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)
WORLD FS C’SHIPS - RESULTS, MEN (3RD SESSION)
NEW YORK (September 12) - Results of
matches involving the Japanese men after
the third session of the freestyle wrestling
world championships at Madison Square Garden:
55 kg - TANABE, Chikara (31 entries, Pool
8)
1R - df. German Kontoev, Belarus 11-10
2R - bye
3R - df. Mikhel Japaridze, Canada 4-1
QF - v. Dilshod Mansurov, Uzbekistan
(Note: Tanabe scored with a gut wrench and
takedown in the second period to win over
the Pan American Games bronze medalist. The
victory assured Tanabe of a berth in the
quarterfinals and next year’s Olympic Games
in Athens.)
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60 kg - OTA, Ryosuke (36 entries, Pool 9)
1R - bye
2R - df. Lin Chien-liang, Chinese Taipei
by TF 21-0, 1:51
3R - lost to Oyunbileg Purevbaatar, Mongolia
1-4
(Note: Ota scored the opening takedown, but
was shut out over the remainder of the match
by the two-time world silver medalist.)
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66 kg - IKEMATSU, Kazuhiko (40 entries, Pool
12)
1R - bye
2R - df. Cory O’Brien, Australia by fall,
1:47 (8-0)
3R - df. Bayanjav Batzorig, Mongolia 4-0
QF - v. Nikolaos Loizidis, Greece
(Note: Ikematsu’s win puts him into the
quarterfinals and qualifies the Asia No.
2 for the Athens Olympics.)
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74 kg - OBATA, Kunihiko (34 entries, Pool
6)
1R - df. Hakki Ceylan, Turkey by TF 14-3,
5:09
2R - bye
3R - df. Eugen Preda, Romania 3-0
Q1 - v. Murad Gaidarov, Belarus
(Note: Obata forges a win with a first-period
gut wrench and second-period takedown to
advance to the championship bracket. Because
of the large number of entries, however,
Obata is only assured of an 11th-place finish
-- one place shy of qualifying for an Olympic
berth. A win in the championship bracket
qualifier against European bronze medalist
Gaidarov will put him in the Olympics.)
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84 kg - YOKOYAMA, Hidekazu (36 entries, Pool
1)
1R - df. Sergey Kolesnikov, Israel 4-0
2R - lost to Magomed Kurugliyev, Kazakhstan
1-3, 6:21
3R - bye
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96 kg - NAKAO, Yoshihiro (36 entries, Pool
11)
1R - bye
2R - df. Yan Virin, Israel 4-0
3R - lost to Tuvshintur Enkhtuya, Mongolia
on criteria, 1-1, 9:00
(Note: Nakao was hit with a penalty for not
clinching properly to start the second period
and Enkhtuya was slapped with the same penalty
to start overtime. Nakao lost to Enkhtuya
for the second straight year the world championships
and missed a chance to advance to the quarterfinals
and the Olympics.)
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120 kg - SUWAMA, Kohei (29 entries, Pool
2)
1R - lost to Otto Aubeli, Hungary 1-3
2R - df. Adrian Gilmore, Ireland 8-0
3R - bye
WORLD FS C’SHIPS - RESULTS, WOMEN (3RD SESSION)
NEW YORK (September 12) - Results of
matches involving the Japanese women after
the third session of the freestyle wrestling
world championships at Madison Square Garden:
48 kg - SAKAMOTO, Makiko (29 entries, Pool
8)
1R - df. Mayeril Karipa, Venezuela 3-0, 6:03
2R - df. Nicoleta Badea, Romania 5-0
3R - df. Lidiya Karamchakova, Tajikistan
6-5
QF - v. Irina Melnik, Ukraine
(Note: Sakamoto came from behind with a go-behind
point and a takedown to claim a victory over
the 2002 Asian Games silver medalist. The
win puts the high school student from Aomori
into the quarterfinals against two-time world
champion Irina Melnik of Ukraine.
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51 kg - ICHO, Chiharu (18 entries, Pool 5)
1R - bye
2R - df. Emese Szabo, Hungary by fall, 1:55
(4-0)
3R - df. Alexandra Demmel, Germany by TF
11-0, 5:41
SF - Alena Kareisha, Belarus
(Note: Icho dominated the European bronze
medalist on the feet and on the mat for a
technical fall and a berth in the semifinals
of the non-Olympic weight category.)
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55 kg - YOSHIDA, Saori (29 entries, Pool
2)
1R - bye
2R - df. Olga Serbina, Belarus by TF 10-0,
4:16
3R - df. Kitti Godo, Hungary by fall, 0:38
(3-0)
Q1 - Monika Michalik, Poland
(Note: Yoshida went from takedown to an arm
bar and body press for a quick fall over
Godo. Yoshida, seeking to defend her 55-kg
world title, will meet 59-kg European champion
Monika Michalik of Poland in the lone championship
bracket qualifier for a berth in the quarterfinals.)
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59 kg - YAMAMOTO, Seiko (14 entries, Pool
2)
1R - df. Huang Yu-ning, Chinese Taipei by
fall, 1:09 (9-0)
2R - bye
3R - df. Emily Richardson, Canada 10-1
SF - Helena Allandi, Sweden
(Note: Yamamoto, in the hunt for her fourth
world championship title, struggled with
her attack early, but found herself in the
second period to move into the semifinals.)
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63 kg - ICHO, Kaori (27 entries, Pool 4)
1R - bye
2R - df. Agoro Papavasileiou, Greece by fall,
1:45 (10-0)
3R - df. Christiana Renee LeGrand, France
4-0
QF - Volha Khilko, Belarus
(Note: Icho was unusually tight in her wrestling,
but scored a pair of points on both sides
of intermission to advance to the quarterfinals)
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67 kg - SAITO, Norie (13 entries, Pool 4)
1R - df. Martina Zyklova, Czech Republic
by TF 11-0, 2:03
2R - df. Jodeen Marie MacGregor, New Zealand
by fall, 1:09 (6-0)
3R - lost to Kristie Marano, United States
by fall, 2:13 (1-7)
(Note: Saito grabbed the opening point, but
the former judoka from Teikyo University
was dropped with a pair one-arm throws before
being flattened by the former world champion.)
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72 kg - HAMAGUCHI, Kyoko (23 entries, Pool
5)
1R - df. Svetlana Sayenko, Ukraine 3-0
2R - df. Sonika Kalirman, India by fall,
1:43 (9-1)
3R - bye
QF - Edyta Witkowska, Poland