Diakomihalis goes for gold, Webster for bronze in freestyle at UWW Cadet Worlds
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Yianni Diakomihalis gets behind Soslan Guchakov of Russia in the 58 kg semifinals at the UWW Cadet Worlds in Sarajevo on Saturday.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzogovina – Yianni Diakomihalis of New York has reached the gold medal finals at 58 kg/127.75 at the UWW Cadet World Championships on Saturday. He will face Jintaro Motoyama of Japan in the gold-medal 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
Diakomihalis needed four victories to reach the finals. He opened with three dominant wins, scoring a technical fall over Maksat Talkambaev of Kyrgyzstan, a pin over 2013 Cadet World silver medalist Fazil Hasanov of Azerbaijan and a technical fall over Dymytro Mykhniuk of Ukraine in the quarterfinals.
He drew Soslan Guchakov of Russia in the semifinals, Guchakov scored the first takedown after being put on the shot clock. In the closing seconds of the first period, Diakomihalis scored a takedown to tie it at 2-2.
Diakomihalis scored a takedown midway in the second period for a 4-2 lead, but Guchakov tied it up at 4-4. In the closing seconds, Diakomihalis scored big on a scramble to close out the 10-5 win.
Diakomihalis was a 2014 Cadet Nationals runner-up and won the 2015 UWW Cadet Nationals.
Owen Webster of Minnesota has reached a bronze-medal bout at 85 kg/187.5 lbs., where he will face Rahid Hamidli of Azerbaijan for bronze. Hamidli was fifth in the 2015 European Cadet Championships.
Webster opened with a strong 8-4 lead in his opening match. In the quarterfinals, he lost a close match to Khusanboy Rakhimov of Uzbekistan, 2-4. When Rakhimov won his semifinal match, Webster was pulled back into repechage, where he scored two takedowns and two gutwrenches in the second period to defeat Shutaro Yamada of Japan, 9-0.
Gavin Teasdale of Pennsylvania finished with a 1-1 record at 50 kg/110 lbs. He opened with a 14-3 technical fall over Igor Nykyforuk of Ukraine. In the quarterfinals, he led Tumentsogt Bold of Mongolia by a 3-0 margin late in the match, but Bold scored a four-point throw on the edge in the closing 20 seconds for a 4-3 win. Bold was defeated in the semifinals, knocking out Teasdale.
Also going 1-1 at 69 kg/152 lbs was Brady Berge of Minnesota, who opened with a 4-0 shutout over Dawid Piskorz of Poland. In his second bout, Berge fell to Rachi Sachin of India, 0-6. Sachin failed to make the finals, making Berge ineligible for repechage.
Malik Heinselman of Colorado was beaten in his opener at 42 kg/92.5 lbs., falling to Shahin Mukhtarov of Azerbaijan, 0-11. Mukhtarov did not reach the finals, eliminating Heinselman.
The final five U.S. men’s freestyle wrestlers will weigh in and receive their draws for the last day of wrestling on Sunday.
Flowrestling is onsite in Sarajevo, and will have the archived videos of matches featuring the U.S. wrestlers.
UWW CADET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzogovina
U.S men’s freestyle performances so far on Saturday.
42 kg/92.5 lbs. – Malik Heinselman, Castle Rock, Colo.
LOSS Shahin Mukhtarov (Azerbaijan), tech. fall. 0-11
50 kg/110 lbs. – Gavin Teasdale, Rices Landing, Pa.
WIN Igor Nykyforuk (Ukraine), tech. fall, 14-3
LOSS Tumentsogt Bold (Mongolia), 3-4
58 kg/127.75 – Yianni Diakomihalis, Rochester, N.Y.
WIN Maksat Talkambaev (Kyrgyzstan), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Fazil Hasanov (Azerbaijan), pin
WIN Dymytro Mykhniuk (Ukraine), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Soslan Guchakov (Russia), 10-5
Gold-Medal bout – Vs. Jintaro Motoyama (Japan)
69 kg/152 lbs.– Brady Berge, Mantorville, Minn.
WIN Dawid Piskorz (Poland), 4-0
LOSS Rachi Sachin (India), 6-0
85 kg/187.5 lbs. – Owen Webster, Shakopee, Minn.
