Jaynes, Dlagnev win gold medals on final day at Medved International in Belarus
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by Gary Abbott
MINSK, Belarus - Two U.S. wrestlers won gold medals on the final day of competition at the Alexander Medved International on Saturday.
2007 U.S. World Team member Leigh Jaynes (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) won a gold medal at 59 kg/130 lbs. in women's freestyle wrestling, and 2009 World bronze medalist Tervel Dlagnev (Columbus, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) won a gold medal in men's freestyle at 120 kg/264.5 lbs.
Jaynes won four matches on the way to the title. In the gold-medal finals, she stopped 2009 World bronze medalist Ganna Vasilenko of Ukraine, 3-1, 1-2, 4-0.
Two of the opponents that she defeated were from the United States, Kelsey Campbell (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) and Trinity Plessinger (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids). Jaynes won a bronze medal last week at the Klippan Lady Open in Sweden.
Dlagnev had a marvelous day, winning five straight matches. In the gold-medal finals, he stopped Alan Tsarikaev of Russia, 0-3, 1-0, 2-0. This comes off a strong effort at the Freestyle World Cup last weekend, when Dlagnev won all of his matches.
Key wins included a quarterfinal victory over Aleksei Shemarov of Belarus, 0-1, 1-0, 2-1 and a semifinal win over Kirill Gotovtsev of Russia, 2-1, 2-0.
Winning silver medals on Saturday were Stephany Lee (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. in women's freestyle and J.D. Bergman (Columbus, Ohio/New York AC) at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. in men's freestyle.
Lee won three straight matches to qualify for the finals, including a semifinal win over Laure Ali Annabel of Cameroon, 0-2, 3-0, 2-1. In the championship finals, she was defeated by two-time Junior World medalist Ekaterina Bukina of Russia, 2-3, 2-3.
Lee won a medal for the second straight weekend, after claiming a gold medal at the Klippan Lady Open in Sweden last week.
Bergman won three straight matches against athletes from Russia, including a semifinal win over Rasul Yuopov, 4-0, 5-0. In the gold-medal match, he was pinned by 2007 Junior World champion Valerii Andriitsev of Ukraine.
Winning bronze medals were Kelsey Campbell (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 59 kg/130 lbs. in women's freestyle and Aaron Anspach (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC) at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. in men's freestyle.
Campbell went 3-1 and her only loss was to American teammate Jaynes in the semifinals. In the bronze-medal match she defeated Nadzeya Mikhalkova of Belarus, 1-0, 1-2, 1-0.
Anspach was also 3-1 on the day, losing only to eventual silver medalist Tsarikaev. In his bronze-medal match, Anspach defeated American Blake Gillis (Waverly, Iowa/Lehigh Valley AC), 1-0, 1-1.
The U.S. coaching staffs for both the women's team and the men's team were upbeat about the performance on Saturday.
For the weekend, the U.S. women won six medals. On Saturday, there were three bronze medal efforts by Amantha Hordogoda (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) at 48 kg/105.5 lbs., Whitney Conder (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./New York AC) at 55 kg/121 lbs
"The women had terrific performances on both days of competition," said Assistant National Women's Coach Izzy Izboinikov. "They just came off a trip to Sweden and to come into a tournament with a large number of quality wrestlers and perform at the level they did was just awesome. To have six medalists in the two days of competition was a great thing for women's program. The trip was a positive experience on the mat and in the workout setting. It was a great tour."
"It was a pleasure to be part of such a great team and a terrific tournament experience," said U.S. coach Alex Conti. "The women's wrestling program can be pleased with the way these young ladies conducted themselves both on and off the mat. USA women's wrestling has a great deal to be proud of."
The men's freestyle team did not win a medal on Friday, but rebounded with three medals on Saturday.
