UPDATE Pan American Greco Championships postponed until Saturday due to venue fire as all safely evacuated
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Hayden Tuma of the USA battles Gorge Batis of Honduras at 66 kg at the Pan American Championships in Brazil. Photo by Richard Immel.
SALVADOR DA BAHIA, Brazil - The first day of the 2017 Pan American Senior Wrestling Championships, which started Friday morning with the Greco-Roman competition, was postponed after a fire started in the venue, the Pan American Judo Center.
Competition was held for about one hour on two mats inside the Pan American Judo Center, when the arena filled with smoke. A fire was ignited in a sauna which was located in the venue. All of those involved with competition, including athletes, coaches, officials, tournament staff and fans were safely evacuated from the arena and returned to their hotel.
The Greco-Roman competition was postponed on Friday, and will resume on Saturday morning at 7:00 a.m. local time in Brazil and run through completion. The women’s freestyle competition, which was supposed to begin on Saturday morning, will now begin at 2:00 p.m. and will also be completed on Saturday.
The tournament will return to the venue, the Pan American Judo Center, for the rest of the competition. It will be streamed live on Trackwrestling.com.
Men’s freestyle, originally scheduled for Sunday, will be held as planned.
In the first hour of competition, the United States had two matches, both ending with losses.
At 130 kg/286 lbs., 2016 Olympian Robby Smith (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) was defeated by 2016 Pan American champion Oscar Pino Hinds, 4-2. Hinds scored a four-point move in the first period, and Smith was able to get a second-period takedown but could not close the gap.
At 66 kg/145.5 lbs., Gorge Batis of Honduras defeated Hayden Tuma (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) by an 8-0 margin. Tuma, a 2017 U.S. Open champion, is competing up one weight class from his normal 59 kg/130 lbs.
The first round of matches was not completely finished when competition was halted, but some matches were held in each of the eight weight classes. The Greco-Roman tournament will start at the point where it was stopped when action begins on Saturday.
To see the brackets for the tournament, please visit TrackWrestling at:
http://www.trackwrestling.com/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=261950009
PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
U.S. Greco-Roman bouts on Friday
66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Hayden Tuma, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
LOSS Gorge Nickford Gonzales Batis (Honduras), 8-0
130 kg/286 lbs. – Robby Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
LOSS Oscar Pino Hinds (Cuba), 4-2
U.S. Greco-Roman Draws for Saturday
59 kg/130 lbs. – Ryan Mango, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
Vs. Andres Roberto Montano Arroya (Ecuador) 2016 Olympian, 2015 Pan American Games champion
71 kg/156 lbs. – Pat Smith, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
Vs. Fernando Vicente Gomez (Mexico), 2014 World Team member
75 kg/165 lbs. – Kamal Bey, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
Vs. Carlos Alberto Adames Palmer (Dominican Republic), Fifth in 2015 Junior Pan American Championships
80 kg/176 lbs. – Cheney Haight, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
Vs. Enrique Javier Cuero Ortiz (Ecuador), 2016 Pan American bronze, 2015 Granma Cup silver
85 kg/187 lbs. – Ben Provisor, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
Vs. Jose Antonio Moreno Bustos (Chile), 2014 Junior World Team member
98 kg/215.5 lbs. – G’Angelo Hancock, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
Vs. Kevin Mejia Castillo (Honduras), 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial International bronze, 2016 Pan American bronze, 2011 Cadet World bronze
SALVADOR DA BAHIA, Brazil - The first day of the 2017 Pan American Senior Wrestling Championships, which started Friday morning with the Greco-Roman competition, was postponed after a fire started in the venue, the Pan American Judo Center.
Competition was held for about one hour on two mats inside the Pan American Judo Center, when the arena filled with smoke. A fire was ignited in a sauna which was located in the venue. All of those involved with competition, including athletes, coaches, officials, tournament staff and fans were safely evacuated from the arena and returned to their hotel.
The Greco-Roman competition was postponed on Friday, and will resume on Saturday morning at 7:00 a.m. local time in Brazil and run through completion. The women’s freestyle competition, which was supposed to begin on Saturday morning, will now begin at 2:00 p.m. and will also be completed on Saturday.
The tournament will return to the venue, the Pan American Judo Center, for the rest of the competition. It will be streamed live on Trackwrestling.com.
Men’s freestyle, originally scheduled for Sunday, will be held as planned.
In the first hour of competition, the United States had two matches, both ending with losses.
At 130 kg/286 lbs., 2016 Olympian Robby Smith (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) was defeated by 2016 Pan American champion Oscar Pino Hinds, 4-2. Hinds scored a four-point move in the first period, and Smith was able to get a second-period takedown but could not close the gap.
At 66 kg/145.5 lbs., Gorge Batis of Honduras defeated Hayden Tuma (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) by an 8-0 margin. Tuma, a 2017 U.S. Open champion, is competing up one weight class from his normal 59 kg/130 lbs.
The first round of matches was not completely finished when competition was halted, but some matches were held in each of the eight weight classes. The Greco-Roman tournament will start at the point where it was stopped when action begins on Saturday.
To see the brackets for the tournament, please visit TrackWrestling at:
http://www.trackwrestling.com/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=261950009
PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
U.S. Greco-Roman bouts on Friday
66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Hayden Tuma, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
LOSS Gorge Nickford Gonzales Batis (Honduras), 8-0
130 kg/286 lbs. – Robby Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
LOSS Oscar Pino Hinds (Cuba), 4-2
U.S. Greco-Roman Draws for Saturday
59 kg/130 lbs. – Ryan Mango, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army WCAP)
Vs. Andres Roberto Montano Arroya (Ecuador) 2016 Olympian, 2015 Pan American Games champion
71 kg/156 lbs. – Pat Smith, Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota Storm)
Vs. Fernando Vicente Gomez (Mexico), 2014 World Team member
75 kg/165 lbs. – Kamal Bey, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
Vs. Carlos Alberto Adames Palmer (Dominican Republic), Fifth in 2015 Junior Pan American Championships
80 kg/176 lbs. – Cheney Haight, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
Vs. Enrique Javier Cuero Ortiz (Ecuador), 2016 Pan American bronze, 2015 Granma Cup silver
85 kg/187 lbs. – Ben Provisor, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
Vs. Jose Antonio Moreno Bustos (Chile), 2014 Junior World Team member
98 kg/215.5 lbs. – G’Angelo Hancock, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC)
Vs. Kevin Mejia Castillo (Honduras), 2017 Dave Schultz Memorial International bronze, 2016 Pan American bronze, 2011 Cadet World bronze
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