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)
The first second round of national team trial
matches were held at the women's national
team training camp on June 12 with Saori
Yoshida posting a hard-earned 8-1 win over
world champion Seiko Yamamoto at 55 kg. The
victory put Yoshida another step closer to
a berth on the national team for the Asian
Games in Pusan, South Korea and world championships
in Greece this fall.
Saori Yoshida beat Seiko Yamamoto at the
Japan Queen's Cup and the first round of
national team trial matches. The last match
will be held July 7.