"Based on a very grueling yet extremely educational 14-day trip all over Russia and Eastern Europe, our guys finished fairly strong," said Assistant National Freestyle Coach Brandon Slay. "Tervel and J.D. both reached the finals today, and Tervel did a fabulous job of bringing home the Medved title by beating Tsarikaev from Russia, who was the same guy Tervel beat in the Chicago Cup. With this win, we realized how important our October and November duals with the Russians in the U.S. are to our overall international success.
"Tervel has a priceless attitude which encompasses being coachable, humble yet very confident, extremely hard working, a student of the sport, and grateful, which equals success! JD Bergman had his best day of wrestling yet by beating three Russians on the way to the final. In the final, J.D. attempted a lateral drop 10 seconds into the match. Unfortunately, the Ukrainian defended strong, and JD ended up on his back for the pin. JD deeply knows it wasn't the best idea on the planet, but he learned his lesson had an outstanding day overall. Aaron Anspach had a breakthrough performance by finishing third and now realizes more than ever that he is capable with wrestling with the top guys in the world," continued Slay.
Slay is pleased with how the athletes learned and improved during its trip to Russia for the Freestyle World Cup and two duals, followed by the Medved International.
"Coach Jones and I learned a lot about the team and a lot about ourselves on this 14 day trip from the World Cup in Moscow to duals in Vladikavkaz and Nalchik and finally to Minsk. Now, we have an even more precise picture of how we should encourage and correct our men moving forward," he said.
ALEXANDER MEDVED INTERNATIONAL
At Minsk, Belarus, March 13, 2010
U.S. women's performances
59 kg/130 lbs. - Leigh Jaynes, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), 1st
WIN Naczeya Mikhalkova (Belarus), 4-0, 3-1
WIN Trinity Plessinger (USA), 4-0, 2-0
WIN Kelsey Campbell (USA), 1-0, 0-1, 1-0
WIN Ganna Vasilenko (Ukraine), 3-1, 1-2, 4-0
59 kg/130 lbs. - Kelsey Campbell, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 3rd
WIN Ekaterina Yanushkevich (Belarus), 0-1, 2-1, 1-0
WIN Ekaterina Melnikova (Russia), 1-0, 0-3, 1-0
LOSS Leigh Jaynes (USA), 0-1, 1-0, 0-1
WIN Nadzeya Mikhalkova (Belarus), 1-0, 1-2, 1-0
59 kg/130 lbs. - Trinity Plessinger, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), dnp
WIN Indagadada Geeta (India), 6-1, 2-1
LOSS Leigh Jaynes (USA), 0-4, 0-2
LOSS Nadzeya Mikhalkova (Belarus), 1-7, 6-0, 0-4
67 kg/147.5 lbs. - Kuuiini Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Team Hawaii), dnp
LOSS Darnia Sanzheeva (Russia), 0-1, 0-2
67 kg/147.5 lbs. - Christen Paysse, Fullerton, Calif. (Univ. of the Cumberlands), dnp
WIN Anastasiya Shchavlinskaya (Russia), 4-0, 3-3, pin
72 kg/158.5 lbs. - Stephany Lee, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 2nd
WIN Svetlana Sayenko (Ukraine), 1-0, 3-0
WIN Natallia Shinkarova (Belarus), 2-2, 7-0
WIN Laure Ali Annabel (Cameroon), 0-2, 3-0, 2-1
LOSS Ekaterina Bukina (Russia), 2-3, 2-3
U.S. men's performances
84 kg/185 lbs. - Bryce Hasseman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), dnp
LOSS David Bertolino (USA), 1-1, 0-4, 2-3
84 kg/185 lbs. - David Bertolino, Mount Pleasant, Ohio (Sunkist Kids), dnp
WIN Bryce Hasseman (USA), 1-1, 4-0, 3-2
WIN Piotr Ianulov (Moldova), 1-0, 3-4, 4-0
LOSS Magomed Ibragimov (Russia), 3-5, 0-2
LOSS Raymond Jordan (USA) (1-3) (1-0) (1-2)
