Martinez goes for gold, Bleau goes for bronze at UWW Cadet Worlds
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Alleida Martinez, shown on the way to a 2015 Cadet Nationals gold, will battle for the gold medal at the UWW Cadet Worlds tonight. Photo by John Sachs, Tech-Fall.com
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzogovina - Alleida Martinez of Selma, Calif. has reached the gold medal finals at 46 kg/101.5 lbs. at the UWW Cadet World Championships on Friday. She will face 2014 Cadet World champion Yui Sasaki of Japan in the championship match.
The finals begin at 12:00 noon. Eastern time. United World Wrestling is providing a live stream and results, which can be found at
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/event/world-championships-2
Martinez, a 2015 Cadet Nationals champion in Fargo, won three matches to reach the finals. She opened with a pin over Florenta Diaconu of Moldova in the opening match. In the quarterfinals, she edged Aynur Ege of Turkey, 2-1. Her semifinal match was also very close, a 3-2 win over Maria Tiumerekova of Russia.
She hopes to join U.S. teammate Ronna Heaton of Brookings, S.D. as a Cadet World champion, after Heaton won the gold medal at 49 kg/108 lbs.
Going for a bronze at 70 kg/154 lbs. is Alexis Bleau of Berne, N.Y., who will face 2015 Asian Cadet silver medalist Tsetsegbayar Byambadorj of Mongolia in the bronze-medal round.
Bleau was defeated in her first match by 2013 Cadet World silver medalist Mei Shindo of Japan. When Shindo reached the finals, Bleau was pulled back into repechage, where she dominated Justyna Walotek of Poland, who she dominated with multiple takedowns for a 10-0 technical fall.
2015 Junior Nationals champion Gracie Figueroa lost two close matches to some of the best young women in the world at 52 kg/114.5 lbs. In her opener, Figueroa was edged by 2015 Junior World champion Leyla Gurbanov of Azerbaijan, 3-4. When Gurbanov made the finals, Figueroa was drawn back into repechage, where she dropped a 2-4 match to Sae Nanjo of Japan.
Two other U.S. athletes dropped their opening match and did not get a chance for repechage when their opponents did not make the finals, Vayle Baker of Benton, Pa. at 40 kg/88 lbs. and Ashlynn Ortega of Pueblo, Colo. at 60 kg/132 lbs. Baker lost a 6-6 criteria match to Rumi Fujisawa of Japan, while Ortega fell to Wiktoria Choluj of Poland, 2-7.
UWW CADET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzogovina
U.S. women’s freestyle performance so far on Friday
40 kg/88 lbs. - Vayle Baker, Benton, Pa.
LOSS Rumi Fujisawa (Japan), 6-6
46 kg/101.5 lbs. - Alleida Martinez, Selma, Calif.
WIN Florenta Diaconu (Moldova), pin
WIN Aynur Ege (Turkey), 2-1
WIN Maria Tiumerekova (Russia), 3-2
Gold medal match – Yui Susaki (Japan)
52 kg/114.5 lbs. - Gracie Figueroa, Sanger, Calif.
LOSS Leyla Gurbanov (Azerbaijan), 3-4
LOSS Sae Nanjo (Japan), 2-4
60 kg/132 lbs. - Ashlynn Ortega, Pueblo, Colo.
LOSS Wiktoria Choluj (Poland), 2-7
70 kg/154 lbs. - Alexis Bleau, Berne, N.Y.
LOSS Mei Shindo (Japan), pin
WIN Justyna Walotek (Poland), tech fall 10-0
Bronze medal match – Tsetsegbayar Byambadorj (Mongolia)
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzogovina - Alleida Martinez of Selma, Calif. has reached the gold medal finals at 46 kg/101.5 lbs. at the UWW Cadet World Championships on Friday. She will face 2014 Cadet World champion Yui Sasaki of Japan in the championship match.
The finals begin at 12:00 noon. Eastern time. United World Wrestling is providing a live stream and results, which can be found at
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/event/world-championships-2
Martinez, a 2015 Cadet Nationals champion in Fargo, won three matches to reach the finals. She opened with a pin over Florenta Diaconu of Moldova in the opening match. In the quarterfinals, she edged Aynur Ege of Turkey, 2-1. Her semifinal match was also very close, a 3-2 win over Maria Tiumerekova of Russia.
She hopes to join U.S. teammate Ronna Heaton of Brookings, S.D. as a Cadet World champion, after Heaton won the gold medal at 49 kg/108 lbs.
Going for a bronze at 70 kg/154 lbs. is Alexis Bleau of Berne, N.Y., who will face 2015 Asian Cadet silver medalist Tsetsegbayar Byambadorj of Mongolia in the bronze-medal round.
Bleau was defeated in her first match by 2013 Cadet World silver medalist Mei Shindo of Japan. When Shindo reached the finals, Bleau was pulled back into repechage, where she dominated Justyna Walotek of Poland, who she dominated with multiple takedowns for a 10-0 technical fall.
2015 Junior Nationals champion Gracie Figueroa lost two close matches to some of the best young women in the world at 52 kg/114.5 lbs. In her opener, Figueroa was edged by 2015 Junior World champion Leyla Gurbanov of Azerbaijan, 3-4. When Gurbanov made the finals, Figueroa was drawn back into repechage, where she dropped a 2-4 match to Sae Nanjo of Japan.
Two other U.S. athletes dropped their opening match and did not get a chance for repechage when their opponents did not make the finals, Vayle Baker of Benton, Pa. at 40 kg/88 lbs. and Ashlynn Ortega of Pueblo, Colo. at 60 kg/132 lbs. Baker lost a 6-6 criteria match to Rumi Fujisawa of Japan, while Ortega fell to Wiktoria Choluj of Poland, 2-7.
UWW CADET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzogovina
U.S. women’s freestyle performance so far on Friday
40 kg/88 lbs. - Vayle Baker, Benton, Pa.
LOSS Rumi Fujisawa (Japan), 6-6
46 kg/101.5 lbs. - Alleida Martinez, Selma, Calif.
WIN Florenta Diaconu (Moldova), pin
WIN Aynur Ege (Turkey), 2-1
WIN Maria Tiumerekova (Russia), 3-2
Gold medal match – Yui Susaki (Japan)
52 kg/114.5 lbs. - Gracie Figueroa, Sanger, Calif.
LOSS Leyla Gurbanov (Azerbaijan), 3-4
LOSS Sae Nanjo (Japan), 2-4
60 kg/132 lbs. - Ashlynn Ortega, Pueblo, Colo.
LOSS Wiktoria Choluj (Poland), 2-7
70 kg/154 lbs. - Alexis Bleau, Berne, N.Y.
LOSS Mei Shindo (Japan), pin
WIN Justyna Walotek (Poland), tech fall 10-0
Bronze medal match – Tsetsegbayar Byambadorj (Mongolia)
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