To Our Friends in Wrestling Around the world
By William May
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public
Information Committee
Kyodo World Services, senior sports writer:wmay52@hotmail.com)
WOMEN'S WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - FINAL RESULTS
HALKIDA, Greece (November 3) - Results
on the final day of the 15th women's wrestling
world championships at Tassos Kabouris arena:
48 kg
Championship final
Brigitte Wagner (GER) def. Inga Karamchakova
(RUS) 4-3
Third-place final
Ida Hellstrom (SWE) def. Nicoleta Badea (ROM)
by fall, 2:50 (3-0)
Semifinals
Inga Karamchakova (RUS) def. Ida Hellstrom
(SWE) 8-5
Brigitte Wagner (GER) def. Nicoleta Badea
(ROM) by fall, 0:57 (5-0)
Quarterfinals
Inga Karamchakova (RUS) def. Mayelis Caripa
(VEN) by fall, 1:23 (4-0)
Ida Hellstrom (SWE) def. Carol Huynh (CAN)
4-3
Brigitte Wagner (GER) def. Lauriane Mary
(FRA) 6-1
Nicoleta Badea (ROM) def. Angeles Barraza
Sanchez (MEX) by fall, 1:01 (4-0)
----
51 kg
Championship final
Sofia Poumbouridou (GRE) def. Chiharu Icho
(JPN) 3-0, 6:28
Third-place final
Natalia Golts (RUS) def. Lyndsay Belisle
(CAN) 3-0
Semifinals
Chiharu Icho (JPN) def. Natalia Golts (RUS)
4-0
Sofia Poumbouridou (GRE) def. Lyndsay Belisle
(CAN) 6-3, 6:14
Quarterfinals
Chiharu Icho (JPN) def. Nadir Urgun Percin
(TUR) by fall, 0:55 (4-0)
Natalia Golts (RUS) def. Viktorya Brandush
(UKR) by fall, 1:10 (3-0)
----
55 kg
Championship final
Saori Yoshida (JPN) def. Tina George (USA)
10-4
Third-place final
Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE) def. Konstantina
Tsibanakou (GRE) 7-1
Semifinals
Saori Yoshida (JPN) def. Ida-Theres Karlsson
(SWE) by tech. sup. 10-0, 3:00
Tina George (USA) def. Konstantina Tsibanakou
(GRE) by fall, 2:31 (8-1)
Quarterfinals
Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE) def. Kitti Godo
(HUN) 6-0
Saori Yoshida (JPN) def. Jennifer Ryz (CAN)
by tech. sup. 11-0, 2:13
Tina George (USA) def. Monika Michalik (POL)
3-0, 6:11
----
59 kg
Championship final
Alena Cartashova (RUS) def. Lotta Andersson
(SWE) 4-0, 7:07
Third-place final
Mabel Fonseca (PUR) def. Sandrine Seve (FRA)
3-1, 7:21
Semifinals
Lotta Andersson (SWE) def. Sandrine Seve
(FRA) 5-0
Alena Cartashova (RUS) def. Mabel Fonseca
(PUR) 5-2
Quarterfinals
Lotta Andersson (SWE) def. Emily Richardson
(CAN) 4-0
Sandrine Seve (FRA) def. Christina Oertli
(GER) 6-3
Mabel Fonseca (PUR) def. Rena Iwama (JPN)
4-1, 6:05
Alena Cartashova (RUS) def. Virginia Mendoza
Ramirez (MEX) 6-3
----
63 kg
Championship final
Kaori Icho (JPN) def. Sara Eriksson (SWE)
by fall, 4:38 (4-0)
Third-place final
Lene Aanes (NOR) def. Xu Haiyan (CHN) by
fall, 2:35 (4-1)
Semifinals
Kaori Icho (JPN) def. Lene Aanes (NOR) 3-0
Sara Eriksson (SWE) def. Xu Haiyan (CHN)
5-1, 6:43
Quarterfinals
Lene Aanes (NOR) def. Stephanie Gross (GER)
2-0, 9:00
Kaori Icho (JPN) def. Malgorzata Bassa (POL)
4-1
Xu Haiyan (CHN) def. Nikola Hartmann-Dunser
(AUT) by fall, 5:58 (6-5)
----
67 kg
Championship final
Katerina Burmistrova (UKR) def. Lisa Legrand
(FRA) 3-2, 6:48
Third-place final
Kristie Marano (USA) def. Evelina Pruszko
(POL) 6-1
Semifinals
Lisa Legrand (FRA) def. Evelina Pruszko (POL)
3-0
Katerina Burmistrova (UKR) def. Kristie Marano
(USA) 4-0
Quarterfinal
Lisa Legrand (FRA) def. Aikaterini Siavou
(GRE) by tech. sup. 13-3, 2:50
----
72 kg
Championship final
Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) def. Wang Xu (CHN)
5-1
Third-place final
Edyta Witkowska (POL) def. Zarife Yildirim
(TUR) 2-0, 9:00
Semifinals
Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) def. Edyta Witkowska
(POL) 4-0
Wang Xu (CHN) def. Zarife Yildirim (TUR)
by fall, 3:40 (5-0)
Quarterfinals
Edyta Witkowska (POL) def. Katerina Halova
(CZE) 7-1
Kyoko Hamaguchi (JPN) def. Galina Ivanova
(BUL) by tech. sup. 10-0, 2:30
Wang Xu (CHN) def. Svetlana Sayenko (UKR)
7-0