84 kg/185 lbs. - Raymond Jordan, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids), 5th
WIN Dzimitry Hancharov (Belarus), 1-0, 3-1
LOSS Magomed Ibragimov (Russia), 0-4, 0-3
WIN Itaev Said Ahmed (France), 0-1, 2-0, 1-0
WIN David Bertolino (USA), 3-1, 0-1, 2-1
LOSS Ivan Yankouski (Belarus), 0-3, 0-1
96 kg/211.5 lbs. - J.D. Bergman, Columbus, Ohio (New York AC), 2nd
WIN Khanapi Yusopov (Russia), 4-2, 3-0
WIN Magomed Koratov (Russia), 4-5, 3-0, 5-1
WIN Rasul Yuopov (Russia), 4-0, 5-0
LOSS Valerii Andriitsev (Ukraine), 3-0
120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Tervel Dlagnev, Columbus, Ohio (Sunkist Kids), 1st
WIN Dmitrijs Mihailovs (Latvia), 8-0, 6-0
WIN Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine), 2-0, 1-0
WIN Aleksei Shemarov (Belarus), 0-1, 1-0, 2-1
WIN Kirill Gotovtsev (Russia), 2-1, 2-0
WIN Alan Tsarikaev (Russia), 0-3, 1-0, 2-0
120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Aaron Anspach, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC), 3rd
WIN Zakhar Sabonov (Russia), 3-0, 4-0
WIN Vyacheslav Muzaev (Ukraine), 2-3, 6-0, 4-0
LOSS Alan Tsarikaev (Russia), 0-1, 1-3
WIN Blake Gillis (USA), 1-0, 1-1
120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Blake Gillis, Waverly, Iowa (Lehigh Valley AC), 5th
LOSS Alan Tsarikaev (Russia), 0-3, 0-1
WIN Rajeev Tomar (IND), 6-1, 1-1
LOSS Aaron Anspach (USA), 0-1, 1-1
120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Steve Mocco, Iowa City, Iowa, (New York AC), dnp
WIN Gadzhimurad Murtuzaliev (Russia), 1-0, 2-0
LOSS Kirill Gotovtsev (Russia), 0-4
2007 U.S. World Team member Leigh Jaynes (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) won a gold medal at 59 kg/130 lbs. in women's freestyle wrestling, and 2009 World bronze medalist Tervel Dlagnev (Columbus, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) won a gold medal in men's freestyle at 120 kg/264.5 lbs.
Jaynes won four matches on the way to the title. In the gold-medal finals, she stopped 2009 World bronze medalist Ganna Vasilenko of Ukraine, 3-1, 1-2, 4-0.
Two of the opponents that she defeated were from the United States, Kelsey Campbell (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) and Trinity Plessinger (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids). Jaynes won a bronze medal last week at the Klippan Lady Open in Sweden.
Dlagnev had a marvelous day, winning five straight matches. In the gold-medal finals, he stopped Alan Tsarikaev of Russia, 0-3, 1-0, 2-0. This comes off a strong effort at the Freestyle World Cup last weekend, when Dlagnev won all of his matches.
Key wins included a quarterfinal victory over Aleksei Shemarov of Belarus, 0-1, 1-0, 2-1 and a semifinal win over Kirill Gotovtsev of Russia, 2-1, 2-0.
Winning silver medals on Saturday were Stephany Lee (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. in women's freestyle and J.D. Bergman (Columbus, Ohio/New York AC) at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. in men's freestyle.
Lee won three straight matches to qualify for the finals, including a semifinal win over Laure Ali Annabel of Cameroon, 0-2, 3-0, 2-1. In the championship finals, she was defeated by two-time Junior World medalist Ekaterina Bukina of Russia, 2-3, 2-3.
Lee won a medal for the second straight weekend, after claiming a gold medal at the Klippan Lady Open in Sweden last week.
Bergman won three straight matches against athletes from Russia, including a semifinal win over Rasul Yuopov, 4-0, 5-0. In the gold-medal match, he was pinned by 2007 Junior World champion Valerii Andriitsev of Ukraine.
