NEWS FLASH: Padilla, Rix place fifth in women's freestyle at World Championships
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by Craig Sesker
HERNING, Denmark - A day so full of promise ended with a disappointing finish for the U.S. women's freestyle wrestling team.
Tatiana Padilla (55 kg/121 lbs.) and Deanna Rix (59 kg/130 lbs.) both dropped their bronze-medal matches and finished in fifth place at the World Championships on Thursday night at the MesseCenter Herning.
Padilla fell to Alena Filipava of Belarus in the bronze-medal match. Filipava came out aggressively, scoring right away and taking command.
Padilla caught Filipava on her back briefly with a second-period headlock, but Filipava ended up bridging off her back and gaining two exposure points against Padilla to regain control.
Rix dropped a controversial decision to Marianna Sastin of Hungary in the bronze-medal match.
The match went to the ball draw in all three periods, and Rix lost every draw. Rix won the first period from the defensive position and lost the second.
Rix pulled her leg free in the third-period clinch and looked poised to win. Sastin then fired in on a scoring attempt and Rix threw Sastin to her back. The referee gave Sastin a point for a takedown.
U.S. World Team Coach Kevin Black challenged the call. Officials looked at a video review and confirmed the point for Hungary.
Padilla, just 18 years old, was a 2008 World bronze medalist. Rix placed fifth at the 2008 World Championships
The U.S. has come up short of winning a medal in the first five women's freestyle weight classes.
The final two U.S. women's wrestlers - Adeline Gray (67 kg/147.5 lbs.) and Ali Bernard (72 kg/158.5 lbs.) -
weighed in and received their draws for Friday's competition. The Greco-Roman competition will kick off will Spenser Mango (55 kg/121 lbs.) taking the mat on Friday.
The seven-day competition runs through Sunday.
U.S. WOMEN'S FREESTYLE RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
55 kg/121 lbs. - Tatiana Padilla, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) - 5th
WIN Gudrun Hoie (Norway), 3-0, 6-0
WIN Geeta Geeta (India), 3-0, 1-4, fall 1:51
LOSS Sona Ahmedli (Azerbaijan), 1-0, 2-1
LOSS Alena Filipava (Belarus), 5-2, 3-0
59 kg/130 lbs. - Deanna Rix, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC) - 5th
WIN Taybe Usein (Bulgaria), 4-0, 1-0
LOSS Yulija Ratkevich (Azerbaijan), 1-0, 3-3
WIN Joice Silva (Brazil), 1-0, 2-1
LOSS Marianna Sastin (Hungary), 0-1, 1-0, 1-0
63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Elena Pirozhkova, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC) - 7th
WIN Aysel Can (Turkey), 7-0, 3-2
WIN Jin-Young Hang (South Korea), 0-7, 2-0, fall
LOSS Lubov Volosova (Russia), 5-2, 2-0
LOSS Justine Bouchard (Canada), 5-1, 3-0
Tatiana Padilla (55 kg/121 lbs.) and Deanna Rix (59 kg/130 lbs.) both dropped their bronze-medal matches and finished in fifth place at the World Championships on Thursday night at the MesseCenter Herning.
Padilla fell to Alena Filipava of Belarus in the bronze-medal match. Filipava came out aggressively, scoring right away and taking command.
Padilla caught Filipava on her back briefly with a second-period headlock, but Filipava ended up bridging off her back and gaining two exposure points against Padilla to regain control.
Rix dropped a controversial decision to Marianna Sastin of Hungary in the bronze-medal match.
The match went to the ball draw in all three periods, and Rix lost every draw. Rix won the first period from the defensive position and lost the second.
Rix pulled her leg free in the third-period clinch and looked poised to win. Sastin then fired in on a scoring attempt and Rix threw Sastin to her back. The referee gave Sastin a point for a takedown.
U.S. World Team Coach Kevin Black challenged the call. Officials looked at a video review and confirmed the point for Hungary.
Padilla, just 18 years old, was a 2008 World bronze medalist. Rix placed fifth at the 2008 World Championships
The U.S. has come up short of winning a medal in the first five women's freestyle weight classes.
The final two U.S. women's wrestlers - Adeline Gray (67 kg/147.5 lbs.) and Ali Bernard (72 kg/158.5 lbs.) -
weighed in and received their draws for Friday's competition. The Greco-Roman competition will kick off will Spenser Mango (55 kg/121 lbs.) taking the mat on Friday.
The seven-day competition runs through Sunday.
U.S. WOMEN'S FREESTYLE RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
55 kg/121 lbs. - Tatiana Padilla, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) - 5th
WIN Gudrun Hoie (Norway), 3-0, 6-0
WIN Geeta Geeta (India), 3-0, 1-4, fall 1:51
LOSS Sona Ahmedli (Azerbaijan), 1-0, 2-1
LOSS Alena Filipava (Belarus), 5-2, 3-0
59 kg/130 lbs. - Deanna Rix, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC) - 5th
WIN Taybe Usein (Bulgaria), 4-0, 1-0
LOSS Yulija Ratkevich (Azerbaijan), 1-0, 3-3
WIN Joice Silva (Brazil), 1-0, 2-1
LOSS Marianna Sastin (Hungary), 0-1, 1-0, 1-0
63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Elena Pirozhkova, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC) - 7th
WIN Aysel Can (Turkey), 7-0, 3-2
WIN Jin-Young Hang (South Korea), 0-7, 2-0, fall
LOSS Lubov Volosova (Russia), 5-2, 2-0
LOSS Justine Bouchard (Canada), 5-1, 3-0
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