Finals-Womens Freestyle 59
Seiko Yamamoto, JPN, dec Marianna Sastin, HUN, 8 -2
Natalia Ivashko, RUS, dec Sally Roberts, USA, 7 -5
Final 3-4-Womens Freestyle 59
Sally Roberts, USA, pin Marianna Sastin, HUN, 5:36
Final 1-2-Womens Freestyle 59
Seiko Yamamoto, JPN, dec Natalia Ivashko, RUS, 4-0
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Weight Class: 63 - Women Agate results
This Weight last updated 14 September 2003 - 05:45:39 PM
Please Note: If a bout number and Mat number appear on the left the bout is yet to be wrestled.
Round 1-Womens Freestyle 63
Lene Anes, NOR, pin Lil Azucena Canales, ESA, 2:19
Stephanie Gross, GER, dec Geetika Jakhar, IND, 2 -1 in 9:00
Lyudmila Golovchenko, UKR, dec Malgorzata Bassa, POL, 3-0
Christiane Renée Legrand, FRA, dec Agoro Papavasileiou, GRE, 6 -0
Nikola Hartman-dÜnser, AUT, dec Galina Ivanova, BUL, 3-2
Sabrina Esposito, ITA, dec Juliana Borges, BRA, 6-5
Viola Yanik, CAN, pin Adrienn Szabovik, HUN, 1:51
Sara Mcmann, USA, pin Sara Eriksson, SWE, 5:32
Xu Haiyan, CHN, pin Michala Krizkova, CZE, 1:21
Round 2-Womens Freestyle 63
Lene Anes, NOR, by tech fall over Aurora Fajardo Prieto, ESP, 12 -0 in 5:48
Geetika Jakhar, IND, pin Safiye Eroglu, TUR, 0:44
Lyudmila Golovchenko, UKR, dec Xiomara Guevara, VEN, 5 -1
Kaori Icho, JPN, by tech fall over Agoro Papavasileiou, GRE, 10-0 in 1:45
Volha Khilko, BLR, dec Nikola Hartman-dÜnser, AUT, 4-1
Sabrina Esposito, ITA, dec Jin-Young Hang, KOR, 3 -0
Adrienn Szabovik, HUN, dec Hsiao-Wei Hung, TPE, 10 -5
Sara Eriksson, SWE, dec Kristine Odrina, LAT, 5 -1
Alena Kartacheva, RUS, dec Xu Haiyan, CHN, 5-3
Round 3-Womens Freestyle 63
Aurora Fajardo Prieto, ESP, pin Lil Azucena Canales, ESA, 1:13
Stephanie Gross, GER, pin Safiye Eroglu, TUR, 2:23
Malgorzata Bassa, POL, dec Xiomara Guevara, VEN, 3-0
Kaori Icho, JPN, dec Christiane Renée Legrand, FRA, 4 -0
Volha Khilko, BLR, dec Galina Ivanova, BUL, 10 -1
Jin-Young Hang, KOR, dec Juliana Borges, BRA, 3 -2
Viola Yanik, CAN, by tech fall over Hsiao-Wei Hung, TPE, 10-0 in 1:15
Sara Mcmann, USA, by tech fall over Kristine Odrina, LAT, 11-0 in 1:38
Alena Kartacheva, RUS, dec Michala Krizkova, CZE, 7 -0
1/8 Finals-Womens Freestyle 63
Lene Anes, NOR, dec Stephanie Gross, GER, 3-0
Bout BYE_2 on Mat
Lyudmila Golovchenko, UKR, vs , ,
Bout BYE_3 on Mat
Kaori Icho, JPN, vs , ,
Bout BYE_4 on Mat
Volha Khilko, BLR, vs , ,
Bout BYE_5 on Mat
Sabrina Esposito, ITA, vs , ,
Bout BYE_6 on Mat
Viola Yanik, CAN, vs , ,
Bout BYE_7 on Mat
Sara Mcmann, USA, vs , ,
Bout BYE_8 on Mat
Alena Kartacheva, RUS, vs , ,
1/4 Finals-Womens Freestyle 63
Lyudmila Golovchenko, UKR, pin Lene Anes, NOR, 2:53
Kaori Icho, JPN, pin Volha Khilko, BLR, 3:35
Viola Yanik, CAN, pin Sabrina Esposito, ITA, 4:13
Sara Mcmann, USA, dec Alena Kartacheva, RUS, 4-3
1/2 Finals-Womens Freestyle 63
Kaori Icho, JPN, dec Lyudmila Golovchenko, UKR, 4 -0
Sara Mcmann, USA, pin Viola Yanik, CAN, 0:39
Final 3-4-Womens Freestyle 63
Viola Yanik, CAN, pin Lyudmila Golovchenko, UKR, 2:44
Final 1-2-Womens Freestyle 63
Kaori Icho, JPN, dec Sara Mcmann, USA, 4-3 in 8:20
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Weight Class: 67 - Women Agate results
This Weight last updated 14 September 2003 - 06:00:17 PM
Please Note: If a bout number and Mat number appear on the left the bout is yet to be wrestled.
