Mark Rial wins bronze medal to lead U.S. team at Pytlasinski Tournament

WARSAW, Poland - Mark Rial won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling to top the list of American finishers at the Pytlasinski Poland Open on Aug. 16-18.

Rial (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) placed third at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. in the event. Rial placed third at the 2007 U.S. World Team Trials.

Rial beat France's Steve Gvemot in his bronze-medal match. Rial went 4-1 in the event.

The only other American wrestler to place in the top five in Poland was Adam Wheeler, who placed fifth at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. Wheeler (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) placed second at the 2007 U.S. World Team Trials.

The U.S. team placed ninth in the team standings with 18 points. Ukraine won the event with 58 points.

PYTLASINSKI POLAND OPEN, AUG. 16-18, WARSAW, POLAND

55 KG/121 LBS.
Gold - Rovsan Bayzamov (Azerbaijan)
Silver - Anders Nyblom (Denmark)
Bronze - Olah Tibor (Hungary)
Bronze - Roman Amoyan (Armenia)

60 KG/132 LBS.
Gold - Vitaly Ragimov (Azerbaijan)
Silver - Tomasz Swierk (Poland)
Bronze - Davor Stefanek (Serbia)
Bronze - Hakan Nyblom (Denmark)

66 KG/145.5 LBS.
Gold - Farid Mansurov (Azerbaijan)
Silver - Armen Vardanyan (Ukraine)
Bronze - Mark Rial (USA)
Bronze - Seref Eroglu (Turkey)

74 KG/163 LBS.
Gold - Dmytro Pyshkov (Ukraine)
Silver - Kanalbek Begaliev (Kirghizistan)
Bronze - Christophe Gvemot (France)
Bronze - Ilgor Abulov (Azerbaijan)

84 KG/185 LBS.
Gold - Ara Abrahamian (Sweden)
Silver - Oleksandr Kovalchuk (Ukraine)
Bronze - Andrei Baranovski (Bulgaria)
Bronze - Janarbek Kenjeev (Kirghizistan)

96 KG/211.5 LBS.
Gold - Georg Koutsiovbas (Greece)
Silver - Theodoros Tounousidis (Greece)
Bronze - Balasz Kiss (Hungary)
Bronze - Rami Hietaniemi (Finland)

120 KG/264.5 LBS.
Gold - Deak Bardos (Hungary)
Silver - Jaimar Sjoberg (Sweden)
Bronze - Alexsandr Chernetskyi (Ukraine)
Bronze - Panagiotis Papadopoulos (Greece)

U.S. match by match results

55 kg/121 lbs. - Jermaine Hodge, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
WIN Sergeji Skripka (Germany)
WIN Mariusz Los (Poland)
LOSS Olah Tibor (Hungary)

60 kg/132 lbs. - Willie Madison, Metairie, La. (Gator WC)
LOSS Edgar Berisighyan

66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Mark Rial, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC) - 3rd
WIN Mariusz Bielecki (Poland)
WIN Sylwester Charzewski (Poland)
LOSS Farid Mansurov (Azerbaijan)
WIN Karel Hanak (Czech Republic)
WIN Steve Gvemot (France)

66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Glenn Garrison, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
LOSS Farid Mansurov (Azerbaijan)
LOSS Karel Hanak (Czech Republic)

66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Faruk Sahin, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
LOSS Steve Gvemot (France)

84 kg/185 lbs. - Aaron Sieracki, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
LOSS Muhammed Yucedag (Turkey)

96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Adam Wheeler, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC) - 5th
WIN Mykhaylo Nikolaev (Ukraine)
LOSS Theodoros Tounousidis (Greece)
WIN Justin Millard (USA)
LOSS Rami Hietaniemi (Finland)

96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Justin Millard, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force)
LOSS Theodoros Tounousidis (Greece)
LOSS Adam Wheeler (USA)

120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Timothy Taylor, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)
WIN Mitos Dejanovic (MNE)
LOSS Marek Mikulski (Poland)