SATO PLACES 7TH, 3 JAPANESE IN TOP 10 IN WORLD CADETS GRECO

BAKU (August 25-26) – Hiroki Sato topped all Japanese entries with a seventh place finish at 42kg in the greco-roman competition at the cadet wrestling world championships.

Sato of Gifu Kogyo high school was one of only three entries for Japan to record a win in the greco-roman competition. Kenichiro Fumita, a bronze medalist at 50kg a year ago, notched a win at 54kg but had to settle for 10th place overall and Yuta Miyaguni opened with a win at 100kg but ended the competition in ninth place.

Greco-roman

42kg – SATO, Hiroki (7th, 13 entries)

R1 – df. Robert Dalton (USA), 2-0 (4-0, 5-0)

R2 – lost to Sergen Ay (TUR), 1-2 (0-6, 3-0, 0-2)

46kg – TASHIRO, Takumi (14th, 15 entries)

R1 – lost to Daniel Boychuck (USA), 0-2 (0-1, 0-6)

50kg – KOYANAGI, Kazuya (11th, 17 entries)

R1 – bye

R2 – lost to Uson Kadyrkulov (KGZ), 0-2 (0-2, 3-5)

54kg – FUMITA, Kenichiro (10th, 18 entries)

R1 – df. Zoltan Levai (HUN), 2-0 (7-2, 4-0)

R2 – lost to Aznaur Otevov (RUS), 0-2 (0-5, 0-2)

58kg – KITAOKA, Yusuke (15th, 20 entries)

R1 – bye

R2 – lost to Mihai Radu Mihut (ROU), 0-2, 0-6, 1-4)

63kg – SASAKI, Yujiro (23rd, 23 entries)

R1 – lost to Mihail Bradu (MDA), 0-2 (0-6, 0-7)

69kg – YABIKU, Shohei (14th, 20 entries)

R1 – bye

R2 – lost to Yaroslav Filchakov (UKR), 1-2 (0-1, 1-0, 0-1)

76kg – OKUI, Mao (13th, 15 entries)

R1 – lost to Shtero Shterev (BUL), 0-2 (0-1, 0-2)

85kg – NARA, Yuta (19th, 19 entries)

R1 0 lost to Bakdaulet Yespenbetov (KAZ) by fall, 1P (F0-8)

100kg – MIYAGUNI, Yuta (9th, 20 entries)

R1 – df. Izhak Nanikashvili (ISR), 2-1 (0-1, 3-0, 3-0)

R2 – lost to Ayan Birzhanov (KAZ), 0-2 (0-2, 0-1)

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