Round 1-Womens Freestyle 67
Svetlana Martynenko, RUS, dec Katerina Burmistrova, UKR, 3 -1
Ewelina Pruszko, POL, by tech fall over Mónika Szerencse, HUN, 11 -0 in 5:50
Shannon Samler, CAN, dec Wang Jiao, CHN, 6-4
Nori Saito, JPN, by tech fall over Martina Zyklova, CZE, 11-0 in 2:03
Kristie Marano, USA, pin Jodeen Marie Macgregor, NZL, 2:18
Round 2-Womens Freestyle 67
Katerina Burmistrova, UKR, dec Nina Englich, GER, 4 -1
Stavroula Zygouri, GRE, pin Mónika Szerencse, HUN, 1:11
Shannon Samler, CAN, by tech fall over Ling-Li Sha, TPE, 12 -1 in 2:38
Nori Saito, JPN, pin Jodeen Marie Macgregor, NZL, 1:09
Kristie Marano, USA, by tech fall over Martina Zyklova, CZE, 10 -0 in 4:10
Round 3-Womens Freestyle 67
Svetlana Martynenko, RUS, dec Nina Englich, GER, 3-0
Ewelina Pruszko, POL, dec Stavroula Zygouri, GRE, 3-1
Wang Jiao, CHN, by tech fall over Ling-Li Sha, TPE, 14-0 in 2:00
Kristie Marano, USA, pin Nori Saito, JPN, 2:13
Martina Zyklova, CZE, dec Jodeen Marie Macgregor, NZL, 9-1
1/2 Finals-Womens Freestyle 67
Ewelina Pruszko, POL, dec Svetlana Martynenko, RUS, 2 -2 in 9:00
Kristie Marano, USA, pin Shannon Samler, CAN, 2:15
Final 3-4-Womens Freestyle 67
Svetlana Martynenko, RUS, dec Shannon Samler, CAN, 4-3 in 8:07
Final 1-2-Womens Freestyle 67
Kristie Marano, USA, dec Ewelina Pruszko, POL, 7-1
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Weight Class: 72 - Women Agate results
This Weight last updated 14 September 2003 - 06:18:05 PM
Please Note: If a bout number and Mat number appear on the left the bout is yet to be wrestled.
Round 1-Womens Freestyle 72
Marina Gastl, AUT, dec Aikaterini Siavou, GRE, 3 -1
Toccara Montgomery, USA, dec Zarife Yildirim, TUR, 7-0
Anita Schaetzle, GER, pin Yamily Ramos, VEN, 0:19
Wang Xu, CHN, by tech fall over Aline Ferreira, BRA, 10-0 in 1:52
Kyoko Hamaguchi, JPN, dec Svitlana Sayenko, UKR, 3-0
Edyta Witkowska, POL, pin Gouzel Maniourova, RUS, 2:23
Min-Jeong Kang, KOR, pin Phillipa Katonivualiku, AUS, 1:20
Stanka Zlateva Hristova, BUL, pin Svetlana Yaroshevich, KAZ, 4:41
Fanny Paula Juliette Gai, FRA, dec Yana Panova, KGZ, 6-5
Round 2-Womens Freestyle 72
Katarzyna Juszczak, ITA, dec Aikaterini Siavou, GRE, 3-0
Toccara Montgomery, USA, pin Marie Nicole Diedhiou, SEN, 1:37
Anita Schaetzle, GER, dec Katerina Halova, CZE, 9 -3
Wang Xu, CHN, dec Ohenewa Akuffo, CAN, 5 -1 in 8:35
Kyoko Hamaguchi, JPN, pin Sonika Kalirman, IND, 1:43
Edyta Witkowska, POL, dec Min-Jeong Kang, KOR, 3-0
Gouzel Maniourova, RUS, pin Phillipa Katonivualiku, AUS, 1:01
Stanka Zlateva Hristova, BUL, pin Fanny Paula Juliette Gai, FRA, 0:38
Svetlana Yaroshevich, KAZ, pin Yana Panova, KGZ, 2:46
Round 3-Womens Freestyle 72
Marina Gastl, AUT, by tech fall over Katarzyna Juszczak, ITA, 11-0 in 2:29
Zarife Yildirim, TUR, pin Marie Nicole Diedhiou, SEN, 2:39
Yamily Ramos, VEN, dec Katerina Halova, CZE, 3-2
Ohenewa Akuffo, CAN, dec Aline Ferreira, BRA, 7 -0
Svitlana Sayenko, UKR, by tech fall over Sonika Kalirman, IND, 10-0 in 2:28
