Maple, Perry and Bradley receive draws for Medved International
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by Taylor Miller, USA Wrestling
MINSK, Belarus – USA freestyle wrestlers Kendric Maple, Richard Perry and Dom Bradley received their draws for Sunday’s competition of the Alexander Medved International in Minsk, Belarus.
National Team member and World Team Trials runner-up Maple (West Lafayette, Ind./New York AC) drew Armitaev Kuat of Kazakhstan for his opener at 61 kg/134 lbs. Kuat has no international credentials.
Maple is an assistant coach at Purdue.
At 86 kg/189 lbs., Grand Prix of Paris silver medalist Perry (Philadelphia, Pa./New York AC/Pennsylvania RTC) will face off against 2015 World bronze medalist and 2016 Olympian Sandro Aminashvili of Georgia in his opening bout.
Two-time Pan American gold medalist and U.S. World Team Trials runner-up Bradley (Ames, Iowa/Sunkist Kids) will battle Russian Championship bronze medalist Tsybik Maksarov of Russia in his first bout at 125 kg/275 lbs.
Full brackets for 61 kg, 86 kg and 125 kg have been posted on USA Wrestling’s Facebook page and Twitter site.
Live streaming is available.
The tournament features many top wrestling countries, including Belarus, Russia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Lithuania.
MEDVED INTERNATIONAL
At Minsk, Belarus
U.S. men’s freestyle draws for Sunday
61 kg/134 lbs. – Kendric Maple, (West Lafayette, Ind./New York AC)
vs. Armitaev Kuat (Kazakhstan), no international credentials
86 kg/189 lbs. – Richard Perry, (Philadelphia, Pa./New York AC/Pennsylvania RTC)
vs. Sandro Aminashvili (Georgia), bronze in 2015 World Championships, 2016 Olympian
125 kg/275 lbs. – Dom Bradley, (Ames, Iowa/Sunkist Kids)
vs. Tsybik Maksarov (Russia), bronze in 2017 Russian Championship
