Mensah-Stock reaches finals, Campbell and Velte to go for bronze at Sassari City UWW Ranking Tournament in Italy
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Video capture of Tamyra Mensah-Stock of the USA after semifinal victory from the FloWrestling broadcast.
SASSARI, Italy – 2018 World bronze medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/OTC) has reached the gold-medal finals at 68 kg at the Sassari City Matteo Pellicone Memorial International, a UWW Ranking Tournament
Mensah-Stock was dominant on the road to the finals. She opened with a 10-0 technical fall over Maryia Mamashuk of Belarus in round one, then stopped Meerim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan, 7-1 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Mensah-Stock scored three second-period takedowns to stop Anastasia Bratchikova of Russia, 9-2.
She will face 2018 World silver medalist Danielle Lappage of Canada in the finals.
Mensah-Stock is currently No. 2 in the UWW Ranking Series in their weight class. Mensah-Stock won gold medals at the first two UWW Ranking Tournaments, the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in Russia and the Dan Kolov International in Bulgaria, and also won the 2019 Pan American Championships.
Two U.S. athletes have qualified for the bronze-medal round, 2018 World bronze medalist Mallory Velte (Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) at 62 kg and 2012 Olympian Kelsey Campbell (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC) at 57 kg.
Velte had a great start to the tournament, defeating 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Sakshi Malik of India, 2-2 in her opening bout, then stopping 2017 Asian bronze medalist Ayaulym Kassymova of Kazakhstan, 9-2 in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinals, Velte led 2010 World bronze medalist Henna Johansson of Sweden in a 1-1 tie, in which Velte had criteria with the last point scored. However, Johansson scored a takedown with 12 seconds left to win the bout 3-2 over Velte.
Velte will face Lais Nunes de Oliveira of Brazil in the Sassari City bronze-medal bout. Velte defeated Nunes in the bronze-medal bout at the 2018 World Championships by a 2-1 margin.
Velte is currently No. 3 in the UWW Ranking Series in their weight class. Velte was a 2019 Pan American Championships silver medalist.
Campbell won both of her matches in Pool B, to advance to a cross-bracketed semifinals. Her victories were over Laurence Beauregard of Canada, 2-1 and Madina Bakbergenova of Kazakhstan, 5-0. In the semifinals, she was defeated by Kumari Manju of India, 3-1.
Campbell will face Beauregard again in the bronze-medal round, after the Canadian lost her semifinal bout.
The finals is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. local time. Sassari is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone. The event is broadcast live by FloWrestling.
SASSARI CITY MATTEO PELLICONE MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL
At Sassari, Italy, May 23
U.S. Women’s Freestyle results so far
57 kg/125.6 lbs. – Kelsey Campbell (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC)
WIN Laurence Beauregard (Canada), 2-1
WIN Madina Bakbergenova (Kazakhstan), 5-0
LOSS Kumari Manju (India), 3-1
Bronze-medal match – Vs. Laurence Beauregard (Canada)
62 kg/136.6 lbs. – Mallory Velte (Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC)
WIN Sakshi Malik (India), 2-2
WIN Ayaulym Kassymova (Kazakhstan), 9-2
LOSS Henna Johansson (Sweden), 3-1
Bronze Medal Match - Lais Nunes de Oliveira (Brazil)
68 kg/149.9 lbs. – Tamyra Mensah-Stock (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/OTC)
WIN Maryia Mamashuk (Belarus), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Meerim Zhumanazarova (Kyrgyzstan), 7-1
WIN Anastasia Bratchikova (Russia), 9-2
Gold-Medal Finals – Vs. Danielle Lappage (Canada)
SASSARI, Italy – 2018 World bronze medalist Tamyra Mensah-Stock (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/OTC) has reached the gold-medal finals at 68 kg at the Sassari City Matteo Pellicone Memorial International, a UWW Ranking Tournament
Mensah-Stock was dominant on the road to the finals. She opened with a 10-0 technical fall over Maryia Mamashuk of Belarus in round one, then stopped Meerim Zhumanazarova of Kyrgyzstan, 7-1 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Mensah-Stock scored three second-period takedowns to stop Anastasia Bratchikova of Russia, 9-2.
She will face 2018 World silver medalist Danielle Lappage of Canada in the finals.
Mensah-Stock is currently No. 2 in the UWW Ranking Series in their weight class. Mensah-Stock won gold medals at the first two UWW Ranking Tournaments, the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in Russia and the Dan Kolov International in Bulgaria, and also won the 2019 Pan American Championships.
Two U.S. athletes have qualified for the bronze-medal round, 2018 World bronze medalist Mallory Velte (Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) at 62 kg and 2012 Olympian Kelsey Campbell (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC) at 57 kg.
Velte had a great start to the tournament, defeating 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Sakshi Malik of India, 2-2 in her opening bout, then stopping 2017 Asian bronze medalist Ayaulym Kassymova of Kazakhstan, 9-2 in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinals, Velte led 2010 World bronze medalist Henna Johansson of Sweden in a 1-1 tie, in which Velte had criteria with the last point scored. However, Johansson scored a takedown with 12 seconds left to win the bout 3-2 over Velte.
Velte will face Lais Nunes de Oliveira of Brazil in the Sassari City bronze-medal bout. Velte defeated Nunes in the bronze-medal bout at the 2018 World Championships by a 2-1 margin.
Velte is currently No. 3 in the UWW Ranking Series in their weight class. Velte was a 2019 Pan American Championships silver medalist.
Campbell won both of her matches in Pool B, to advance to a cross-bracketed semifinals. Her victories were over Laurence Beauregard of Canada, 2-1 and Madina Bakbergenova of Kazakhstan, 5-0. In the semifinals, she was defeated by Kumari Manju of India, 3-1.
Campbell will face Beauregard again in the bronze-medal round, after the Canadian lost her semifinal bout.
The finals is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. local time. Sassari is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone. The event is broadcast live by FloWrestling.
SASSARI CITY MATTEO PELLICONE MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL
At Sassari, Italy, May 23
U.S. Women’s Freestyle results so far
57 kg/125.6 lbs. – Kelsey Campbell (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC)
WIN Laurence Beauregard (Canada), 2-1
WIN Madina Bakbergenova (Kazakhstan), 5-0
LOSS Kumari Manju (India), 3-1
Bronze-medal match – Vs. Laurence Beauregard (Canada)
62 kg/136.6 lbs. – Mallory Velte (Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC)
WIN Sakshi Malik (India), 2-2
WIN Ayaulym Kassymova (Kazakhstan), 9-2
LOSS Henna Johansson (Sweden), 3-1
Bronze Medal Match - Lais Nunes de Oliveira (Brazil)
68 kg/149.9 lbs. – Tamyra Mensah-Stock (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/OTC)
WIN Maryia Mamashuk (Belarus), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Meerim Zhumanazarova (Kyrgyzstan), 7-1
WIN Anastasia Bratchikova (Russia), 9-2
Gold-Medal Finals – Vs. Danielle Lappage (Canada)
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