Edyta Witkowska, POL, pin Phillipa Katonivualiku, AUS, 1:20
Gouzel Maniourova, RUS, dec Min-Jeong Kang, KOR, 11-9
Stanka Zlateva Hristova, BUL, by inj. default Yana Panova, KGZ, 0:00
Svetlana Yaroshevich, KAZ, by tech fall over Fanny Paula Juliette Gai, FRA, 12-0 in 3:41
1/4 Finals-Womens Freestyle 72
Toccara Montgomery, USA, pin Marina Gastl, AUT, 4:40
Wang Xu, CHN, dec Anita Schaetzle, GER, 5 -1
Kyoko Hamaguchi, JPN, dec Edyta Witkowska, POL, 4-0
Bout BYE_4 on Mat
Stanka Zlateva Hristova, BUL, vs , ,
1/2 Finals-Womens Freestyle 72
Toccara Montgomery, USA, pin Wang Xu, CHN, 2:59
Kyoko Hamaguchi, JPN, dec Stanka Zlateva Hristova, BUL, 4-2
Final 3-4-Womens Freestyle 72
Wang Xu, CHN, pin Stanka Zlateva Hristova, BUL, 2:39
Final 1-2-Womens Freestyle 72
Kyoko Hamaguchi, JPN, dec Toccara Montgomery, USA, 4-1
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Team USA claims 1 gold, 6 silver, 2 bronze; Men's and Women's teams; Men's and Women's teams earn 2nd place team finish at 2003 World Championships
9/14/2003
Jason Bryant/TheMat.com
By Jason Bryant/Themat.com
NEW YORK—What started off as an incredible series of victories early in the tournament turned into series of heart-breaking losses for the U.S. Women’s freestyle wrestling team in the finals of the World Championships of Freestyle Wrestling at Madison Square Garden.
The American women’s contingent went 1-4 in gold medal finals. Kristie Marano beat Poland’s Ewelina Pruszko 7-1 to win her second world championship, this one at 67kg.
It would be the only world title for the United States this year.
Both squads finished second in the team competition.
Former Soviet republic Georgia won the men’s team title, edging the U.S. and Iran by a point. The U.S. beat Iran for second place, via the tiebreaker for second. The U.S. earned the most silver medals.
The women finished in a tie with Japan, but the Japanese won the tiebreaker with more gold medals.
In the men’s competition, Cael Sanderson and Kerry McCoy lost close decisions and wound up with silver medals.
Sanderson fell 4-3 to Russian upstart Sajid Sajidov, giving up a tie-breaking takedown with 20 seconds remaining in the final period.
“I needed to get in the match from the start and wrestle with no mistakes and that didn’t happen,” Sanderson said.
Sanderson wasn’t shaken by a stoppage late in the second period when both wrestlers were awarded two points after a video review by the officials.
“I didn’t wrestle well and this was the time to wrestle well,” Sanderson said.
McCoy lost a 4-1 overtime decision to Uzbekistan’s Arthur Taimazov.
Trailing 1-0, McCoy scored a takedown that tied the bout with seven seconds remaining.
He gave up a three-point feet-to-back toss from the clinch early in the extra period.
“I was in between ideas and kind of lost my footing,” McCoy said.
Despite not winning the gold on his home turf, McCoy was satisfied with his silver performance, at least for the time being.
