Nine U.S. men and women freestylers get draws for Dan Kolov International in Bulgaria, a UWW ranking tournament
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
James Green (left) and Forrest Molinari (right) celebrate 2018 Final X victories. Photo of Green by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers are Warriors. Molinari photo by Justin Hoch.
RUSE, Bulgaria – Six U.S. men’s freestyle wrestlers and three U.S. women freestylers have received their draws for the first day of competition at the Dan Kolov International, the second UWW Ranking Tournament for men’s and women’s wrestling.
A pair of past World medalists from the United States, two-time World medalist James Green (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids/Nebraska WTC) at 70 kg/154 lbs. and 2018 World bronze medalist Joe Colon (Fresno, Calif./TMWC/Valley RTC) at 61 kg/134.5 lbs., received their draws.
Colon opens against two-time African Junior champion Saleh Eddine Kateb of Algeria. There are 18 athletes in his weight class.
Green, who has won a World silver medal and a World bronze medal, opens with Evghenii Volkov of Romania, who was fifth in the 2019 Henri Deglane Challenge in France. Also competing at 70 kg for the USA is 2016 Olympian Frank Molinaro (Norman, Okla./TMWC/Oklahoma RTC) who opens with Mehmet Karaca of Turkey. Green and Molinaro have 20 athletes in their weight class.
Three other U.S. men’s wrestlers are competing on Thursday and have received their draws which are listed below: Alex Dieringer (Stillwater, Okla./TMWC/Cowboy RTC) at 79 kg/174 lbs., Riley LeFever (State College, Penn./ Nittany Lion WC) at 92 kg/202.5 lbs. and Michael Macchiavello (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack RTC) at 92 kg/202.5 lbs.
Dieringer, a National Team member, won three NCAA titles at Oklahoma State, while Macchiavello won a 2018 NCAA title for NC State. LeFever was a four-time NCAA Div. III national champion for Wabash.
The three U.S. women competing on Thursday are all at the 65 kg/143 lbs. weight class: Forrest Molinari (Iowa City, Iowa/TMWC/Hawkeye WC), Maya Nelson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids/OTC) and Amanda Hendey (Colorado Springs, Colo./TMWC/OTC). There are 13 athletes in their weight class.
Molinari, who was fifth at the 2018 World Championships, opens against 2010 World bronze medalist Henna Johansson of Sweden. Nelson, a 2017 Junior World champion, will face 2018 Mediterranean champion Nour Jeljeli of Tunisia. Hendey, who is coming off a silver medal at the German Grand Prix last weekend, faces 2018 World champion Petra Olli of Finland.
All of the action will be live on FloWrestling. The first session begins at 10:00 a.m. local time, which is seven hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone.
DAN KOLOV INTERNATIONAL
At Ruse, Bulgaria
U.S. men’s freestyle first round draws
61 kg/134.5 lbs. – Joe Colon (Fresno, Calif./TMWC/Valley RTC)
Vs. Saleh Eddine Kateb (Algeria), 2016 and 2017 African Junior champion, 2nd in 2018 African Juniors,
70 kg/154 lbs. – James Green (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids/Nebraska WTC)
Vs. Evghenii Volkov (Romania), 5th in 2019 Henri Deglane (France), 5th in 2018 Ion Corneanu (Romania)
70 kg/154 lbs. – Frank Molinaro (Norman, Okla./TMWC/Oklahoma RTC)
Vs. Mehmet Karaca (Turkey), no information available
79 kg/174 lbs. – Alex Dieringer (Stillwater, Okla./TMWC/Cowboy RTC)
Vs. Muhammet Nuri Kotanoglu (Turkey), 5th in 2018 European Championships, 2016 European U23 champion
92 kg/202.5 lbs. – Riley LeFever (State College, Penn./ Nittany Lion WC)
Vs. Suleyman Karadeniz (Turkey), 3rd in 2017 Ion Corneanu (Romania), 2nd in 2017 Kartozia and Balavadze Prize (Georgia)
92 kg/202.5 lbs. – Michael Macchiavello (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack RTC)
Istvan Vereb (Hungary), 2013 World bronze medalist, 2016 Olympian, 3rd in 2017 European Championships
U.S. women’s freestyle first round draws
65 kg/143 lbs. – Amanda Hendey (Colorado Springs, Colo./TMWC/OTC)
Vs. Petra Olli (Finland), 2018 World champion, 2015 World silver medalist, 2016 Olympian
65 kg/143 lbs. – Forrest Molinari (Iowa City, Iowa/TMWC/Hawkeye WC)
