MORISHITA WINS 57KG CROWN ON FIRST DAY OF WORLD STUDENT C’SHIPS
PECS, Hungary (July 8-9) – Asian championships bronze medalist Fumitaka MORISHITA forged three one-sided wins to claim his second world university championships crown with a triumph at 57kg.
Morishita, a recent graduate of Nippon Sports Sciences University, defeated Vladislav PETROV (RUS), 5-0, in the final at 57kg for Japan’s only medal in the freestyle events.
Masakazu KAMOI of Yamanashi Gakuin University and NSSU alum Kosuke SUNAKAWA both advanced to the bronze medal finals at 61kg and 70kg, respectively, but had to settle for fifth place finishes.
Men’s freestyle
57kg – MORISHITA, Fumitaka (Gold, 11 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Petro BILEICHUK (UKR), 9-4
SF – df. Matt McDONOUGH (USA), 10-7
F1 – df. Vladislav PETROV (RUS), 5-0
61kg – KAMOI, Masakazu (5th, 12 entries)
R1 – lost to Bernard FUTRELL (USA), 1-8
c1 – df. Vadim SACULTAN (MDA) by TF, 10-0
F3 – lost to Nyurgun SKRYABIN (RUS), 7-11
65kg – SHINKAWA, Takeya (9th, 13 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – lost to BATCHULUUN Batmagnai (MGL), 9-9
70kg – SUNAGAWA, Kosuke (5th, 12 entries)
R1 – df. Michel MIHAYLOV (BUL), 11-8
R2 – lost to Evgheni NEDEALCO (MDA) by TF, 0-10
c1 – df. Mladen MILADINOV (AUT) by TF, 11-0
F3 – lost to Zsombot GULYAS (HUN), 1-6
74kg – KITAMURA, Kohei (10th, 15 entries)
R1 – lost to Andrey NAGORNY (UKR), 8-13
86kg – AKAGUMA, Naoya (8th, 16 entries)
R1 – df. Iren YURUKOV (BUL), 6-1
R2 – lost to Piotr IANULOV (MDA) by TF, 0-10
c1 – lost to Ophir BERNSTEIN (ISR), 3-6
97kg – YAMAMOTO, Koki (7th, 9 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – lost to Patryk DUBLINOWSKI (POL), 7-8
125kg – No entry from Japan
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