To Our Friends in Wrestling Around the world

                    

By William May
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public Information Committee
wmay52@hotmail.com


WORLD C’SHIP RESULTS, W 55 KG





    
GUANGZHOU, China (September 30) - Results at the wrestling world championships at Tianhe Gymnasium, women, 55 kg:


Women

55 kg (27 entries)
Championship final
Saori Yoshida (JPN) df. Mariya Yahorava (BLR), 2-0 (7-0, 6-0)

Third-place finals
Minerva Montero (ESP) df. Jessica Bechtel (GER), 2-0 (2-0, 2-1)
Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE) df. Natalia Golts (RUS), 2-0 (4-0, 3-0)

Semifinals
Mariya Yahorava (BLR) df. Jessica Bechtel (GER), 2-0 (1-0, 2-0)
Saori Yoshida (JPN) df. Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE), 2-0 (4-0, 6-3)

Repechage
Minerva Montero (ESP) df. Lee Yeon-Mi (KOR) by fall, 1P=1:37
Natalia Golts (RUS) df. Marcia Andrade (VEN), 2-0 (4-0, 2-0)
Natalia Golts (RUS) df. Anna Gomis (FRA), 2-0 (5-0, 4-0)

Quarterfinals
Mariya Yahorava (BLR) df. Lee Yeon-Mi (KOR) by fall, 1P=0:47
Jessica Bechtel (GER) df. Greeta (IND), 2-1 (7-0, 1-4, 3-2)
Saori Yoshida (JPN) df. Anna Gomis (FRA), 2-0 (1-0, 2-1)
Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE) df. Naidan Otgonjargal (MGL), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)

First round (16)
Lee Yeon-Mi (KOR) df. Su Ying-tzu (TPE), 2-0 (2x-2, 3-2)
Mariya Yahorava (BLR) df. Minerva Montero (ESP), 2-1 (1-4, 1-0, 1-0)
Jessica Bechtel (GER) df. Georgiana Paic (ROM), 2-1 (0-1, 1x-1, 2-0)
Greeta (IND) df. Nghiem Thi Giang (VIE), 2-0 (4-0, 4-3)
Saori Yoshida (JPN) df. Natalia Golts (RUS), 2-0 (5-0, 3-0)
Anna Gomis (FRA) df. Sandra Roa (COL), 2-0 (2-0, 2-0)
Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE) df. Tonya Verbeek (CAN), 2-0 (3-1, 4-0)
Naidan Otgonjargal (MGL) df Li Songni (CHN), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)

Preliminaries (11 matches)
Jessica Bechtel (GER) df. Sofia Poumbouridou (GRE), 2-1 (3-0, 0-4, 1x-1)
Nghiem Thi Giang (VIE) df. Tina George (USA), 2-1 (4-0, 1-2, 1-0)
Greeta (IND) df. Aynur Artikbaeva(UZB) by fall, 2P=0:30
Natalia Golts (RUS) df. Zeynep Yildirim (TUR) by fall, 1P=0:30
Saori Yoshida (JPN) df. Marcia Andrade (VEN), 2-0 (4-3, 2-0)
Anna Gomis (FRA) df. Nadine Tokar (SUI), 2-0 (7-0, 5-0)
Sandra Roa (COL) df. Kitti Godo (HUN), 2-0 (2-0, 1-0)
Tonya Verbeek (CAN) df. Olena Malishko (UKR), 2-0 (5-0, 6-0)
Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE) df. Nurzad Shailoobaeva (KGZ) by fall, 0:44
Naidan Otgonjargal (MGL) df. Kim Un-A (PRK), 2-1 (1-0, 1-2, 1-0)
Li Songni (CHN) df. Mira Dimbaeva (KAZ), 2-0 (7-1, 7-0)