Vs. Henna Johansson (Sweden), 2010 World bronze medalist, 2012 and 2016 Olympian, 5th in 2014 Worlds,
65 kg/143 lbs. – Maya Nelson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids/OTC)
Vs. Nour Jeljeli (Tunisia), 2017 and 2018 African Junior champion, 2018 Meditteranean champion
Schedule (seven hours ahead of U.S. ET)
Thursday, Feb. 28
10 a.m. – Qualification and elimination rounds (MFS 61 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg, 92 kg; GR 55 kg, 63 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg; WW 55 kg, 59 kg, 65 kg, 72 kg)
5 p.m. – Semifinals (MFS 61 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg, 92 kg; GR 55 kg, 63 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg; WW 55 kg, 59 kg, 65 kg, 72 kg)
Friday, March 1
10 a.m. – Qualification and elimination rounds (MFS 57 kg, 65 kg, 74 kg; GR 87 kg, 97 kg, 130 kg; WW 62 kg, 68 kg, 76 kg)
10 a.m. – Repechage rounds (MFS 61 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg, 92 kg; GR 55 kg, 63 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg; WW 55 kg, 59 kg, 65 kg, 72 kg)
4 p.m. – Semifinals (MFS 57 kg, 65 kg, 74 kg; GR 87 kg, 97 kg, 130 kg; WW 62 kg, 68 kg, 76 kg)
5:15 p.m. – Finals (MFS 61 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg, 92 kg; GR 55 kg, 63 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg; WW 55 kg, 59 kg, 65 kg, 72 kg)
Saturday, March 2
10 a.m. – Qualification and elimination rounds (MFS 86 kg, 97 kg, 125 kg; GR 60 kg, 67 kg, 77 kg; WW 50 kg, 53 kg, 57 kg)
10 a.m. – Repechage rounds (MFS 57 kg, 65 kg, 74 kg; GR 87 kg, 97 kg, 130 kg; WW 62 kg, 68 kg, 76 kg)
4 p.m. – Semifinals (MFS 86 kg, 97 kg, 125 kg; GR 60 kg, 67 kg, 77 kg; WW 50 kg, 53 kg, 57 kg)
5 p.m. – Finals (MFS 57 kg, 65 kg, 74 kg; GR 87 kg, 97 kg, 130 kg; WW 62 kg, 68 kg, 76 kg)
Sunday, March 3
10 a.m. – Repechage rounds (MFS 86 kg, 97 kg, 125 kg; GR 60 kg, 67 kg, 77 kg; WW 50 kg, 53 kg, 57 kg)
3 p.m. – Finals (MFS 86 kg, 97 kg, 125 kg; GR 60 kg, 67 kg, 77 kg; WW 50 kg, 53 kg, 57 kg)
RUSE, Bulgaria – Six U.S. men’s freestyle wrestlers and three U.S. women freestylers have received their draws for the first day of competition at the Dan Kolov International, the second UWW Ranking Tournament for men’s and women’s wrestling.
A pair of past World medalists from the United States, two-time World medalist James Green (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids/Nebraska WTC) at 70 kg/154 lbs. and 2018 World bronze medalist Joe Colon (Fresno, Calif./TMWC/Valley RTC) at 61 kg/134.5 lbs., received their draws.
Colon opens against two-time African Junior champion Saleh Eddine Kateb of Algeria. There are 18 athletes in his weight class.
Green, who has won a World silver medal and a World bronze medal, opens with Evghenii Volkov of Romania, who was fifth in the 2019 Henri Deglane Challenge in France. Also competing at 70 kg for the USA is 2016 Olympian Frank Molinaro (Norman, Okla./TMWC/Oklahoma RTC) who opens with Mehmet Karaca of Turkey. Green and Molinaro have 20 athletes in their weight class.
Three other U.S. men’s wrestlers are competing on Thursday and have received their draws which are listed below: Alex Dieringer (Stillwater, Okla./TMWC/Cowboy RTC) at 79 kg/174 lbs., Riley LeFever (State College, Penn./ Nittany Lion WC) at 92 kg/202.5 lbs. and Michael Macchiavello (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack RTC) at 92 kg/202.5 lbs.
Dieringer, a National Team member, won three NCAA titles at Oklahoma State, while Macchiavello won a 2018 NCAA title for NC State. LeFever was a four-time NCAA Div. III national champion for Wabash.
The three U.S. women competing on Thursday are all at the 65 kg/143 lbs. weight class: Forrest Molinari (Iowa City, Iowa/TMWC/Hawkeye WC), Maya Nelson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids/OTC) and Amanda Hendey (Colorado Springs, Colo./TMWC/OTC). There are 13 athletes in their weight class.
Molinari, who was fifth at the 2018 World Championships, opens against 2010 World bronze medalist Henna Johansson of Sweden. Nelson, a 2017 Junior World champion, will face 2018 Mediterranean champion Nour Jeljeli of Tunisia. Hendey, who is coming off a silver medal at the German Grand Prix last weekend, faces 2018 World champion Petra Olli of Finland.
