Shai takes fifth at Tokyo Olympic Test Event

TOKYO - 2008 University World champion Katherine Shai (Denver, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/Northern Colorado WC) took fifth at the Ready Steady Tokyo Olympic Wrestling Event to wrap up USA’s performance in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday.

Shai faced 2017 Cadet Asian champion Ibuki Tamura in the bronze-medal match at 53 kg. Shai dropped the match, 7-3, after a good first period for a fifth-place finish.

Overall the USA, which only entered five athletes, had two top-five finishes as well as two seventh-place finishes and an eighth-place finish.

With six Olympic weights contested, Japan and China swept the gold medals with three apiece.

Full brackets can be found HERE.

READY STEADY TOKYO OLYMPIC WRESTLING TEST EVENT

At Tokyo, Japan, October 5, 2019

U.S. women’s freestyle results
50 kg/110 lbs. - Victoria Anthony (Tempe, Ariz./Sunkist Kids WC) - SEVENTH
LOSS Remina Yoshimoto (Japan), 4-3

53 kg/116.5 lbs. - Katherine Shai (Denver, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/Northern Colorado WC) - FIFTH
WIN Liliya Horishna (Ukraine), 11-2
LOSS Umi Imai (Japan), 10-2
LOSS Ibuki Tamura (Japan), 7-3

62 kg/136.75 lbs. - Mallory Velte (Vancouver, BC, Canada/Titan Mercury WC) - SEVENTH
LOSS Xingru Pei (China), 4-1

68 kg/149.5 lbs. - Alex Glaude (West Sacramento, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) - FIFTH
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) - EIGHTH
LOSS Mizuki Nagashima (Japan), 4-1
Final results
50 kg
Gold – Chun Lei (China)
Silver – Miu Shimizu (Japan)
Bronze – Remina Yoshimoto (Japan)
Bronze – Mariia Vynnyk (Ukraine)
5th – Daria Leksina (Russia)
5th – Chihiro Sawada (Japan)
Gold – Chun Lei (China) df. Miu Shimizu (Japan), 5-2
Bronze – Remina Yoshimoto (Japan) df. Daria Leksina (Russia), fall
Bronze – Mariia Vynnyk (Ukraine) df. Chihiro Sawada (Japan), 4-4

53 kg
Gold – Umi Imai (Japan)
Silver – Lannuan Luo (China)
Bronze – Saki Igarashi (Japan)
Bronze – Ibuki Tamura (Japan)
5th – Qianyu Pan (China)
5th – Katherine Shai (USA)
Gold – Umi Imai (Japan) df. Lannuan Luo (China), 3-2
Bronze – Saki Igarashi (Japan) df. Qianyu Pang (China), forfeit
Bronze – Ibuki Tamura (Japan) Katherine Shai (USA), 7-3

57 kg
Gold – Yumeka Tanabe (Japan)
Silver – Sena Nagamoto (Japan)
Bronze – Qi Zhang (China)
Bronze – Andoriahnako Sawa (Japan)
5th – Ningning Rong (China)
5th – Khadizhat Murtuzalieva (Russia)
Gold – Yumeka Tanabe (Japan) df. Sena Nagamoto (Japan), 6-4
Bronze – Qi Zhang (China) df Ningning Rong (China), injury default
Bronze – Andoriahnako Sawa (Japan) df. Khadizhat Murtuzalieva (Russia)

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