FLASH: Medbery wins silver, Winn and Rey win bronzes at Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial

Video capture of Connor Medbury as he gets a silver medal and Zach Rey with a bronze medal in Ukraine today.


KIEV, Ukraine – The USA won three medals in freestyle wrestling on the final day of the Outstanding Ukrainian Memorial International on Sunday.


Claiming a silver medal for Team USA was Connor Medbery (Loveland, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/Wisconsin RTC) at 125 kg/275 lbs.


Winning bronze medals were Deron Winn, Ames, Iowa (Titan Mercury WC) at 86 kg/189 lbs. and Zach Rey, Bethlehem, Pa. (Lehigh Valley AC) 125 kg/275 lbs.


Medbery and Rey lost to the same wrestler, eventual champion and past World silver medalist Alen Zaseiev of Ukraine.


The USA won six medals during the two-day event. On Saturday, claiming silver medals for Team USA were Logan Stieber (Columbus, Ohio/Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) at 65 kg/143 lbs. and Adam Hall (Raleigh, N.C./Titan Mercury WC) at 74 kg/163 lbs., and getting a bronze medal was Reece Humphrey (Columbus, Ohio/New York AC/Ohio RTC) at 65 kg/143 lbs.


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UKRAINIAN MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL

At Kiev, Ukraine,


61 kg/134 lbs.

Gold – Mehran Nasirifranchali (Iran)

Silver – Ivan Bileichuk (Ukraine)

Bronze – Voldoya Frangulyyan (Armenia)

Bronze – Ludvik Sholinyan (Ukraine)


70 kg/154 lbs.

Gold – Andrey Kviatkovski (Ukraine)

Silver – Saeed Dadashpour (Iran)

Bronze – Valter Marganyan (Armenia)

Bronze – Vasil Mikhailov (Ukraine)


86 kg/189 lbs.

Gold – Ibrahim Aldatov (Ukraine)

Silver – Lyubomir Sagaliuk (Ukraine)

Bronze – Deron Winn (USA)

Bronze – Reza Bayat (Iran)


125 kg/275 lbs.

Gold – Alen Zazeev (Ukraine)

Silver – Connor Medbery (USA)

Bronze – Zach Rey (USA)

Bronze – Aleksandr Koldovski (Ukraine)