ZRENJANIN, Serbia (August 20-21) – Kazuya KOYANAGI and Erson SASAKI won individual titles but Japan had to settle for 12th in the team rankings of the cadet world greco-roman wrestling championships.
KOYANAGI of Nirasaki Kogyo high school in Yamanashi did not yield a single point over four bouts as he rolled to the 54kg crown while SASAKI, who goes to school in Hungary, notched five wins on his way to the 69kg title.
KOYANAGI’s gold medal was the first won by a Japanese male in the cadet wrestling world championships. SASAKI added a second for Japan on the second day of the competition.
Shoya SHIMAE (63kg) and Taiki YAMAMOTO (100kg) each posted wins in their opening bouts, but could not advance beyond the quarterfinals. YAMAMOTO earned an eighth place which gave Japan a total of 23 points and 12th in the final team rankings.
Greco-roman
42kg – OGAWA, Shota (12th, 16 entries)
R1- lost to Vilmos VARGA (HUN), 4-6
46kg – No Japanese entry (19 entries)
50kg – NARIKUNI, Taishi (24th, 26 entries)
F1 – lost to Magomed YARBILOV (RUS) by TF, 0-8
54kg – KOYANAGI, Kazuya (Gold, 24 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Mark ARVAI (HUN) by fall, 1P=time unavailable
R3 – df. Mikko PELTOKANGAS (FIN) by TF, 9-0
SF – df. Miklos HORTI (SRB) by TF, 7-0
F1 – df. Kiril GORSHENIN (RUS) by fall, 2P=time unavailable
58kg – NAMBA, Yo (19th, 23 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – lost to Arslan CENGIZ (TUR) by fall, 1P=time unavailable
63kg – SHIMAE, Shoya (14th, 25 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Dinesh DINESH (IND), 1-0
R3 – lost ot Mircea IONESCU (ROU), 3-5
69kg – SASAKI, Arsen (Gold, 28 entries)
R1 – df. Stanislav BERKOVEC (CZE) by fall, 2P=time unavailable
R2 – df. Dzianis LAKUTKA (BLR) by TF, 8-0
R3 – df. Temirlan SHADUKAEV (KAZ), 2-0
SF – df. Irakli TARKHNISHVILI (GEO), 3-1
F1 – df. Serkan AKKOYUN (TUR), 7-1
76kg – YAMASHITA, Takuya (21st, 28 entries)
R1 – lost to Gagik SARGSYAN (ARM), 0-3
85kg – FUJII, Tatsuya (20th, 21 entries)
R1 – lost to Mohammad BIRANVAND (IRI) by TF, 0-10
100kg – YAMAMOTO, Taiki (8th, 20 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Leinard BEREI (ROU) by fall, 2P=time unavailable
R3 – lost to Boban ZIVANOVIC (SRB) by TF, 5-0
c1 – lost to Ferenc ALMASI (HUN) by fall, 1P=time unavailable
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