IRIE WINS SR-JR CROWN AT KLIPPAN LADIES

KLIPPAN, Sweden (March 5-6) – Fukuoka high school student Yuki Irie came from behind to defeat world No. 5 Iwona Matkowska (POL) and claim the 48kg crown in the senior-junior division of the Klippan Ladies international wrestling tournament.

Honoka Saito and Kanako Murata, both of Abe Gakuin high school in Tokyo, both earned silver medalist while high school teammate Yuka Sakurai took a bronze medal.

The Japanese juniors took third behind Poland and Azerbaijan in the final team rankings.

Senior-junior division

48kg – IRIE, Yuki (1st, 14 entries)
R1 – df. Chigusa Ito (JPN) by fall, 2P=1:46
R2 – df. Sarianne Savola (FIN), 2-1 (3-0, 2-4, 5-0)
SF – df. Julita Omilusik (POL), 2-0 (3-0, 3-0)
F1 – df. Iwona Matkowska (POL), 2-1(0-1, 2-2, 2-0)

48kg – ITO, Chigusa (5th, 14 entries)
R1 – lost to Yuki Irie (JPN) by fall, 2P=1:46
c1 – df. Sarianne Savola (FIN), 2-1 (0-1, 1-0, 2-0)
F3 – lost to Julita Omilusik (POL), 0-2 (0-1, 0-1)

51kg – SAITO, Honoka (2nd, 8 entries)
R1 – df. Ilona Omilusik (POL) by fall, 2P=1:50
SF – df. Francesca Mori (ITA), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)
F1 – lost to Angela Dorogan (AZE), 0-2 (1-6, 0-3)

51kg – SAKURAI, Yuka (3rd, 8 entries)
R1 – df. Alexandra Linden (SWE) by fall, 2P=1:30
SF – lost to Angela Dorogan (AZE),0-2 (0-7, 02)
F3 – df. Natalia Ochal (POL), 2-0 (1-0, 3-0)

55kg – MURATA, Kanako (2nd, 14 entries)
R1 – df. Emese Szabo (HUN), 2-0 (4-1, 7-0)
R2 – df. Tiina Vainionpaa (FIN) by fall, 2P=1:50)
SF – df. Tiina Ylinen (FIN), 2-0 (5-2, 5-2)
F1 – lost to Ida-Theres Nerell (SWE), 1-2 (4-1, 0-4, 2-4)

63kg – YOSHII, Tamae (9th, 13 entries0
R1 – bye
R2 – lost to Olesya Zamula (AZE), 0-2 (0-2, 0-1)

Team standings
1. Poland, 50 points
2. Azerbaijan, 44 points (3 champions)
3. Japan, 44 points (1 champion)