All of the action will be live on FloWrestling. The first session begins at 10:00 a.m. local time, which is seven hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone.
DAN KOLOV INTERNATIONAL
At Ruse, Bulgaria
U.S. men’s freestyle first round draws
61 kg/134.5 lbs. – Joe Colon (Fresno, Calif./TMWC/Valley RTC)
Vs. Saleh Eddine Kateb (Algeria), 2016 and 2017 African Junior champion, 2nd in 2018 African Juniors,
70 kg/154 lbs. – James Green (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids/Nebraska WTC)
Vs. Evghenii Volkov (Romania), 5th in 2019 Henri Deglane (France), 5th in 2018 Ion Corneanu (Romania)
70 kg/154 lbs. – Frank Molinaro (Norman, Okla./TMWC/Oklahoma RTC)
Vs. Mehmet Karaca (Turkey), no information available
79 kg/174 lbs. – Alex Dieringer (Stillwater, Okla./TMWC/Cowboy RTC)
Vs. Muhammet Nuri Kotanoglu (Turkey), 5th in 2018 European Championships, 2016 European U23 champion
92 kg/202.5 lbs. – Riley LeFever (State College, Penn./ Nittany Lion WC)
Vs. Suleyman Karadeniz (Turkey), 3rd in 2017 Ion Corneanu (Romania), 2nd in 2017 Kartozia and Balavadze Prize (Georgia)
92 kg/202.5 lbs. – Michael Macchiavello (Raleigh, N.C./Wolfpack RTC)
Istvan Vereb (Hungary), 2013 World bronze medalist, 2016 Olympian, 3rd in 2017 European Championships
U.S. women’s freestyle first round draws
65 kg/143 lbs. – Amanda Hendey (Colorado Springs, Colo./TMWC/OTC)
Vs. Petra Olli (Finland), 2018 World champion, 2015 World silver medalist, 2016 Olympian
65 kg/143 lbs. – Forrest Molinari (Iowa City, Iowa/TMWC/Hawkeye WC)
Vs. Henna Johansson (Sweden), 2010 World bronze medalist, 2012 and 2016 Olympian, 5th in 2014 Worlds,
65 kg/143 lbs. – Maya Nelson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids/OTC)
Vs. Nour Jeljeli (Tunisia), 2017 and 2018 African Junior champion, 2018 Meditteranean champion
Schedule (seven hours ahead of U.S. ET)
Thursday, Feb. 28
10 a.m. – Qualification and elimination rounds (MFS 61 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg, 92 kg; GR 55 kg, 63 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg; WW 55 kg, 59 kg, 65 kg, 72 kg)
5 p.m. – Semifinals (MFS 61 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg, 92 kg; GR 55 kg, 63 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg; WW 55 kg, 59 kg, 65 kg, 72 kg)
Friday, March 1
10 a.m. – Qualification and elimination rounds (MFS 57 kg, 65 kg, 74 kg; GR 87 kg, 97 kg, 130 kg; WW 62 kg, 68 kg, 76 kg)
10 a.m. – Repechage rounds (MFS 61 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg, 92 kg; GR 55 kg, 63 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg; WW 55 kg, 59 kg, 65 kg, 72 kg)
4 p.m. – Semifinals (MFS 57 kg, 65 kg, 74 kg; GR 87 kg, 97 kg, 130 kg; WW 62 kg, 68 kg, 76 kg)
5:15 p.m. – Finals (MFS 61 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg, 92 kg; GR 55 kg, 63 kg, 72 kg, 82 kg; WW 55 kg, 59 kg, 65 kg, 72 kg)
Saturday, March 2
10 a.m. – Qualification and elimination rounds (MFS 86 kg, 97 kg, 125 kg; GR 60 kg, 67 kg, 77 kg; WW 50 kg, 53 kg, 57 kg)
10 a.m. – Repechage rounds (MFS 57 kg, 65 kg, 74 kg; GR 87 kg, 97 kg, 130 kg; WW 62 kg, 68 kg, 76 kg)
4 p.m. – Semifinals (MFS 86 kg, 97 kg, 125 kg; GR 60 kg, 67 kg, 77 kg; WW 50 kg, 53 kg, 57 kg)
5 p.m. – Finals (MFS 57 kg, 65 kg, 74 kg; GR 87 kg, 97 kg, 130 kg; WW 62 kg, 68 kg, 76 kg)
Sunday, March 3
10 a.m. – Repechage rounds (MFS 86 kg, 97 kg, 125 kg; GR 60 kg, 67 kg, 77 kg; WW 50 kg, 53 kg, 57 kg)
3 p.m. – Finals (MFS 86 kg, 97 kg, 125 kg; GR 60 kg, 67 kg, 77 kg; WW 50 kg, 53 kg, 57 kg)
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