Shai reaches bronze-medal bout at Olympic Test Event in Japan; Glaude takes fifth place
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Katherine Shai of the USA controls Liliya Horshina of Ukraine at the Olympic Test Event in Tokyo. Photo by Sachiko Hotaka, UWW
TOKYO, Japan – 2008 University World champion Katherine Shai (Denver, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/Northern Colorado WC) has qualified for a bronze-medal bout at 53 kg/116.5 lbs. based upon her performance at the Ready Steady Tokyo Olympic Wrestling Test Event on Friday.
Shai will battle 2017 Asian Cadet champion Ibuki Tamura of Japan in the bronze-medal round on Saturday.
Shai opened up with a dominant 11-2 victory over two-time Junior World medalist Liliya Horishna of Ukraine in her pigtail match. In the quarterfinals, she was defeated by 2018 Junior World champion Umi Imai of Japan, 10-2. When Imai qualified for the gold-medal match, Shai was pulled back into the bronze-medal round.
The other U.S. athlete who began competition on Friday, two-time Senior World Team member and two-time Junior World champion Victoria Anthony (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC) was defeated in her only match at 50 kg/110 lbs., losing to 2017 Cadet World champion Remina Yoshimoto of Japan, 4-3. When Yoshimoto failed to reach the finals, Anthony was not eligible for repechage.
The first group of wrestlers completed their competition on Friday. The only U.S. athlete from Group 1 who reached the medal rounds was 2018 U23 World bronze medalist Alex Glaude (West Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC), who placed fifth at 68 kg/149.5 lbs.
Glaude was edged in her bronze-medal bout by 2018 Junior World bronze medalist Alina Rudnytska Levytska of Ukraine, 4-3.
On Thursday, Glaude opened with a forfeit win over two-time World medalist Feng Zhou of China in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, she was pinned by 2019 World bronze medalist Xiaoqian Wang of China.
China won two of the three gold medals determined in the Group 1 finals on Friday.
The brackets are being posted by UWW at:
https://arena.unitedworldwrestling.org/sport-event/show/adf25777-e3ee-11e9-9d73-020f14733af0
Group 2 repechage is scheduled for Saturday morning in Tokyo at 11:30 a.m., with the medal rounds set for 11:20 a.m. local time. Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone.
READY STEADY TOKYO OLYMPIC WRESTLING TEST EVENT
At Tokyo, Japan, October 3, 2019
Group 2 finals pairings
50 kg – Chun Lei (China) vs. Miu Shimizu (Japan)
53 kg – Lannuan Luo (China) vs. Umi Imai (Japan)
57 kg – Sena Nagamoto (Japan) vs. Yumeka Tanabe (Japan)
Group 2 U.S. women’s freestyle performances
50 kg/110 lbs. - Victoria Anthony (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC)
LOSS Remina Yoshimoto (Japan), 4-3
53 kg/116.5 lbs. - Katherine Shai (Denver, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/Northern Colorado WC)
WIN Liliya Horishna (Ukraine), 11-2
LOSS Umi Imai (Japan), 10-2
Bronze-medal match – Vs. Ibuki Tamura (Japan)
Group 1 Final results
62 kg
Gold - Yui Sakano (Japan)
Silver - Atena Kodama (Japan)
Bronze – Xiaojuan Luo (China)
Bronze – Ilona Prokopevniuk (Ukraine)
5th – Xingru Pei (China)
5th – Anna Scherbakova (Russia)
Gold – Sakano dec. Kodama, 2-1
Bronze – Luo inj. Pei
Bronze – Pokopevniuk tech fall Shcherbakova, 10-0
68 kg –
Gold - Wang Xiaoqian (China)
Silver - Naruha Matsuyuki (Japan)
Bronze – Alina Rudnytska Leyytska (Ukraine)
Bronze – Rin Miyaji (Japan)
5th – Alexandria Glaude (USA)
5th – Alena Starodubtseva (Russia)
Gold – Wang dec. Matsuyuki, 2-1
Bronze – Rudnytska dec. Glaude, 4-3
Bronze – Miyaji dec. Starodubtseva, 9-6
76 kg
Gold - Paliha (China)
Silver - Zhou Qian (China)
Bronze – Romana Vobchak (Ukraine)
Bronze – Justina DiStasio (Canada)
5th – Mizuki Nagashima (Japan)
5th – Yasuha Matsuyuki (Japan)
Gold – Paliha inj. dft. Zhou
Bronze – Vovchak pin Nagashima
Bronze – DiStasio dec. Matsuyuki, 3-0
Group 1 U.S. women’s freestyle performances
62 kg/136.75 lbs. - Mallory Velte (Vancouver, BC, Canada/Titan Mercury WC), 7th place
LOSS Xingru Pei (China), 4-1
68 kg/149.5 lbs. - Alex Glaude (West Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC), 5th place
WIN Feng Zhou (China), forfeit
LOSS Xiaoqian Wang (China), pin
LOSS Alina Rudnytska Levytska (Ukraine), 4-3
76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Hannah Gladden (Franklin Springs, Ga./Lion WC), 8th place
LOSS Mizuki Nagashima (Japan), 4-1
TOKYO, Japan – 2008 University World champion Katherine Shai (Denver, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/Northern Colorado WC) has qualified for a bronze-medal bout at 53 kg/116.5 lbs. based upon her performance at the Ready Steady Tokyo Olympic Wrestling Test Event on Friday.
