Perry, Brant win bronze medals at Paris International in France
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Chris Perry, shown at the U.S. Open in Las Vegas in December, won a bronze medal in France at 74 kg. Photo by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors
PARIS, France – A pair of U.S. wrestlers, one in men’s freestyle and one in Greco-Roman, won bronze medals on the first day of the Paris International on Saturday.
Chris Perry, Stillwater, Okla. (Titan Mercury WC), won the bronze medal in men’s freestyle at 74 kg/163 lbs. He defeated Alireza Mohammad Ghasemi of Iran, 8-5 in the bronze-medal bout.
Perry opened with a 4-9 loss to 2015 World silver medalist Hassan Yazdanichariati of Iran. When Yazdanichariati reached the finals, Perry was pulled back into repechage, where he scored a 10-0 technical fall over Alberto Martizez Navarro of Spain.
Perry, a past NCAA champion for Oklahoma State, was a Junior World bronze medalist in freestyle.
In Greco-Roman, Michael Brant (Camp LeJeune, N.C./U.S. Marine Corps) won a bronze medal at 80 kg/176 lbs. He scored an injury default over his U.S. Marines teammate Robby Neill in the bronze-medal round.
The USA had two athletes place fifth in Greco-Roman, Neill plus Daniel Miller (Camp LeJeune, N.C./U.S. Marine Corps) at 98 kg/215 lbs.
More complete results from Paris will be provided when received.
PARIS INTERNATIONAL
At Paris, France, January 30-31
U.S. Greco-Roman results
66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Brian Graham, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm), dnp
LOSS Jair Cuero Munoz (Brazil), 6-13
80 kg/176 lbs. – Michael Brant, Camp LeJeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps), bronze medal
LOSS Nabil Ykhlef (France), tech. fall 10-2
WIN Robby Neill (USA), inj. dft
80 kg/176 lbs. – Robby Neill, Camp LeJeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps), 5th place
WIN Patrick Eisele (France), 4-1
LOSS Nabil Ykhlef (France), pin
LOSS Michael Brant (USA), inj. dft.
98 kg/215 lbs. - Daniel Miller. Camp LeJeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps), 5th place
LOSS Di Xiao (China), tech. fall 0-8
LOSS Felix Radinger (Germany), tech. fall 0-8
U.S. Men’s Freestyle results
74 kg/163 lbs. – Chris Perry, Stillwater, Okla. (Titan Mercury WC), bronze medal
LOSS Hassan Yazdanichariati (Iran), 4-9
WIN Alberto Martizez Navarro (Spain), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Alireza Mohammad Ghasemi (Iran), 8-5
PARIS, France – A pair of U.S. wrestlers, one in men’s freestyle and one in Greco-Roman, won bronze medals on the first day of the Paris International on Saturday.
Chris Perry, Stillwater, Okla. (Titan Mercury WC), won the bronze medal in men’s freestyle at 74 kg/163 lbs. He defeated Alireza Mohammad Ghasemi of Iran, 8-5 in the bronze-medal bout.
Perry opened with a 4-9 loss to 2015 World silver medalist Hassan Yazdanichariati of Iran. When Yazdanichariati reached the finals, Perry was pulled back into repechage, where he scored a 10-0 technical fall over Alberto Martizez Navarro of Spain.
Perry, a past NCAA champion for Oklahoma State, was a Junior World bronze medalist in freestyle.
In Greco-Roman, Michael Brant (Camp LeJeune, N.C./U.S. Marine Corps) won a bronze medal at 80 kg/176 lbs. He scored an injury default over his U.S. Marines teammate Robby Neill in the bronze-medal round.
The USA had two athletes place fifth in Greco-Roman, Neill plus Daniel Miller (Camp LeJeune, N.C./U.S. Marine Corps) at 98 kg/215 lbs.
More complete results from Paris will be provided when received.
PARIS INTERNATIONAL
At Paris, France, January 30-31
U.S. Greco-Roman results
66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Brian Graham, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm), dnp
LOSS Jair Cuero Munoz (Brazil), 6-13
80 kg/176 lbs. – Michael Brant, Camp LeJeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps), bronze medal
LOSS Nabil Ykhlef (France), tech. fall 10-2
WIN Robby Neill (USA), inj. dft
80 kg/176 lbs. – Robby Neill, Camp LeJeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps), 5th place
WIN Patrick Eisele (France), 4-1
LOSS Nabil Ykhlef (France), pin
LOSS Michael Brant (USA), inj. dft.
98 kg/215 lbs. - Daniel Miller. Camp LeJeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps), 5th place
LOSS Di Xiao (China), tech. fall 0-8
LOSS Felix Radinger (Germany), tech. fall 0-8
U.S. Men’s Freestyle results
74 kg/163 lbs. – Chris Perry, Stillwater, Okla. (Titan Mercury WC), bronze medal
LOSS Hassan Yazdanichariati (Iran), 4-9
WIN Alberto Martizez Navarro (Spain), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Alireza Mohammad Ghasemi (Iran), 8-5
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