Colon, Megaludis, Dieringer, Leathers, Campbell get draws for Medved International on Saturday
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
2018 U.S. Open champion Joe Colon will compete in Belarus on Saturday. Photo by Tony Rotundo.
MINSK, Belarus – Five U.S. National Team members have weighed in and received their draws for their weight class competition in freestyle wrestling at the Alexander Medved International on Saturday. Included are three men’s freestyle wrestlers and two women’s freestyle wrestlers.
On the men’s side, Joe Colon (Fresno, Calif./Titan Mercury WC/Valley RTC), a 2018 Final X runner-up and No. 2 on the national team, will compete at 61 kg. He opens with Pingping Zhou of China, who competed in the 2017 U23 World Championships.
The other two U.S. men, both ranked No. 3 on this year’s National Team, are Nico Megaludis (State College, Pa./Titan Mercury WC/Nittany Lion WC) at 61 kg and Alex Dieringer (Stillwater, Okla./Titan Mercury WC/Cowboy WC) at 79 kg.
Both face tough Ukrainian opponents, with as Megaludis opens with 2017 World Team member Ivan Bileichuk and Dieringer faces Rustam Dudaiev, who was fifth in the 2014 World Championships.
The two U.S. women taking the mat on Saturday are 2017 World bronze medalist Becka Leathers (Chapel Hill, N.C./Titan Mercury WC/Tarheel WC) and 2012 Olympian Kelsey Campbell, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids), both wrestling at 57 kg.
Leathers draws 2017 U23 World silver medalist Battsetseg Altantsetseg of Mongolia and Campbell faces Valeryia Yarmola of Belarus.
TrackWrestling is attempting to stream the event for free. Minsk is seven hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone.
ALEXANDER MEDVED INTERNATIONAL
At Minsk, Belarus
U.S. Men’s Freestyle draw for Saturday
61 kg: Joe Colon, Fresno, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC/Valley RTC)
Vs. Pingping Zhou (China), 5th in 2018 Ziolkowski Memorial (Poland), 2017 U23 World Team
61kg: Nico Megaludis, State College, Pa. (Titan Mercury WC/Nittany Lion WC)
Vs. Ivan Bileichuk (Ukraine), 10th in 2017 World Championships, 5th in 2017 Europeans, 5th in 2014 Junior Worlds
79kg; Alex Dieringer, Stillwater, Okla. (Titan Mercury WC/Cowboy WC)
Vs. Rustam Dudaiev (Ukraine), 5th in 2014 World Championships, 3rd in 2018 Yasar Dogu (Turkey)
U.S. Women’s Freestyle draw for Saturday
57kg: Becka Leathers. Chapel Hill, N.C. (Titan Mercury WC/Tarheel WC)
Vs. Battsetseg Altantsetseg (Mongolia), 2017 U23 World silver medalist, 3rd in 2018 Asian Games, 2014 Junior World champion
57kg: Kelsey Campbell, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
Vs. Valeryia Yarmola (Belarus), no information available
MINSK, Belarus – Five U.S. National Team members have weighed in and received their draws for their weight class competition in freestyle wrestling at the Alexander Medved International on Saturday. Included are three men’s freestyle wrestlers and two women’s freestyle wrestlers.
On the men’s side, Joe Colon (Fresno, Calif./Titan Mercury WC/Valley RTC), a 2018 Final X runner-up and No. 2 on the national team, will compete at 61 kg. He opens with Pingping Zhou of China, who competed in the 2017 U23 World Championships.
The other two U.S. men, both ranked No. 3 on this year’s National Team, are Nico Megaludis (State College, Pa./Titan Mercury WC/Nittany Lion WC) at 61 kg and Alex Dieringer (Stillwater, Okla./Titan Mercury WC/Cowboy WC) at 79 kg.
Both face tough Ukrainian opponents, with as Megaludis opens with 2017 World Team member Ivan Bileichuk and Dieringer faces Rustam Dudaiev, who was fifth in the 2014 World Championships.
The two U.S. women taking the mat on Saturday are 2017 World bronze medalist Becka Leathers (Chapel Hill, N.C./Titan Mercury WC/Tarheel WC) and 2012 Olympian Kelsey Campbell, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids), both wrestling at 57 kg.
Leathers draws 2017 U23 World silver medalist Battsetseg Altantsetseg of Mongolia and Campbell faces Valeryia Yarmola of Belarus.
TrackWrestling is attempting to stream the event for free. Minsk is seven hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone.
ALEXANDER MEDVED INTERNATIONAL
At Minsk, Belarus
U.S. Men’s Freestyle draw for Saturday
61 kg: Joe Colon, Fresno, Calif. (Titan Mercury WC/Valley RTC)
Vs. Pingping Zhou (China), 5th in 2018 Ziolkowski Memorial (Poland), 2017 U23 World Team
61kg: Nico Megaludis, State College, Pa. (Titan Mercury WC/Nittany Lion WC)
Vs. Ivan Bileichuk (Ukraine), 10th in 2017 World Championships, 5th in 2017 Europeans, 5th in 2014 Junior Worlds
79kg; Alex Dieringer, Stillwater, Okla. (Titan Mercury WC/Cowboy WC)
Vs. Rustam Dudaiev (Ukraine), 5th in 2014 World Championships, 3rd in 2018 Yasar Dogu (Turkey)
U.S. Women’s Freestyle draw for Saturday
57kg: Becka Leathers. Chapel Hill, N.C. (Titan Mercury WC/Tarheel WC)
Vs. Battsetseg Altantsetseg (Mongolia), 2017 U23 World silver medalist, 3rd in 2018 Asian Games, 2014 Junior World champion
57kg: Kelsey Campbell, Tempe, Ariz. (Sunkist Kids)
Vs. Valeryia Yarmola (Belarus), no information available
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