Diakomihalis advances to finals, LaMont and Flaharty to wrestle for bronze in Poland

Diakomihalis will wrestle for gold tomorrow morning in men's freestyle.

Warsaw, Poland- On the second day of wrestling, the lone U.S. men’s freestyle competitor in the Ziolkowski Memorial, Yianni Diakomihalis made the tournament finals. Diakomihalis has looked dominant thus far, winning his opening match 10-0 over Shaohua Yuan of China and following it up with an 11-0 victory over Sayatbek Okasov of Kazakhstan. In the semifinals he received a forfeit over Hungary’s Ismael Musukaev, a wrestler he defeated by disqualification at the Yasar Dogu after trailing 9-0, last month. Diakomihalis will face Ukraine’s Gor Ogannesyan in the finals.

Two Greco-Roman wrestlers will compete for bronze medals tomorrow at the Pytlasinski Memorial. Despite dropping their opening matches, Taylor LaMont (60kg) and Morgan Flaharty (67 kg), will wrestle for third after being pulled back into to repechage. LaMont will face Gevorg Gharibyan of Hungary, and Flaharty will see Asker Orshokdungor of Russia.

Two Americans won their opening-round matches at 77 kg. Andrew Berreyesa defeated fellow American Brandon Mueller, 4-1, and Alex Mossing bested Bing Yan of China, 7-5. Both wrestlers dropped their next matches, and their opponents failed to make the finals, meaning neither were pulled into repechage.

At the Poland Open, women’s freestyle wrestlers Katherine Shai (53 kg), Lauren Louive (62 kg) and Maya Nelson (62 kg), all won their opining matches. Unfortunately, the trio all lost in the following round and were not pulled into repechage.

Action for these weight classes will resume tomorrow at 6 a.m.

Event Schedules (based upon U.S. Eastern Standard Time)

2019 POLAND OPEN (WFS)

at Warsaw, Poland (Aug. 2-4)

Friday, Aug. 2

4 a.m. – Preliminary rounds (50, 55, 59, 65, 72)

11 a.m. - Preliminary rounds and semifinals (50, 55, 59, 65, 72)

Saturday, Aug. 3

4 a.m. - Preliminary rounds (53, 57, 62, 68, 76) Repechage (50, 55, 59, 65, 72)

10 a.m. - Preliminary rounds and semifinals (53, 57, 62, 68, 76)

11 a.m. – Finals and award ceremonies (50, 55, 59, 65, 72)

Sunday, Aug. 4

6 a.m. - Repechage (53, 57, 62, 68, 76)

8 a.m. - Finals and award ceremonies (53, 57, 62, 68, 76)

2019 PYTLASINSKI MEMORIAL (GR)

at Warsaw, Poland (Aug. 2-4)

Friday, Aug. 2

4 a.m. – Preliminary rounds (55, 63, 72, 82, 97)

11 a.m. - Preliminary rounds and semifinals (55, 63, 72, 82, 97)

Saturday, Aug. 3

4 a.m. - Preliminary rounds (60, 67, 77, 87, 130) Repechage (55, 63, 72, 82, 97)

10 a.m. - Preliminary rounds and semifinals (60, 67, 77, 87, 130)

11 a.m. – Finals and award ceremonies (55, 63, 72, 82, 97)

Sunday, Aug. 4

6 a.m. - Repechage (60, 67, 77, 87, 130)

8 a.m. - Finals and award ceremonies (60, 67, 77, 87, 130)

2019 ZIOLKOWSKI MEMORIAL (MFS)

at Warsaw, Poland (Aug. 2-4)

Friday, Aug. 2

4 a.m. – Preliminary rounds (57, 61, 79, 92, 97)

11 a.m. - Preliminary rounds and semifinals (57, 61, 79, 92, 97)

Saturday, Aug. 3

4 a.m. - Preliminary rounds (65, 70, 74, 86, 125) Repechage (57, 61, 79, 92, 97)

10 a.m. - Preliminary rounds and semifinals (65, 70, 74, 86, 125)

11 a.m. – Finals and award ceremonies (57, 61, 79, 92, 97)

Sunday, Aug. 4

6 a.m. - Repechage (65, 70, 74, 86, 125)

8 a.m. - Finals and award ceremonies (65, 70, 74, 86, 125)

Men’s Freestyle Results

65 kg: Yianni Diakomihalis

WIN Shaohua Yuan (China), 10-0

WIN Sayatbek Okasov (Kazakhstan), 11-0

WIN Ismail Musukaev (Hungary), FFT

Women’s Freestyle Results

53 kg: Katherine Shai (Denver, Colo./Titan Mercury WC)

WIN Khrystyna Bereza (Ukraine), 6-0

LOSS Annika Wendle (Germany), 3-1

53 kg: Areana Villaescusa (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army WCAP)

LOSS Maria Prevolaraki (Greece), 8-0

53 kg: Haley Augello: (Chapel Hill, N.C./ Sunkist Kids)

LOSS Tatiana Akhemtova (Kazakhstan)

57 kg: Becka Leathers (Chapel Hill, N.C./Titan Mercury WC))

LOSS Johanna Lindborg (Sweden), 8-4

57 kg: Kelsey Campbell (Scottsdale Ariz./Sunkist Kids)

LOSS Emma Tissina (Kazakhstan), 10-0

62 kg: Lauren Louive (Iowa City, Iowa/ New York AC/Hawkeye WC)

WIN Desiree Zavala (USA), 6-6

62 kg: Desiree Zavala (Grandview, Wash./ Choker Wrestling Club)

LOSS Lauren Louive (USA), 6-6

62 kg: Maya Nelson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC)

WIN Veranika Ivanova (Belarus)

LOSS Maria Kuznetsova (Russia), 12-2

62 kg: Emma Bruntil (Acme, Wash./ Chocker WC)

LOSS Katarzyna Madrowska (Poland), 6-1

62 kg: Jennifer Page (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC)

LOSS: Marianna Sastin (Hungary)

67 kg: Dymond Guilford

LOSS Maryia Mamashuk (Belarus), 8-1

76 kg: Precious Bell (Atherton Calif./Titan Mercury WC)

LOSS Alla Belinska (Ukraine), 4-2

Greco-Roman Results

60 kg: Taylor LaMont (Mapleton, Utah/Sunkist Kids)

LOSS Tuoerbatu (China), 9-0

67 kg: Morgan Flaharty (Colorado Springs, Colo./OPTC)

LOSS Mateusz Bernatek (Poland), 8-0

77 kg: Andrew Berreyesa (Ithaca, N.Y./ NYAC/FLWC)

WIN Brandon Mueller, (USA), 4-1

LOSS Dawid Kilmek (Poland), 2-1

77 kg: Alex Mossing (Colorado Springs, Colo./Airforce WCAP)

WIN Bin Yang (China), 7-5

LOSS Volodymyr Yakovliev (Ukraine), 10-0

77 kg: Brandon Mueller (Colorado Springs, Colo./ Airforce WCAP)

LOSS Andrew Berreyesa (USA), 4-1

87 kg: Patrick Martinez (Colorado Springs, Colo./NYAC)

LOSS Iurii Shkriuba (Ukraine), 1-1