Shai will battle 2017 Asian Cadet champion Ibuki Tamura of Japan in the bronze-medal round on Saturday.
Shai opened up with a dominant 11-2 victory over two-time Junior World medalist Liliya Horishna of Ukraine in her pigtail match. In the quarterfinals, she was defeated by 2018 Junior World champion Umi Imai of Japan, 10-2. When Imai qualified for the gold-medal match, Shai was pulled back into the bronze-medal round.
The other U.S. athlete who began competition on Friday, two-time Senior World Team member and two-time Junior World champion Victoria Anthony (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC) was defeated in her only match at 50 kg/110 lbs., losing to 2017 Cadet World champion Remina Yoshimoto of Japan, 4-3. When Yoshimoto failed to reach the finals, Anthony was not eligible for repechage.
The first group of wrestlers completed their competition on Friday. The only U.S. athlete from Group 1 who reached the medal rounds was 2018 U23 World bronze medalist Alex Glaude (West Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC), who placed fifth at 68 kg/149.5 lbs.
Glaude was edged in her bronze-medal bout by 2018 Junior World bronze medalist Alina Rudnytska Levytska of Ukraine, 4-3.
On Thursday, Glaude opened with a forfeit win over two-time World medalist Feng Zhou of China in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, she was pinned by 2019 World bronze medalist Xiaoqian Wang of China.
China won two of the three gold medals determined in the Group 1 finals on Friday.
The brackets are being posted by UWW at:
https://arena.unitedworldwrestling.org/sport-event/show/adf25777-e3ee-11e9-9d73-020f14733af0
Group 2 repechage is scheduled for Saturday morning in Tokyo at 11:30 a.m., with the medal rounds set for 11:20 a.m. local time. Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone.
READY STEADY TOKYO OLYMPIC WRESTLING TEST EVENT
At Tokyo, Japan, October 3, 2019
Group 2 finals pairings
50 kg – Chun Lei (China) vs. Miu Shimizu (Japan)
53 kg – Lannuan Luo (China) vs. Umi Imai (Japan)
57 kg – Sena Nagamoto (Japan) vs. Yumeka Tanabe (Japan)
Group 2 U.S. women’s freestyle performances
50 kg/110 lbs. - Victoria Anthony (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC)
LOSS Remina Yoshimoto (Japan), 4-3
53 kg/116.5 lbs. - Katherine Shai (Denver, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/Northern Colorado WC)
WIN Liliya Horishna (Ukraine), 11-2
LOSS Umi Imai (Japan), 10-2
Bronze-medal match – Vs. Ibuki Tamura (Japan)
Group 1 Final results
62 kg
Gold - Yui Sakano (Japan)
Silver - Atena Kodama (Japan)
Bronze – Xiaojuan Luo (China)
Bronze – Ilona Prokopevniuk (Ukraine)
5th – Xingru Pei (China)
5th – Anna Scherbakova (Russia)
Gold – Sakano dec. Kodama, 2-1
Bronze – Luo inj. Pei
Bronze – Pokopevniuk tech fall Shcherbakova, 10-0
68 kg –
Gold - Wang Xiaoqian (China)
Silver - Naruha Matsuyuki (Japan)
Bronze – Alina Rudnytska Leyytska (Ukraine)
Bronze – Rin Miyaji (Japan)
5th – Alexandria Glaude (USA)
5th – Alena Starodubtseva (Russia)
Gold – Wang dec. Matsuyuki, 2-1
Bronze – Rudnytska dec. Glaude, 4-3
Bronze – Miyaji dec. Starodubtseva, 9-6
76 kg
Gold - Paliha (China)
Silver - Zhou Qian (China)
Bronze – Romana Vobchak (Ukraine)
Bronze – Justina DiStasio (Canada)
5th – Mizuki Nagashima (Japan)
5th – Yasuha Matsuyuki (Japan)
Gold – Paliha inj. dft. Zhou
Bronze – Vovchak pin Nagashima
Bronze – DiStasio dec. Matsuyuki, 3-0
Group 1 U.S. women’s freestyle performances
62 kg/136.75 lbs. - Mallory Velte (Vancouver, BC, Canada/Titan Mercury WC), 7th place
LOSS Xingru Pei (China), 4-1
68 kg/149.5 lbs. - Alex Glaude (West Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC), 5th place
WIN Feng Zhou (China), forfeit
LOSS Xiaoqian Wang (China), pin
LOSS Alina Rudnytska Levytska (Ukraine), 4-3
76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Hannah Gladden (Franklin Springs, Ga./Lion WC), 8th place
LOSS Mizuki Nagashima (Japan), 4-1
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