Arendt reaches Greco-Roman semifinals on final day of CISM Military Worlds
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U.S. heavyweight David Arendt scores a takedown on Faissal Saidani of Algeria in the CISM Military Worlds Greco-Roman quarterfinals.
FORT DIX, N.J. – SSgt David Arendt of the U.S. Marine Corps has reached the semifinals at 130 kg on the final day of the CISM Military World Championships at Joint Base McGuire – Dix – Lakehurst, in New Jersey.
In the quarterfinals, Arendt scored a dominant 8-0 technical fall over Faissal Saidani of Algeria, a 2011 African Junior freestyle champion. Arendt,
Arendt, a past U.S. Open champion, will face 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Mindaugas Mizgaitis of Lithuania in the semifinals, which begin at 2:00 p.m.
“That was his first match after taking some time off. He wanted to get right back into it. He showed that he is still very powerful. In the semis, he has the Lithuanian, who was an Olympic medalist. He is excited about wrestling him and seeing where he is at this point in the season,” said U.S. coach Jason Loukides.
Three other U.S. wrestlers dropped matches to world-class opponents, but have a chance to get into the repechage rounds if their opponents win in the semifinals.
MSgt Sherwin Severin of the U.S. Air Force opened with a 4-1 win over Abdelhak Benzanoune of Algeria at 80 kg. Severin scored a takedown in the first period for a 2-0 lead, but Benzanoune closed it to 2-1 on a passivity penalty against Severin. Benzanoune attempted a pushout on the edge in the closing seconds, but Severin countered and spun behind for the winning takedown.
In the quarterfinals, Severin lost by technical fall to two-time CISM Military World champion Oleksandr Shyshman of Ukraine,0-8 in 2:03. Shyshman was able to turn Severin on the mat three straight times to close out the match.
In the first round at 85 kg , A1C Nathaniel Hartley of the U.S. Air Force lost a technical fall to 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Damian Janikowski of Poland, 0-9 in the first period. Janikowski had a four-point throw as part of his varied offensive attack.
SPC Pete Gounaridis of the U.S. Army lost to 2014 World silver medalist Oliver Hassler of Germany in his first bout at 98 kg by technical fall, 0-11. Hassler scored a pair of gutwrench turns and was able to push Gounaridis out on a number of occasions.
The structure of the Greco-Roman tournament differs from the first two days of freestyle. The tournament starts each morning at 9:00 a.m., which includes the preliminaries and the quarterfinals. After a lunch break, the athletes return at 2:00 p.m. for the semifinals and repechage. The finals follow immediately at 3:30 p.m. Because there is no break between Session II and the finals in Session III, we will post our first story each day after the quarterfinals.
TheMat.com is webcasting the entire CISM World Military Championships.
Support USA Wrestling through the Combined Federal Campaign CFC #11517 or donate online at usawrestling.org/CFC.
CISM WORLD MILITARY WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Joint Base McGuire – Dix – Lakehurst, N.J.
U.S. Greco-Roman results so far
80 kg – MSgt Sherwin Severin, U.S. Air Force
WIN Abdelhak Benzanoune (Algeria), 4-1
LOSS Oleksandr Shyshman (Ukraine), tech. fall, 0-8, 2:03
85 kg – A1C Nathaniel Hartley, U.S. Air Force
LOSS Damian Janikowski (Poland), tech. fall 0-9, 2:31
98 kg – SPC Pete Gounaridis, U.S. Army
LOSS Oliver Hassler (Germany), 0-11, 4:32
130 kg – SSgt David Arendt, U.S. Marine Corps
WIN Faissal Saidani (Algeria), 8-0, 1:49
Semifinals - Vs. Mindaugas Mizgaitis (Lithuania)
FORT DIX, N.J. – SSgt David Arendt of the U.S. Marine Corps has reached the semifinals at 130 kg on the final day of the CISM Military World Championships at Joint Base McGuire – Dix – Lakehurst, in New Jersey.
In the quarterfinals, Arendt scored a dominant 8-0 technical fall over Faissal Saidani of Algeria, a 2011 African Junior freestyle champion. Arendt,
Arendt, a past U.S. Open champion, will face 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Mindaugas Mizgaitis of Lithuania in the semifinals, which begin at 2:00 p.m.
“That was his first match after taking some time off. He wanted to get right back into it. He showed that he is still very powerful. In the semis, he has the Lithuanian, who was an Olympic medalist. He is excited about wrestling him and seeing where he is at this point in the season,” said U.S. coach Jason Loukides.
Three other U.S. wrestlers dropped matches to world-class opponents, but have a chance to get into the repechage rounds if their opponents win in the semifinals.
MSgt Sherwin Severin of the U.S. Air Force opened with a 4-1 win over Abdelhak Benzanoune of Algeria at 80 kg. Severin scored a takedown in the first period for a 2-0 lead, but Benzanoune closed it to 2-1 on a passivity penalty against Severin. Benzanoune attempted a pushout on the edge in the closing seconds, but Severin countered and spun behind for the winning takedown.
In the quarterfinals, Severin lost by technical fall to two-time CISM Military World champion Oleksandr Shyshman of Ukraine,0-8 in 2:03. Shyshman was able to turn Severin on the mat three straight times to close out the match.
In the first round at 85 kg , A1C Nathaniel Hartley of the U.S. Air Force lost a technical fall to 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Damian Janikowski of Poland, 0-9 in the first period. Janikowski had a four-point throw as part of his varied offensive attack.
SPC Pete Gounaridis of the U.S. Army lost to 2014 World silver medalist Oliver Hassler of Germany in his first bout at 98 kg by technical fall, 0-11. Hassler scored a pair of gutwrench turns and was able to push Gounaridis out on a number of occasions.
The structure of the Greco-Roman tournament differs from the first two days of freestyle. The tournament starts each morning at 9:00 a.m., which includes the preliminaries and the quarterfinals. After a lunch break, the athletes return at 2:00 p.m. for the semifinals and repechage. The finals follow immediately at 3:30 p.m. Because there is no break between Session II and the finals in Session III, we will post our first story each day after the quarterfinals.
TheMat.com is webcasting the entire CISM World Military Championships.
Support USA Wrestling through the Combined Federal Campaign CFC #11517 or donate online at usawrestling.org/CFC.
CISM WORLD MILITARY WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Joint Base McGuire – Dix – Lakehurst, N.J.
U.S. Greco-Roman results so far
80 kg – MSgt Sherwin Severin, U.S. Air Force
WIN Abdelhak Benzanoune (Algeria), 4-1
LOSS Oleksandr Shyshman (Ukraine), tech. fall, 0-8, 2:03
85 kg – A1C Nathaniel Hartley, U.S. Air Force
LOSS Damian Janikowski (Poland), tech. fall 0-9, 2:31
98 kg – SPC Pete Gounaridis, U.S. Army
LOSS Oliver Hassler (Germany), 0-11, 4:32
130 kg – SSgt David Arendt, U.S. Marine Corps
WIN Faissal Saidani (Algeria), 8-0, 1:49
Semifinals - Vs. Mindaugas Mizgaitis (Lithuania)