Winning bronze medals were Kelsey Campbell (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 59 kg/130 lbs. in women's freestyle and Aaron Anspach (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC) at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. in men's freestyle.
Campbell went 3-1 and her only loss was to American teammate Jaynes in the semifinals. In the bronze-medal match she defeated Nadzeya Mikhalkova of Belarus, 1-0, 1-2, 1-0.
Anspach was also 3-1 on the day, losing only to eventual silver medalist Tsarikaev. In his bronze-medal match, Anspach defeated American Blake Gillis (Waverly, Iowa/Lehigh Valley AC), 1-0, 1-1.
The U.S. coaching staffs for both the women's team and the men's team were upbeat about the performance on Saturday.
For the weekend, the U.S. women won six medals. On Saturday, there were three bronze medal efforts by Amantha Hordogoda (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) at 48 kg/105.5 lbs., Whitney Conder (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./New York AC) at 55 kg/121 lbs
"The women had terrific performances on both days of competition," said Assistant National Women's Coach Izzy Izboinikov. "They just came off a trip to Sweden and to come into a tournament with a large number of quality wrestlers and perform at the level they did was just awesome. To have six medalists in the two days of competition was a great thing for women's program. The trip was a positive experience on the mat and in the workout setting. It was a great tour."
"It was a pleasure to be part of such a great team and a terrific tournament experience," said U.S. coach Alex Conti. "The women's wrestling program can be pleased with the way these young ladies conducted themselves both on and off the mat. USA women's wrestling has a great deal to be proud of."
The men's freestyle team did not win a medal on Friday, but rebounded with three medals on Saturday.
"Based on a very grueling yet extremely educational 14-day trip all over Russia and Eastern Europe, our guys finished fairly strong," said Assistant National Freestyle Coach Brandon Slay. "Tervel and J.D. both reached the finals today, and Tervel did a fabulous job of bringing home the Medved title by beating Tsarikaev from Russia, who was the same guy Tervel beat in the Chicago Cup. With this win, we realized how important our October and November duals with the Russians in the U.S. are to our overall international success.
"Tervel has a priceless attitude which encompasses being coachable, humble yet very confident, extremely hard working, a student of the sport, and grateful, which equals success! JD Bergman had his best day of wrestling yet by beating three Russians on the way to the final. In the final, J.D. attempted a lateral drop 10 seconds into the match. Unfortunately, the Ukrainian defended strong, and JD ended up on his back for the pin. JD deeply knows it wasn't the best idea on the planet, but he learned his lesson had an outstanding day overall. Aaron Anspach had a breakthrough performance by finishing third and now realizes more than ever that he is capable with wrestling with the top guys in the world," continued Slay.
Slay is pleased with how the athletes learned and improved during its trip to Russia for the Freestyle World Cup and two duals, followed by the Medved International.
"Coach Jones and I learned a lot about the team and a lot about ourselves on this 14 day trip from the World Cup in Moscow to duals in Vladikavkaz and Nalchik and finally to Minsk. Now, we have an even more precise picture of how we should encourage and correct our men moving forward," he said.
