Skylar Grote wins bronze medal at Grand Prix of Spain
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
MADRID, Spain - Skylar Grote (Newton, N.J./New York AC/Brock WC) won a bronze medal at 65 kg/143 lbs. in women’s freestyle at the Grand Prix of Spain on Saturday.
Grote competed in a five-athlete roundrobin, finishing with a 2-2 record. She scored victories over Brianne Graham of Canada and Narea Pampin of Spain, but dropped bouts to eventual champion Nathaly Griman of Venezuela and eventual silver medalist Anna Urbanowicz of Poland. Griman is a four-time Pan American Championships bronze medalist.
Grote, who wrestled in college for Brock University, was fourth in the 2019 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, and also placed fifth at the 2019 U.S. Open.
On Sunday, two U.S. athletes will compete in the men’s freestyle division, 2018 World champion Kyle Dake (Ithaca, N.Y/Titan Mercury WC/Finger Lakes RTC) at 79 kg and Josh Rodriguez (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC) at 57 kg.
Madrid is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone.
Fans should be able to follow the results at:
https://felucha.scorizer.com/mobile/
A live stream will be on the website, but also on the Spanish Wrestling Federation's YouTube Channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPj-2-Xv3u5dDAKV2GzMBcg
GRAND PRIX OF SPAIN
At Madrid, Spain, July 6, 2019
Women’s freestyle medalists
50 kg
Gold – Iwona Matkowska (Poland)
Silver – Seema (India)
Bronze – Valentina Islamova (Kazakhstan)
Bronze – Anna Krol (Poland)
53 kg
Gold – Vinesh (India)
Silver – Jessica Blaszka (Netherlands)
Bronze – Kseniia Nezgovorova (Russia)
Bronze – Nina Minkenova (Russia)
55 kg
Gold – Maria Gurova (Russia)
Silver – Anicja Czyowicz (Poland)
Bronze – Marina Simonian (Russia)
57 kg
Gold – Veronika Chumikova (Russia)
Silver – Pooja Dhanda (India)
Bronze – Hannah Taylor (Canada)
Bronze – Giullia Penalber (Brazil)
59 kg
Gold – Liubov Ovharova (Russia)
Silver – Maniu Kumari (India)
Bronze – Angela Titenko (Russia)
62 kg
Gold – Inna Trazhova (Russia)
Silver – Marianna Sastin (Hungary)
Bronze – Jackeline Renteria (Colombia)
Bronze – Lais Nunes Oliveira (Brazil)
65 kg
Gold - Nathaly Griman (Venezuela)
Silver - Anna Urbanowicz (Poland)
Bronze – Skylar Grote (USA)
68 kg
Gold – Divya Kakran (India)
Silver – Agnieszka Wisczczek-Kordua (Poland)
Bronze – Samar Amer Hamza (Egypt)
Bronze – Olivia Di Bacco (Canada)
72 kg
Gold – Kseniia Burakova (Russia)
Silver – Kiran (India)
Bronze – Diana Cruz (Spain)
76 kg
Gold –Ekatarina Bukina (Russia)
Silver – Aline Silva (Brazil)
Bronze – Georgina Jelthorpe (Great Britain)
U.S. women’s freestyle results
65 kg/143 lbs. - Skylar Grote, Newton, N.J. (New York AC/Brock WC), bronze medal
LOSS Nathaly Griman (Venezuela)
WIN Brianne Grahama (Canada)
WIN Narea Pampin (Spain)
LOSS Anna Urbanowicz (Poland)
Grote competed in a five-athlete roundrobin, finishing with a 2-2 record. She scored victories over Brianne Graham of Canada and Narea Pampin of Spain, but dropped bouts to eventual champion Nathaly Griman of Venezuela and eventual silver medalist Anna Urbanowicz of Poland. Griman is a four-time Pan American Championships bronze medalist.
Grote, who wrestled in college for Brock University, was fourth in the 2019 World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, and also placed fifth at the 2019 U.S. Open.
On Sunday, two U.S. athletes will compete in the men’s freestyle division, 2018 World champion Kyle Dake (Ithaca, N.Y/Titan Mercury WC/Finger Lakes RTC) at 79 kg and Josh Rodriguez (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC) at 57 kg.
Madrid is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone.
Fans should be able to follow the results at:
https://felucha.scorizer.com/mobile/
A live stream will be on the website, but also on the Spanish Wrestling Federation's YouTube Channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPj-2-Xv3u5dDAKV2GzMBcg
GRAND PRIX OF SPAIN
At Madrid, Spain, July 6, 2019
Women’s freestyle medalists
50 kg
Gold – Iwona Matkowska (Poland)
Silver – Seema (India)
Bronze – Valentina Islamova (Kazakhstan)
Bronze – Anna Krol (Poland)
53 kg
Gold – Vinesh (India)
Silver – Jessica Blaszka (Netherlands)
Bronze – Kseniia Nezgovorova (Russia)
Bronze – Nina Minkenova (Russia)
55 kg
Gold – Maria Gurova (Russia)
Silver – Anicja Czyowicz (Poland)
Bronze – Marina Simonian (Russia)
57 kg
Gold – Veronika Chumikova (Russia)
Silver – Pooja Dhanda (India)
Bronze – Hannah Taylor (Canada)
Bronze – Giullia Penalber (Brazil)
59 kg
Gold – Liubov Ovharova (Russia)
Silver – Maniu Kumari (India)
Bronze – Angela Titenko (Russia)
62 kg
Gold – Inna Trazhova (Russia)
Silver – Marianna Sastin (Hungary)
Bronze – Jackeline Renteria (Colombia)
Bronze – Lais Nunes Oliveira (Brazil)
65 kg
Gold - Nathaly Griman (Venezuela)
Silver - Anna Urbanowicz (Poland)
Bronze – Skylar Grote (USA)
68 kg
Gold – Divya Kakran (India)
Silver – Agnieszka Wisczczek-Kordua (Poland)
Bronze – Samar Amer Hamza (Egypt)
Bronze – Olivia Di Bacco (Canada)
72 kg
Gold – Kseniia Burakova (Russia)
Silver – Kiran (India)
Bronze – Diana Cruz (Spain)
76 kg
Gold –Ekatarina Bukina (Russia)
Silver – Aline Silva (Brazil)
Bronze – Georgina Jelthorpe (Great Britain)
U.S. women’s freestyle results
65 kg/143 lbs. - Skylar Grote, Newton, N.J. (New York AC/Brock WC), bronze medal
LOSS Nathaly Griman (Venezuela)
WIN Brianne Grahama (Canada)
WIN Narea Pampin (Spain)
LOSS Anna Urbanowicz (Poland)
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