USA Greco wins three medals at Thor Masters

NYKOBING FALSTER, Denmark – USA Greco put together three medal performances on the final day of the Thor Masters tournament in Denmark.

Randon Miranda and Jesse Thielke advanced to the finals at their respective weights to claim silvers, while RaVaughn Perkins picked up a bronze.

 “The U.S. team won quite a few tough matches today,” U.S. Greco-Roman National Coach Matt Linland said. “We could have won more if our young guys realized how good they really are. I’m super excited to see Jesse and RaVaughn back in action and competing tough. Randon just keeps raising his level with another international medal. We have a huge opportunity to get better in the next 10 days with our international training camp starting Monday.”

At 55 kg/121 lbs., two-time Junior World Team member Miranda sailed to the finals, outscoring his first three opponents, 28-6, collectively. In the gold-medal match, Miranda faced two-time Maccabi Games champion Ilia Tsaryuk of Israel. The American was bested in a 7-0 match to earn silver.  

2016 Olympian Thielke did not surrender a single point to put himself in the 63 kg/139 lbs. finals. For gold, he took on Romania’s Radu Mihai Mihut, who won the Grand Prix of Zagreb earlier this month. The two battled it out, but Thielke fell in a tough 7-6 bout. The silver is Thielke’s first medal of 2018.

At 72 kg/158 lbs., Olympic Trials champions Perkins lost to 2017 Thor Masters champion Timo Badusch of Germany in his fifth match of the tournament. However, the American bounced back in the third-place bout, dominating 2017 Nordic silver medalist Toni Ojala of Finland, 9-0.  

Perkins led Team USA in wins at the event with five.

THOR MASTERS

at Nykobing Falster, Denmark

U.S. Greco-Roman results

55 kg/121 lbs. – Randon Miranda (Palmdale, Calif./New York AC) - SILVER
WIN Nikolai Mohammadi (Denmark), 10-1
WIN Krisztian Kecskemeti (Hungary), 8-0
WIN Helary Magisalu (Estonia), 10-5
LOSS Ilia Tsaryuk (Israel), 7-0

63 kg/139 lbs. – Travis Rice (Washington, Ill./NMU-OTS)
LOSS Mate Krasznai (Hungary), 5-0
LOSS Jesse Thielke (USA), 8-0

63 kg/139 lbs. – Jesse Thielke (Beresford, S.D./New York AC) - SILVER
WIN Alex Bica (Sweden), 8-0
WIN Travis Rice (USA), 8-0
WIN Mate Krasznai (Hungary), 4-0
LOSS Radu Mihai Mihut (Romania), 7-6

67 kg/147 lbs. – Aaron Kliamovich (Viera, Fla.)
LOSS Mikko Peltokangas (Finland), 8-0
LOSS Hussam Omar (Sweden)

67 kg/147 lbs. – Jessy Williams (Ithaca, N.Y./New York AC)
LOSS Rami Syrja (Finland), 9-1
LOSS Istvan Kozak (Hungary), 9-0

72 kg/158 lbs. – Pat Smith (Minneapolis, Minn./Minnesota Storm)
LOSS Maximillian Schwabe (Germany), 8-0
LOSS Daniel Soini (Sweden), 4-1

72 kg/158 lbs. – Anthonie Linares (Marquette, Mich./New York AC)
LOSS Timo Badusch (Germany), 9-0
LOSS Lukas Ahlgren (Sweden), 3-0

72 kg/158 lbs. – RaVaughn Perkins (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) - BRONZE
WIN Mikko Lyttinen (Finland), 6-4
WIN Kristupas Sleiva (Lithuania), 9-0
WIN Christoph Burger (Austria), 9-0
WIN Lukas Ahlgren (Sweden), 11-4
LOSS Timo Badusch (Germany), 6-2
WIN Toni Ojala (Finland), 9-0

77 kg/169 lbs. – Alec Ortiz (St. Paul, Minn./Minnesota Storm)
WIN Per Anders Kure (Norway), 8-0
LOSS Mark Madsen (Denmark), 4-0
WIN Fabio Dietsche (Switzerland)
LOSS Florian Neumaier (Germany), 8-0

77kg/169 lbs. – Mason Manville (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC)
LOSS Alex Kessidis (Sweden), 9-2
LOSS Igor Petrishin (Israel), 3-1

77 kg/169 lbs. – Jesse Porter (Albany, N.Y./New York AC)
WIN Paulius Galkinas (Lithuania), 10-2
LOSS Nicolas Christen (Switzerland), 9-0
WIN Oldrich Varga (Czech Republic), 9-1
LOSS Dominik Etlinger (Croatia), 6-1

77 kg/169 lbs. – Cody Pack (Beresford, S.D./Legends of Gold)
WIN Jakob Brink (Sweden), 8-0
LOSS Martin Szabo (Hungary), 9-0
LOSS Frederik Ekstrom, 6-4

87 kg/191 lbs. – Ben Provisor (State College, Pa./New York AC)
WIN Phillip Barreiro (Canada), 6-0
LOSS Julius Matuzevicius (Lithuania), 4-0
LOSS Zakarias Berg (Sweden), 8-0

97 kg/213 lbs. – Michael Rogers (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC)
LOSS Felix Radinger (Germany), 4-2
LOSS Jan Zirn (Germany), 4-1

130 kg/286 lbs. – Robby Smith (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC)
WIN Artur Vititin (Estonia), 4-2
WIN Konsta Maenpaa (Finland), 3-2
LOSS Jello Krahmer (Germany), 2-0
LOSS Alin Ciurariu Alexuc (Romania), 3-0