Flaharty takes fifth at Arvo Haavisto Cup

Screenshot capture of Morgan Flaharty taken from Ilmajoen Kisailijat paini YouTube stream.

Ilmajoki, Finland – The Arvo Haavisto Cup proved to be a tough tournament for the seven competitors representing the U.S. today. Morgan Flaharty (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) was the highest placing American, finishing fifth. After dropping his opening bout to Pal-Erik Gundersen of Norway, Flaharty earned a fall over Gytis Kulevicius of Lithuania to put himself in the bronze medal match. There he would fall to Emil Ziganshin of Russia, 9-0.

At 77 kg, Corey Hope (Colorado Springs, Colo./NYAC) started his tournament off strong with a 6-1 victory over Paulius Galkinas of Lithuania. Galkinas finished seventh at the 2019 Senior World Championships. Hope would lose his next two matches.

72 kg National Team member Alex Mossing (Colorado Springs, Colo./Airforce)  also picked up a victory at 77 kg, defeating 2018 Nordic champion Mikko Lytinen of Finland, 5-0. Mossing would also drop his next two matches.

Arvo Haavisto Cup

at Ilmajoki, Finland

U. S. Results

67 KG
Morgan Flaharty, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC) - 5th
LOSS Pål-Erik Gundersen (NOR) 9-0
WIN Gytis Kulevicius (LTU), FALL
LOSS Emil Ziganshin (RUS) 9-0

Nolan Baker, Colorado Springs, Colo. (USOPTC)
LOSS Radion Samatov (RUS) 6-1

72 KG
Chris Rodgers, (Colorado Springs, Colo. (USOPTC)
LOSS Tomi Eronen (FIN) 13-2

77 KG
Corey Hope, Colorado Springs, Colo. (NYAC)
WIN Paulius Galkinas (LTU) 6-1
LOSS Albin Olofsson (SWE), FALL
LOSS Ranet Kaljola (EST) 8-0

Alex Mossing, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Airforce)
WIN Mikko Lytinen (FIN) 5-0
LOSS Lukas Ahlgren (SWE) 8-1
LOSS Sakke Purolainen (FIN) 12-3

Brandon Mueller, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Airforce)
LOSS Nicolae Popa (ROU) 3-1

130 KG
Diante Cooper, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Airforce)
LOSS Lenny Berei (ROU) 9-0
LOSS Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu (ROU) 8-0

Final Results

60 kg
First - Dinislam Bammatov (Russia)
Second - Mattias Poutanen (Finland)
Third - Daniel Bobillo (Spain)
Fourth - Lauri Karjalaine (Finland)

67 kg
First - Ibragim Labazanov (Russia)
Second - Pål-Erik Gundersen (Norway)
Third - Emil Ziganshin (Russia)
Third - Mihai Radu Mihut (Romania)

72 kg
First - Akseli Yli-Hannuksela (Finland)
Second - Vasili Dosoftei (Romania)
Third - Kristupas Sleiva (Lithuania)
Third - Titas Kersevicius (Lithuania)

77 kg
First - Albin Olofsson (Sweden)
Second -Lukas Ahlgren (Sweden)
Third - Ruslan Isakov (Russia)
Third - Tero Halmesmäki (Finland)

82 kg
First - Bogdan Kourinnoi (Sweden)
Second - George Vlad Mariea (Romania)
Third - Jarno Ålander (Finland)
Third -Otto Ketonen (Finland)

87 kg
First - Zakarias Berg (Sweden)
Second - Aleksandar Stjepanetic (Sweden)
Third - Oskar Johansson (Sweden)
Third - Vili Ropponen (Finland)

97 kg
First -Arvi Savolainen (Finland)
Second- Felix Baldauf (Norway)
Third - Laokratis Kessidis (Greece)
Pedro J. García(Spain)

130 kg
First - Ciurariu Alin Alexuc (Romania)
Second - Lenard Istvan Berei (Romania)
Third - Tuomas Lahti (Finland)
Fourth Spyros Kountouratzis (Greece)