Final five U.S. wrestlers weigh in and get draws for last day of CISM Military Worlds in Greece
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Daniel Miller of the U.S. Marine Corps, hitting a duckunder earlier this year, will compete at the CISM Military Worlds in Greco-Roman on Saturday. Photo by Richard Immel.
KLAIPEDA, Lithuania - The final five U.S. athletes have weighed in and received their draws for the CISM World Military Championships, which conclude on Saturday. There are four U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers on the mat, in the highest weight classes, and one U.S. women’s freestyle athlete.
In Greco-Roman, SGT Courtney Myers of the U.S. Army opens at 80 kg/176 lbs. against 2015 Olympic Tournament champion Nikolaos Varkas of Greece.
Myers sits in the bottom half of an 14-athlete bracket. Other nations represented in his half-bracket are Lithuania, Iran, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and Estonia.
SGT John Stefanowicz of the U.S. Marine Corps starts off at 85 kg/187 lbs. against 2012 Cadet World silver medalist Mahdi Fallah Hamidabadi of Iran.
Stefanowicz is on the bottom half of a 13-athlete bracket. Other nations represented in his half-bracket are Russia, Algeria, Finland, Korea, Lithuania and China.
In his first match at 98 kg/215 lbs., 1LT Daniel Miller of the U.S. Marine Corps will face Spyridon Kountaratzis of Greece, who was fifth in the 2016 CISM Military Worlds.
Miller has drawn into the bottom half of an 14-athlete bracket. Other nations represented in his half-bracket are Lithuania, Ukraine, Algeria, Russia, Poland and Belarus.
LCPL Eric Fader of the U.S. Marine Corps has drawn 2017 European Junior bronze medalist Lenard Istvan Berei of Romania in his first bout at 130 kg/286 lbs.
Fader is in the bottom half of an 14-athlete bracket. Other nations represented in his half-bracket are Russia, Greece, Azerbaijan, China, Iran and Armenia.
PV2 Anastasia Lobsinger of the U.S. Army will wrestle at 75 kg/165 lbs., a six-athlete weight class which has been split into two pools. Lobsinger will first face 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus of Poland, then will battle three-time Junior World silver medalist Cynthia Vescan of France. Based upon the results of those two matches, Lobsinger will advance to a placement match.
A website has been set up with updated results from the CISM World Military Wrestling Championships at:
http://www.liga-db.de/Turniere/FT/2017/EE/170918_Klaipeda,Lithuania/indexENG.htm
CISM WORLD MILITARY CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Klaipeda, Greece
U.S. Greco-Roman pairings on Saturday
80 kg/176 lbs. - SGT Courtney Myers (U.S. Army)
Vs. Nikolaos Varkas (Greece), 3rd in 2015 Mediterraneans, 2015 Olympia Tournament champion (Greece)
85 kg/187 lbs. – SGT John Stefanowicz (U.S. Marine Corps)
Vs. Mahdi Fallah Hamidabadi (Iran), 2nd in 2012 Cadet Worlds; 3rd in 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, 2016 Ukranian Memorial champion; 2nd in 2016 Takhti Cup (Iran)
98 kg/215 lbs. - 1LT Daniel Miller (U.S. Marine Corps)
Vs. Spyridon Kountaratzis (Greece), 5th in 2016 CISM Military Worlds; 2nd in 2013 Olympia Tournament (Greece), 3rd in 2012, 2014 and 2016 Olympia Tournament
130 kg/286 lbs. - LCPL Eric Fader (U.S. Marine Corps)
Vs. Lenard Istvan Berei (Romania), 3rd in 2017 European Juniors; 7th in 2017 Junior World Championships; 2016 Balkan Junior champion
U.S. women’s freestyle parings
75 kg/165 lbs. - PV2 Anastasia Lobsinger (U.S. Army)
Bout 1 Vs Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus (Poland), 2008 Olympic bronze medalist; 2017 CISM World Military champion; 3rd in 2005 University Worlds
Bout 2 Vs. Cynthia Vanessa Vescan (France); 2nd in 2016 University Worlds; 2nd in 2010, 2011 and 2012 Junior Worlds
KLAIPEDA, Lithuania - The final five U.S. athletes have weighed in and received their draws for the CISM World Military Championships, which conclude on Saturday. There are four U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers on the mat, in the highest weight classes, and one U.S. women’s freestyle athlete.