“I’m real excited. I proved I can win at the international level and get the so-called monkey off my back. That’s definitely a positive,” McCoy said.
“We’ve done tremendously well. We had real high expectations,” Marano said.
Back on the women’s side of things, Marano used a series of takedowns and turns to take a 7-0 lead. She gave up a takedown late in the match.
Marano earned her seventh medal in her seventh world championship appearance.
Japan swept all five of their finals, beating the U.S. in three of those bouts.
Saori Yoshida beat Tina George in the finals at 55kg in a rematch of last year’s final.
Yoshida scored four points on takedowns, including three straight in the second period that broke a 2-2 tie.
“Those were moves I wasn’t preparing for, I wasn’t as focused as I thought,” George said.
Yoshida beat George 10-4 last year.
At 63kg, Kaori Icho of Japan topped American Sara McMann 4-3 in overtime. McMann clung to Icho’s leg, but Icho kept moving and finally broke McMann’s grip to get the gold medal-winning takedown.
Japan finished its championship run against the U.S. at 72kg as Kyoto Hamaguchi won her fifth world championship, beating Toccara Montgomery 4-1.
“I was trying to hold her (Hamaguchi) still. I was in a mold of defense,” Montgomery said.
Patricia Miranda lost to now three-time world champion Irini Merleni of the Ukraine 5-4. Miranda couldn’t turn Merleni for the potential go-ahead points in the final seconds.
“I’m a better wrestler when I’m offensively minded,” Miranda said.
“I didn’t do what I needed to do for my wrestling and it wasn’t as much about anything she (Merleni) did.”
The U.S. did qualify all four Olympic weights for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
“Qualifying the four was a big thing for us. We came in hoping to show that this (women’s wrestling) is for real,” said U.S. women’s national team coach Terry Steiner.
“Hopefully we can change some attitudes and some of the stigma out there about women’s wrestling,” Steiner said.
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Not gold, but bronze shines: Wong, Roberts rebound for third place finish at Worlds
9/14/2003
Jason Bryant/Themat.com
NEW YORK— To some, it’s devastating. To others, it’s just another match, but to Jenny Wong and Sally Roberts, it meant something.
The two members of the U.S. women’s freestyle team had just shaken off semifinal losses in the World Championships of Freestyle Wrestling Sunday morning in Madison Square Garden.
Neither folded in the match following, with Wong, wrestling at 51kg, winning in overtime and Roberts, wrestling at 59kg, scoring a fall at 5:36 as both took home bronze medals in their first World championship.
“This is great, it’s more overwhelming though. Being able to come back from that loss was important to me,” Wong said.
Wong bested Alena Kareisha of Belarus 3-2 and scored the deciding point when Kareisha broke her grip quickly in the overtime period.
“We work on it (the clinch) on a daily basis,” Wong said.
U.S. Women’s National team coach Terry Steiner said, “We haven’t been in too many (clinches), but we know that’s an important area and one of the areas we cover.”
Wong was a bit worried after Kareisha displayed a theatrical performance trying to get a point across that she could not clinch over Wong’s lock.
“I was kind of worried, I mean you never know what the ref is going to call (in that situation),” Wong said.
The semifinal loss is always one of the most devastating in wrestling, many wrestlers “bag it” and just go home with a lower medal, mainly since there’s a feeling of “I can’t win gold, so I won’t wrestle.”
Not the case with the U.S. women.
“You just have to drag yourself away from it and wrestle,” Wong said about her semifinal loss to Russia’s Natalia Karamchakova.
Roberts’ 7-5 semifinal loss to Russia’s Natalia Ivashko had it’s own ups and downs. Roberts fell behind 7-0, only to rally within 7-5, scoring a flurry of points in the final minute but came up two points short.
“It’s really upsetting that people know how hard I’ve trained and how hard I’ve worked and I go out and lose,” Roberts said.
Roberts is quick to point out a deciding factor in the sport.
“The ability to rebound and be successful and improve on what you can do… that’s wrestling,” she said.
Roberts choked away any detrimental emotions following her loss.
“All I wanted to do was cry on the phone to my mom. But crying would only make it worse, so I got focused.”
Wong, a former cheerleader in high school, won’t be cheering for any football players anymore, instead she, and Roberts alike, will be cheered by thousands at Madison Square Garden with their third place medals resting around their necks.
“This is my first medal, but not my last!” exclaimed Roberts.
Third place still shines.