ALEXANDER MEDVED INTERNATIONAL
At Minsk, Belarus, March 13, 2010
U.S. women's performances
59 kg/130 lbs. - Leigh Jaynes, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), 1st
WIN Naczeya Mikhalkova (Belarus), 4-0, 3-1
WIN Trinity Plessinger (USA), 4-0, 2-0
WIN Kelsey Campbell (USA), 1-0, 0-1, 1-0
WIN Ganna Vasilenko (Ukraine), 3-1, 1-2, 4-0
59 kg/130 lbs. - Kelsey Campbell, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 3rd
WIN Ekaterina Yanushkevich (Belarus), 0-1, 2-1, 1-0
WIN Ekaterina Melnikova (Russia), 1-0, 0-3, 1-0
LOSS Leigh Jaynes (USA), 0-1, 1-0, 0-1
WIN Nadzeya Mikhalkova (Belarus), 1-0, 1-2, 1-0
59 kg/130 lbs. - Trinity Plessinger, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), dnp
WIN Indagadada Geeta (India), 6-1, 2-1
LOSS Leigh Jaynes (USA), 0-4, 0-2
LOSS Nadzeya Mikhalkova (Belarus), 1-7, 6-0, 0-4
67 kg/147.5 lbs. - Kuuiini Johnson, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Team Hawaii), dnp
LOSS Darnia Sanzheeva (Russia), 0-1, 0-2
67 kg/147.5 lbs. - Christen Paysse, Fullerton, Calif. (Univ. of the Cumberlands), dnp
WIN Anastasiya Shchavlinskaya (Russia), 4-0, 3-3, pin
72 kg/158.5 lbs. - Stephany Lee, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 2nd
WIN Svetlana Sayenko (Ukraine), 1-0, 3-0
WIN Natallia Shinkarova (Belarus), 2-2, 7-0
WIN Laure Ali Annabel (Cameroon), 0-2, 3-0, 2-1
LOSS Ekaterina Bukina (Russia), 2-3, 2-3
U.S. men's performances
84 kg/185 lbs. - Bryce Hasseman, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC), dnp
LOSS David Bertolino (USA), 1-1, 0-4, 2-3
84 kg/185 lbs. - David Bertolino, Mount Pleasant, Ohio (Sunkist Kids), dnp
WIN Bryce Hasseman (USA), 1-1, 4-0, 3-2
WIN Piotr Ianulov (Moldova), 1-0, 3-4, 4-0
LOSS Magomed Ibragimov (Russia), 3-5, 0-2
LOSS Raymond Jordan (USA) (1-3) (1-0) (1-2)
84 kg/185 lbs. - Raymond Jordan, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids), 5th
WIN Dzimitry Hancharov (Belarus), 1-0, 3-1
LOSS Magomed Ibragimov (Russia), 0-4, 0-3
WIN Itaev Said Ahmed (France), 0-1, 2-0, 1-0
WIN David Bertolino (USA), 3-1, 0-1, 2-1
LOSS Ivan Yankouski (Belarus), 0-3, 0-1
96 kg/211.5 lbs. - J.D. Bergman, Columbus, Ohio (New York AC), 2nd
WIN Khanapi Yusopov (Russia), 4-2, 3-0
WIN Magomed Koratov (Russia), 4-5, 3-0, 5-1
WIN Rasul Yuopov (Russia), 4-0, 5-0
LOSS Valerii Andriitsev (Ukraine), 3-0
120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Tervel Dlagnev, Columbus, Ohio (Sunkist Kids), 1st
WIN Dmitrijs Mihailovs (Latvia), 8-0, 6-0
WIN Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine), 2-0, 1-0
WIN Aleksei Shemarov (Belarus), 0-1, 1-0, 2-1
WIN Kirill Gotovtsev (Russia), 2-1, 2-0
WIN Alan Tsarikaev (Russia), 0-3, 1-0, 2-0
120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Aaron Anspach, State College, Pa. (Nittany Lion WC), 3rd
WIN Zakhar Sabonov (Russia), 3-0, 4-0
WIN Vyacheslav Muzaev (Ukraine), 2-3, 6-0, 4-0
LOSS Alan Tsarikaev (Russia), 0-1, 1-3
WIN Blake Gillis (USA), 1-0, 1-1
120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Blake Gillis, Waverly, Iowa (Lehigh Valley AC), 5th
LOSS Alan Tsarikaev (Russia), 0-3, 0-1
WIN Rajeev Tomar (IND), 6-1, 1-1
LOSS Aaron Anspach (USA), 0-1, 1-1
120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Steve Mocco, Iowa City, Iowa, (New York AC), dnp
WIN Gadzhimurad Murtuzaliev (Russia), 1-0, 2-0
LOSS Kirill Gotovtsev (Russia), 0-4
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