WIN Yaraslau Slavikouski (Belarus), 8-4
LOSS Khusanboy Rakhimov (Uzbekistan), 2-4
WIN Shutaro Yamada (Japan), 9-0
Bronze Medal bout – Vs. Rahid Hamidli (Azerbaijan)
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzogovina – Yianni Diakomihalis of New York has reached the gold medal finals at 58 kg/127.75 at the UWW Cadet World Championships on Saturday. He will face Jintaro Motoyama of Japan in the gold-medal 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
Diakomihalis needed four victories to reach the finals. He opened with three dominant wins, scoring a technical fall over Maksat Talkambaev of Kyrgyzstan, a pin over 2013 Cadet World silver medalist Fazil Hasanov of Azerbaijan and a technical fall over Dymytro Mykhniuk of Ukraine in the quarterfinals.
He drew Soslan Guchakov of Russia in the semifinals, Guchakov scored the first takedown after being put on the shot clock. In the closing seconds of the first period, Diakomihalis scored a takedown to tie it at 2-2.
Diakomihalis scored a takedown midway in the second period for a 4-2 lead, but Guchakov tied it up at 4-4. In the closing seconds, Diakomihalis scored big on a scramble to close out the 10-5 win.
Diakomihalis was a 2014 Cadet Nationals runner-up and won the 2015 UWW Cadet Nationals.
Owen Webster of Minnesota has reached a bronze-medal bout at 85 kg/187.5 lbs., where he will face Rahid Hamidli of Azerbaijan for bronze. Hamidli was fifth in the 2015 European Cadet Championships.
Webster opened with a strong 8-4 lead in his opening match. In the quarterfinals, he lost a close match to Khusanboy Rakhimov of Uzbekistan, 2-4. When Rakhimov won his semifinal match, Webster was pulled back into repechage, where he scored two takedowns and two gutwrenches in the second period to defeat Shutaro Yamada of Japan, 9-0.
Gavin Teasdale of Pennsylvania finished with a 1-1 record at 50 kg/110 lbs. He opened with a 14-3 technical fall over Igor Nykyforuk of Ukraine. In the quarterfinals, he led Tumentsogt Bold of Mongolia by a 3-0 margin late in the match, but Bold scored a four-point throw on the edge in the closing 20 seconds for a 4-3 win. Bold was defeated in the semifinals, knocking out Teasdale.
Also going 1-1 at 69 kg/152 lbs was Brady Berge of Minnesota, who opened with a 4-0 shutout over Dawid Piskorz of Poland. In his second bout, Berge fell to Rachi Sachin of India, 0-6. Sachin failed to make the finals, making Berge ineligible for repechage.
Malik Heinselman of Colorado was beaten in his opener at 42 kg/92.5 lbs., falling to Shahin Mukhtarov of Azerbaijan, 0-11. Mukhtarov did not reach the finals, eliminating Heinselman.
The final five U.S. men’s freestyle wrestlers will weigh in and receive their draws for the last day of wrestling on Sunday.
Flowrestling is onsite in Sarajevo, and will have the archived videos of matches featuring the U.S. wrestlers.
UWW CADET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzogovina
U.S men’s freestyle performances so far on Saturday.
42 kg/92.5 lbs. – Malik Heinselman, Castle Rock, Colo.
LOSS Shahin Mukhtarov (Azerbaijan), tech. fall. 0-11
50 kg/110 lbs. – Gavin Teasdale, Rices Landing, Pa.
WIN Igor Nykyforuk (Ukraine), tech. fall, 14-3
LOSS Tumentsogt Bold (Mongolia), 3-4
58 kg/127.75 – Yianni Diakomihalis, Rochester, N.Y.
WIN Maksat Talkambaev (Kyrgyzstan), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Fazil Hasanov (Azerbaijan), pin
WIN Dymytro Mykhniuk (Ukraine), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Soslan Guchakov (Russia), 10-5
Gold-Medal bout – Vs. Jintaro Motoyama (Japan)
69 kg/152 lbs.– Brady Berge, Mantorville, Minn.
WIN Dawid Piskorz (Poland), 4-0
LOSS Rachi Sachin (India), 6-0
85 kg/187.5 lbs. – Owen Webster, Shakopee, Minn.
WIN Yaraslau Slavikouski (Belarus), 8-4
LOSS Khusanboy Rakhimov (Uzbekistan), 2-4
WIN Shutaro Yamada (Japan), 9-0
Bronze Medal bout – Vs. Rahid Hamidli (Azerbaijan)
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