Nakata Earns Only Medal for Japan at Schultz Memorial
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (January 30) – Yo NAKATA (JPN) defeated three Americans at 61kg, including Pan American champion Andrew HOCHSTRASSER (USA), to claim Japan’s only medal of the Schultz Memorial international wrestling tournament.
Nakata opened with a loss to Hochstrasser but came back with a pair of wins, including a 3-2 triumph over junior world silver medalist Joe McKENNA (USA) in the consolation semis. Nakata avenged his loss to Hochstrasser, 6-5, in the bronze medal final.
Meanwhile, Nobuyoshi TAKOJIMA also advanced to the consolation semis after an opening round loss to eventual winner Nick MARABLE (USA), 1-5, but missed a shot at a bronze medal after falling, 2-9, to Nazar KULCHYTSKY (USA).
Freestyle
57kg – NAKAMURA, Rinya (dnp, 21 entries)
R1 – Kyle HUTTER (USA) by fall, 5:29
R2 – lost to Brandon PRECIN (USA), 3-6
c1 – df. Nikko TRIGGAS (USA) by TF, 10-0
c2 – lost to Joe COLON (USA) by fall, 2:58
61kg – NAKATA, Yo (3rd, 8 entries)
R1 – lost to Andrew HOCHSTRASSER (USA), 3-6
c1 – df. Joey LAZOR (USA), 8-2
c2 – df. Joseph McKENNA (USA), 3-2
F3 – df. Andrew HOCHSTRASSER (USA), 6-5
70kg – TAKOJIMA, Nobuyoshi (5th-6th, 10 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – lost to Nick MARABLE (USA), 1-5
c1 – df. Ganbayar SANJAA (MGL) by TF, 10-0
c2 – lost to Nazar KULCHYTSKY (USA), 2-9
74kg – OKUI, Mao (7th-8th, 16 entries)
R1 – df. Ramazan SHAMSUDINOV (RUS), 12-10
R2 – lost to Giorgi IVANOV (BUL), 2-10
c1 – lost to Bekzod ABDURAKHMANOV (UZB) by TF, 0-10
86kg – MURAYAMA, Takahiro (dnp, 15 entries)
R1 – lost to Austin MOREHEAD (USA) by TF, 1-12
c1 – lost to Daniel VILLANUEVA (MEX), 1-10
97kg – YASUDA, Sho (dnp, 12 entries)
R1 – df. Aurelio VALDEZ (MEX) by TF, 12-2
R2 – lost to Dustin KILGORE (USA) by TF, 0-11
c1 – lost to Jesse PRUDENTE (MEX) by fall, 0:23
125kg – FUJITA, Yuya (7th-8th, 12 entries)
R1 – lost to Dom BRADLEY (USA) by TF, 0-10
c1 – df. Jarod TRICE (USA) by forfeit, 0:00
c2 – lost to Jacob MITCHELL (USA) by fall, 1:29
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