Matsumoto Notches 2 Wins, Comes Up Short in Hungarian Grand Prix – 1st Day
SZOMBATHELY, Hungary (March 7) – Asian Games silver medalist Ryutaro MATSUMOTO posted a pair of wins on the opening day of the Hungarian Grand Prix, but fell short of winning a medal after a loss to 2012 junior world bronze medalist Dominik ETLINGER (CRO).
Matsumoto also forfeited in the consolation bracket to finish 14th overall among 42 entries at 66kg.
Tomohiro INOUE (66kg), Takehiro KANAKUBO (75kg) and Arata SONODA (130kg) also notched wins in their opening matches, but were unable to advance any further in their respective brackets. Overall, Sonoda placed highest, finishing eighth among 18 entries at super heavyweight.
Greco-roman
66kg – MATSUMOTO, Ryutaro (14th, 42 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Ashkat ZHANBIROV (KAZ), 2-0
R3 – df. Nurtai NURGALIYEV (KAZ), 5-1
R4 – lost to Dominik ETLINGER (CRO) by TF, 0-8
c1 – lost to Mate NEMES (CRO) by default, 0:00
66kg – INOUE, Tomohiro (19th, 42 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Marius THOMMESEN (NOR), 1-1
R3 – lost to Aibek YENSEKHANOV (KAZ), 2-4
66kg – HORIGO, Yuta (22nd, 42 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – lost to Robert FRITSCH (HUN), 7-10
75kg – KANAKUBO, Takeo (12th, 37 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Atabek AZIZBEKOV (KGZ) by TF, 8-0
R3 – lost to Payam BOUYERI PAYANI (IRI), 1-2
75kg – YABIKU, Shohei (20th, 37 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – lost to Valdemaras VENCKAITIS (LTU), 9-10
75kg – SAKABE, So (29th, 37 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – lost to Iwan NYLYPIUK (POL), 0-3
85kg – OKA, Taichi (26th, 31 entries)
R1 – lost to Vasyl RACHYBA (UKR), 0-6
130kg – SONODA, Arata (8th, 18 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Igor DIDYK (UKR) by fall (0-8)
R3 – lost to Daniel LIGETI (HUN) by TF, 0-8
c1 – lost to Tiberiu BARBAZAN (ROU) by fall (2-4)
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