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

UCHIDA LONE WINNER FOR JAPANESE WOMEN AT WORLD UNI C’SHIPS







THESSALONIKI, Greece (July 11) - Nami Uchida of Toyo University won the lone gold medal for the Japanese women, taking the 48 kg title, as Japan slipped into fourth place in the team standings at the world university wrestling championships. Marina Takahashi of Waseda University added a bronze medal at 63 kg.

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Results of individual bouts involving Japanese entries:
Women’s freestyle
48 kg - UCHIDA, Nami (1st, 11 entries)
R1 - bye
R2 - df. Elenora Abutalipova (KAZ), 2-0 (1-0, 8-1)
SF - df. Anna Lukasiak (POL), 2-0 (3-0, 1-0)
F1 - df. Sara Fulp-Allen (USA), 2-0 (5-2, 1x-1)

55 kg - HIRATA, Sachiko (5th, 8 entries)
R1 - lost to Miranda Dick (CAN) by fall, 1P=1:00 (F0-7)
F3 - lost to Emese Szabo (HUN), 0-2 (0-1, 0-1)

59 kg - NAKATA, Eriko (7th, 11 entries)
R1 - df. Kitti Godo (HUN), 2-1 (1-0, 0-1, 1-0)
R2 - lost to Hou Min-wen (TPE), 0-2 (0-2, 0-1)

63 kg - TAKAHASHI, Marina (3rd, 9 entries)
R1 - bye
R2 - df. Lee Chiu-ping (TPE), 2-0 (2-0, 3-0)
SF - lost by Oxana Shalikova (UKR) by fall, 1P (F0-4)
F3 - df. Paulina Czersja (POL), 2-0 (2-0, 4-3)

72 kg - No Japanese entry

Team
1. United States, 61 points (3-1-2); 2. Canada, 53 (2-0-4); 3. Russia, 45 (1-3-0); 4. Japan 39 (1-0-2); 5. Poland, 33 (0-1-1); 6. Greece, 26 (0-1-0)