UPDATED: Mango wins bronze medal at Hungarian Golden Grand Prix
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by Gary Abbott
SZOMBATHELY, Hungary - 2008 U.S. Olympian Spenser Mango (St. Louis, Mo./New York AC) won a bronze medal at 55 kg/121 lbs. at the Hungarian Golden Grand Prix on Sunday.
He defeated Anders Ronningen of Norway in the bronze-medal match, 1-0, 1-0. He finished with a 3-1 record for the day.
"It wasn't the best match ever, but I got it done. I scored a few points. I did alright, I guess," said Mango. "I lost to the Japanese guy who I beat twice before this. That is not good. I came back and picked up the bronze. I have some things to work on when I get back to the wrestling room in Marquette (Mich.) I feel I am heading in the right direction. I will watch film and fix my mistakes."
Mango was the only U.S. medalist on Sunday. Joe Betterman (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) won a silver medal on Saturday at 60 kg/132 lbs.
"He wrestled pretty decent, but he can wrestle better," said Assistant National Greco-Roman Coach Momir Petkovic. "You can't stop wrestling. You have to make sure to finish him off the right way, by not holding back. He had nice defense in the match. Like Betterman, he is another young one who is slowly and surely rising up and doing good things. They are making sure that in 2012 the gold is theirs."
The USA placed fourth in the team standings of this very competitive tournament with 36 points. Host Hungary won the title, followed by Georgia and Turkey. There were 23 national teams entered.
HUNGARIAN GOLDEN GRAND PRIX
At Szombathely, Hungary, March 1
55 kg/121 lbs.
Gold - Kohei Hasegawa (Japan)
Silver - Mariusz Los (Poland)
Bronze - Spenser Mango (USA)
Bronze - Kristian Fris (Serbia)
5th - Anders Roninngen (Norway)
5th - Velenin Venkov (Bulgaria)
66 kg/145.5 lbs.
Gold - Manuchar Tskhadaia (Georgia)
Silver - Davor Stefanek (Serbia)
Bronze - Aleksander Maksimovic (Serbia)
Bronze - Ion Panait (Romania)
5th - Anton Mimageishvili (Georgia)
5th - Tsutsomu Fujimura (Japan)
96 kg/211.5 lbs.
Gold - Serken Ozden (Turkey)
Silver - Heiko Nabi (Estonia)
Bronze - Balazs Kiss (Hungary)
Bronze - Marek Svec (Czech Republic)
5th - Filip Koszegy (Slovakia)
5th - Andrzey Deberny (Poland)
U.S. performances on Sunday
55 kg/121 lbs. - Spenser Mango, St. Louis, Mo. (USOEC/New York AC), 3rd
WIN Gabor Molnar (Hungary), 3-0, 1-0
WIN Georgi Gvenetadze (Georgia), 5-0, 2-2, 1-0
LOSS Kohei Hasegawa (Japan), 1-0, 0-2, 0-1
WIN Anders Ronningen (Norway), 1-0, 1-0
55 kg/121 lbs. - Nate Engel, St. Helena, Calif. (USOEC/Sunkist Kids), dnp
LOSS Mariusz Los (Poland), 0-1, 0-2
LOSS Christian Fris (Serbia), 0-5, 0-7
66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Matt Holt, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Unattached), dnp
LOSS Markus Thommesen (Norway), 0-1, 0-2
66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Kerry Regner, Darlington, Pa. (USOEC), dnp
LOSS Karel Hanak (Czech Republic), 0-2, 0-3
Team standings
1. Hungary, 46
2. Georgia, 45
3. Turkey, 42
4. USA, 36
5. Poland, 35
6. Japan, 32
7. Serbia, 31
8. Belarus, 27
9. Bulgaria, 21
10. Azerbaijan, 19
(of 23 nations)
He defeated Anders Ronningen of Norway in the bronze-medal match, 1-0, 1-0. He finished with a 3-1 record for the day.
"It wasn't the best match ever, but I got it done. I scored a few points. I did alright, I guess," said Mango. "I lost to the Japanese guy who I beat twice before this. That is not good. I came back and picked up the bronze. I have some things to work on when I get back to the wrestling room in Marquette (Mich.) I feel I am heading in the right direction. I will watch film and fix my mistakes."
Mango was the only U.S. medalist on Sunday. Joe Betterman (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) won a silver medal on Saturday at 60 kg/132 lbs.
"He wrestled pretty decent, but he can wrestle better," said Assistant National Greco-Roman Coach Momir Petkovic. "You can't stop wrestling. You have to make sure to finish him off the right way, by not holding back. He had nice defense in the match. Like Betterman, he is another young one who is slowly and surely rising up and doing good things. They are making sure that in 2012 the gold is theirs."
The USA placed fourth in the team standings of this very competitive tournament with 36 points. Host Hungary won the title, followed by Georgia and Turkey. There were 23 national teams entered.
HUNGARIAN GOLDEN GRAND PRIX
At Szombathely, Hungary, March 1
55 kg/121 lbs.
Gold - Kohei Hasegawa (Japan)
Silver - Mariusz Los (Poland)
Bronze - Spenser Mango (USA)
Bronze - Kristian Fris (Serbia)
5th - Anders Roninngen (Norway)
5th - Velenin Venkov (Bulgaria)
66 kg/145.5 lbs.
Gold - Manuchar Tskhadaia (Georgia)
Silver - Davor Stefanek (Serbia)
Bronze - Aleksander Maksimovic (Serbia)
Bronze - Ion Panait (Romania)
5th - Anton Mimageishvili (Georgia)
5th - Tsutsomu Fujimura (Japan)
96 kg/211.5 lbs.
Gold - Serken Ozden (Turkey)
Silver - Heiko Nabi (Estonia)
Bronze - Balazs Kiss (Hungary)
Bronze - Marek Svec (Czech Republic)
5th - Filip Koszegy (Slovakia)
5th - Andrzey Deberny (Poland)
U.S. performances on Sunday
55 kg/121 lbs. - Spenser Mango, St. Louis, Mo. (USOEC/New York AC), 3rd
WIN Gabor Molnar (Hungary), 3-0, 1-0
WIN Georgi Gvenetadze (Georgia), 5-0, 2-2, 1-0
LOSS Kohei Hasegawa (Japan), 1-0, 0-2, 0-1
WIN Anders Ronningen (Norway), 1-0, 1-0
55 kg/121 lbs. - Nate Engel, St. Helena, Calif. (USOEC/Sunkist Kids), dnp
LOSS Mariusz Los (Poland), 0-1, 0-2
LOSS Christian Fris (Serbia), 0-5, 0-7
66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Matt Holt, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Unattached), dnp
LOSS Markus Thommesen (Norway), 0-1, 0-2
66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Kerry Regner, Darlington, Pa. (USOEC), dnp
LOSS Karel Hanak (Czech Republic), 0-2, 0-3
Team standings
1. Hungary, 46
2. Georgia, 45
3. Turkey, 42
4. USA, 36
5. Poland, 35
6. Japan, 32
7. Serbia, 31
8. Belarus, 27
9. Bulgaria, 21
10. Azerbaijan, 19
(of 23 nations)
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