COLORADO SPRINGS, U.S.A. (January 29) – Senshu University’s Shogo UOZUMI (JPN) and Keita YUDA (JPN) of Takushoku University each grabbed fourth place on the opening day of Greco-Roman competition at the Schultz Memorial international wrestling tournament.
Uozumi lost to Asian Games bronze medalist Almat KEBISPAYEV (KAZ), 2-5, in the semifinals at 66kg and, after notching a win in the consolation bracket, lost to Bulgarian world team member Konstantin STAS (BUL) by fall in the match for third place.
Yuda, meanwhile, lost to two-time defending Schultz Memorial champion Kendrick SANDERS (USA) in the 71kg semifinals, and again to Alec ORTIZ (USA), returning from a five-year hiatus, in a the bronze medal match.
Asia silver medalist Shinobu OTA (JPN) lost to 2013 world champion Ivo ANGELOV (BUL), 3-5, in the quarterfinals at 59kg and notched a pair of wins in repechage before falling by technical fall to junior world meet entry Mirambek AINAGULOV (KAZ) in the semifinals of the consolation bracket.
Greco-roman
59kg – OTA, Shinobu (5th, 17 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. William SIMPSON (USA) by TF, 9-0
R3 – lost to Ivo ANGELOV (BUL), 3-5
c1 – df. Sammy JONES (USA) by TF, 8-0
c2 – df. Jermaine HODGE (USA) by TF, 10-2
c3 – lost to Mirambek AINAGULOV (KAZ) by TF, 0-8
66kg – UOZUMI, Shogo (4th, 19 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Joey DeNOVA (USA) by TF, 10-0
R3 – df. Yeldar KAIRATOV (KAZ), 5-4
SF – lost to Almat KEBISPAYEV (KAZ), 2-6
c1 – df. Brian GRAHAM (USA) by inj. def., 0:49
F3 – lost to Konstantin STAS (BUL) by fall, 2:27
66kg – MORI, Toshiki (dnp, 19 entries)
R1 – df. Julian GUNNELS (USA), 10-6
R2 – lost to Alejandro SANCHO (USA), 2-6
c1 – lost to Marco LARA (USA), 5-7
71kg – YUDA, Keita (4th, 11 entries)
R1 – df. Colin SCHUBERT (USA) by TF, 13-4
R2 – df. Mason MANVILLE (USA) by fall, 5:53
SF – lost to Kendrick SANDERS (USA) by fall, 0:54
c1 – df. Bo BECKMAN (USA) by fall, 4:06
F3 – lost to Alec ORTIZ (USA) by TF, 4-14
75kg – HANAYAMA, Naoki (dnp, 12 entries)
R1 – lost to Andrew BISEK (USA) by TF, 1-10
c1 – lost to Justin LESTER (USA), 3-6
80kg – SHIOKAWA, Kanta (5th-6th, 9 entries)
R1 – df. Tim LONG (USA) by fall, 2:28
R2 – lost to Ben PROVISOR (USA) by TF, 1-9
c1 – df. Josh GREER (USA) by fall, 5:01
c2 – lost to Askhat DILMUKHAMEDOV (KAZ) by TF, 0-8
85kg – YONAHA, Ryuta (dnp, 10 entries)
R1 – lost to Brandon MARSHALL (USA) by TF, 0-8
c1 – lost to Joel BAUMAN (USA) by TF, 0-8
98kg – SHIKIYA, Masaaki (7th-8th, 15 entries)
R1 – df. Orry ELOR (USA), 3-2
R2 – lost to Rustam TOTROV (RUS), 2-7
c1 – df. Courtney MYERS (USA), 5-1
c2 – lost to Vladislav METODIEV (BUL), 1-7
130kg – TSUDA, Hirotake (5th-6th, 9 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Parker BETTS (USA) by TF, 10-0
SF – lost to Nurmakhan TINALIYEV (KAZ) by fall, 0:38
c1 – lost to Jarod TRICE (USA), 1-7
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