In Greco-Roman, SGT Courtney Myers of the U.S. Army opens at 80 kg/176 lbs. against 2015 Olympic Tournament champion Nikolaos Varkas of Greece.
Myers sits in the bottom half of an 14-athlete bracket. Other nations represented in his half-bracket are Lithuania, Iran, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia and Estonia.
SGT John Stefanowicz of the U.S. Marine Corps starts off at 85 kg/187 lbs. against 2012 Cadet World silver medalist Mahdi Fallah Hamidabadi of Iran.
Stefanowicz is on the bottom half of a 13-athlete bracket. Other nations represented in his half-bracket are Russia, Algeria, Finland, Korea, Lithuania and China.
In his first match at 98 kg/215 lbs., 1LT Daniel Miller of the U.S. Marine Corps will face Spyridon Kountaratzis of Greece, who was fifth in the 2016 CISM Military Worlds.
Miller has drawn into the bottom half of an 14-athlete bracket. Other nations represented in his half-bracket are Lithuania, Ukraine, Algeria, Russia, Poland and Belarus.
LCPL Eric Fader of the U.S. Marine Corps has drawn 2017 European Junior bronze medalist Lenard Istvan Berei of Romania in his first bout at 130 kg/286 lbs.
Fader is in the bottom half of an 14-athlete bracket. Other nations represented in his half-bracket are Russia, Greece, Azerbaijan, China, Iran and Armenia.
PV2 Anastasia Lobsinger of the U.S. Army will wrestle at 75 kg/165 lbs., a six-athlete weight class which has been split into two pools. Lobsinger will first face 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus of Poland, then will battle three-time Junior World silver medalist Cynthia Vescan of France. Based upon the results of those two matches, Lobsinger will advance to a placement match.
A website has been set up with updated results from the CISM World Military Wrestling Championships at:
http://www.liga-db.de/Turniere/FT/2017/EE/170918_Klaipeda,Lithuania/indexENG.htm
CISM WORLD MILITARY CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Klaipeda, Greece
U.S. Greco-Roman pairings on Saturday
80 kg/176 lbs. - SGT Courtney Myers (U.S. Army)
Vs. Nikolaos Varkas (Greece), 3rd in 2015 Mediterraneans, 2015 Olympia Tournament champion (Greece)
85 kg/187 lbs. – SGT John Stefanowicz (U.S. Marine Corps)
Vs. Mahdi Fallah Hamidabadi (Iran), 2nd in 2012 Cadet Worlds; 3rd in 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, 2016 Ukranian Memorial champion; 2nd in 2016 Takhti Cup (Iran)
98 kg/215 lbs. - 1LT Daniel Miller (U.S. Marine Corps)
Vs. Spyridon Kountaratzis (Greece), 5th in 2016 CISM Military Worlds; 2nd in 2013 Olympia Tournament (Greece), 3rd in 2012, 2014 and 2016 Olympia Tournament
130 kg/286 lbs. - LCPL Eric Fader (U.S. Marine Corps)
Vs. Lenard Istvan Berei (Romania), 3rd in 2017 European Juniors; 7th in 2017 Junior World Championships; 2016 Balkan Junior champion
U.S. women’s freestyle parings
75 kg/165 lbs. - PV2 Anastasia Lobsinger (U.S. Army)
Bout 1 Vs Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus (Poland), 2008 Olympic bronze medalist; 2017 CISM World Military champion; 3rd in 2005 University Worlds
Bout 2 Vs. Cynthia Vanessa Vescan (France); 2nd in 2016 University Worlds; 2nd in 2010, 2011 and 2012 Junior Worlds
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