UPDATE: Four Americans win golds in Cuba on Thursday
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by USA Wrestling
Photo of the U.S. Greco-Roman and women’s teams in Cuba courtesy of Victoria Anthony’s Facebook page.
HAVANA, Cuba – Four U.S. wrestlers, three women’s freestyle athletes and one Greco-Roman athlete, won gold medals in an international tournament in Cuba on Thursday.
The women wrestlers competed in the Cerro Pelado Tournament, and the U.S. champions were:
• Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC) at 48 kg/105.5 lbs
• Helen Maroulis, Rockville, Md. (Sunkist Kids) at 55 kg/121 lbs
• Elena Pirozhkova, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC) at 69 kg/152 lbs.
The Greco-Roman tournament is called the Granma Cup, and winning the title at 75 kg/165 lbs. was Andy Bisek, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm).
All four wrestlers won gold medals in this event for the second straight year. Pirozhkova is a four-time World medalist, Maroulis a two-time World medalist and Bisek a one-time World medalist. Anthony was fifth in the 2013 Worlds.
Bisek opened with a 1-1 win over Cuban star Batista in his first match. In the semifinals, he defeated Arieal Fis of Cuba, 5-2. In the finals, he won by injury default over another Cuban athlete.
Anthony won four times by fall, including a big pin over two-time World bronze medalist Alyssa Lampe (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) in the semifinals. She pinned Mallaqui of Peru in the finals.
Maroulis won four matches in a five-athlete roundrobin, all by 10-0 technical falls.
Pirozhkova scored a pair of 10-0 technical falls, including a technical fall in her final bout against World champion Aline Focken of Germany.
Winning bronze medals were at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. in women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestler Geordan Speiller (Oviedo, Fla./Florida Jets) at 75 kg/165 lbs.
Speiller opened with a pin in the quarterfinals, then lost to a Cuban in the semifinals, 0-4. He won a 14-4 technical fall over an athlete from Peru in the bronze-medal bout.
Cuba won seven of the eight gold medals, with Bisek winning the only title by a non-Cuban in the Greco-Roman division.
More information will be posted when received.
CERRO PELADO INTERNATIONAL
At Havana, Cuba, Feb. 12
U.S. women’s freestyle performace
48 kg/105.5 lbs - Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 3rd
WIN Toaza fall
WIN Baumgarther Germany - fall
LOSS Anthony USA - fall
WIN Mallaqui PER - fall
48 kg/105.5 lbs - Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC), 1st
WIN Mallaqui Peru - fall
WIN Guzman Cuba - fall
WIN Lampe USA - fall
WIN Mollocana Ecuador - 10-0
55 kg/121 lbs - Helen Maroulis, Rockville, Md. (Sunkist Kids), 1st
WIN Valverde Ecuador - 10-0
WIN Del Valle CUB - 10-0
WIN Tokar SUI - 10-0
WIN Basset FRA - 10-0
69 kg/152 lbs - Elena Pirozhkova, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC), 1st
WIN Morales Mexico - 10-0
WIN Fochen Germany - 10-0
GRANMA CUP
At Havana, Cuba, Feb. 12
U.S. Greco-Roman placements
66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Alejandro Sancho, Miami, Fla. (NYAC/USOTS), dnp
75 kg/165 lbs. – Andy Bisek, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm), 1st
75 kg/165 lbs. – Geordan Speiller, Oviedo, Fla. (Florida Jets), 3rd
HAVANA, Cuba – Four U.S. wrestlers, three women’s freestyle athletes and one Greco-Roman athlete, won gold medals in an international tournament in Cuba on Thursday.
The women wrestlers competed in the Cerro Pelado Tournament, and the U.S. champions were:
• Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC) at 48 kg/105.5 lbs
• Helen Maroulis, Rockville, Md. (Sunkist Kids) at 55 kg/121 lbs
• Elena Pirozhkova, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC) at 69 kg/152 lbs.
The Greco-Roman tournament is called the Granma Cup, and winning the title at 75 kg/165 lbs. was Andy Bisek, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm).
All four wrestlers won gold medals in this event for the second straight year. Pirozhkova is a four-time World medalist, Maroulis a two-time World medalist and Bisek a one-time World medalist. Anthony was fifth in the 2013 Worlds.
Bisek opened with a 1-1 win over Cuban star Batista in his first match. In the semifinals, he defeated Arieal Fis of Cuba, 5-2. In the finals, he won by injury default over another Cuban athlete.
Anthony won four times by fall, including a big pin over two-time World bronze medalist Alyssa Lampe (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) in the semifinals. She pinned Mallaqui of Peru in the finals.
Maroulis won four matches in a five-athlete roundrobin, all by 10-0 technical falls.
Pirozhkova scored a pair of 10-0 technical falls, including a technical fall in her final bout against World champion Aline Focken of Germany.
Winning bronze medals were at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. in women’s freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestler Geordan Speiller (Oviedo, Fla./Florida Jets) at 75 kg/165 lbs.
Speiller opened with a pin in the quarterfinals, then lost to a Cuban in the semifinals, 0-4. He won a 14-4 technical fall over an athlete from Peru in the bronze-medal bout.
Cuba won seven of the eight gold medals, with Bisek winning the only title by a non-Cuban in the Greco-Roman division.
More information will be posted when received.
CERRO PELADO INTERNATIONAL
At Havana, Cuba, Feb. 12
U.S. women’s freestyle performace
48 kg/105.5 lbs - Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids), 3rd
WIN Toaza fall
WIN Baumgarther Germany - fall
LOSS Anthony USA - fall
WIN Mallaqui PER - fall
48 kg/105.5 lbs - Victoria Anthony, Huntington Beach, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC), 1st
WIN Mallaqui Peru - fall
WIN Guzman Cuba - fall
WIN Lampe USA - fall
WIN Mollocana Ecuador - 10-0
55 kg/121 lbs - Helen Maroulis, Rockville, Md. (Sunkist Kids), 1st
WIN Valverde Ecuador - 10-0
WIN Del Valle CUB - 10-0
WIN Tokar SUI - 10-0
WIN Basset FRA - 10-0
69 kg/152 lbs - Elena Pirozhkova, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC), 1st
WIN Morales Mexico - 10-0
WIN Fochen Germany - 10-0
GRANMA CUP
At Havana, Cuba, Feb. 12
U.S. Greco-Roman placements
66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Alejandro Sancho, Miami, Fla. (NYAC/USOTS), dnp
75 kg/165 lbs. – Andy Bisek, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Minnesota Storm), 1st
75 kg/165 lbs. – Geordan Speiller, Oviedo, Fla. (Florida Jets), 3rd
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