Horton wins freestyle silver medal at Veterans Worlds, Raia, Anderson, Nowak and Porter claim bronzes
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
The five Veterans World medalists on Saturday (left to right) Jeff Anderson, Matthew Nowak, Steve Horton, George Porter, Joseph Raia. Photo by Chris Brown.
TBILISI, Georgia – Steve Horton of Cibolo, Texas, won a silver medal at 70 kg in Div. D, the top performance among U.S. men’s freestyle athletes at the Veterans World Championships on Saturday.
In the gold-medal finals, Horton was edged on a last-second throw by Hamidreza Rabiei Kenari of Iran, 6-4.
Rabiei Kenari on the shot clock, but he secured a leg attack takedown to lead 2-0. Horton responded at the end of the first period with a takedown and a quick gut wrench to lead 4-2 at the break. There was no second-period scoring until the final few seconds of the match, when Rabiei nailed a four-point lateral drop to win the match.
Horton won three straight bouts to qualify for the finals, opening with a 10-0 technical fall over Massimo Aresti of Italy. In the quarterfinals, he won a tight 4-2 battle with Rovshan Guliyev of Azerbaijan. In the semifinals, he secured a 10-0 technical fall over Niyamudin Murtazaev of Russia.
Last year, Horton won two Veterans World medals, a silver in Greco-Roman and a bronze in freestyle.
Claiming bronze medals for the USA on Saturday in freestyle were Joseph Raia of South Elgin, Ill. at 62 kg in Div. D, Jeff Anderson of Zeeland, Mich. at 88 kg in Div. D, Matthew Nowak of Johannesburg, Mich. at 130 kg in Div. D and George Porter of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. at 130 kg in Div. C
Raia, Nowak and Porter won their second medals of the 2019 Veterans Worlds after also reaching the podium in Greco-Roman on Wednesday.
Raia scored a 7-5 victory in his bronze-medal match over Tsogtsaikhan Myagmar of Mongolia, leading the bout most of the way. He was up 5-1, when Myagmar scored a late four-point throw, which Raia got a reversal for two and finished off the victory. Raia lost to Winfried Hoeflich of Germany in the opening match, 8-1, the same athlete who beat Raia in the Veterans Greco-Roman finals on Wednesday. Raia leaves Tbilisi with a Greco-Roman World silver medal and a freestyle World bronze medal.
Anderson finished his day with a 3-1 record with three pins, capped off by a first-period pin of Petr Struchkov of Russia in the bronze-medal bout. Anderson tossed Struchkov to his back and quickly secured the fall in 34 seconds to win his medal. He opened with a pair of pins, stopping Tsandeleg Jadamba of Mongolia in 57 seconds and Lev Afanasev of Russia in 1:27. His only loss came to Radislav Navazhap of Russia.
Nowak lost his first match in his pool competition to Ardeshir Poorhekmat of Iran by technical fall, but won his second bout, a pin of Ali Temirkaev of Russia in 1:18. This secured him a spot in the semifinals, where he lost to Bumbayar Damiran of Mongolia, 14-9. This placed him in a bronze-medal bout, in a rematch with Poorhekmat, where Nowak powered him onto his back and secured a stunning 46-second first-period pin to claim his spot on the podium. Nowak heads home to the USA with two Veterans World bronze medals, one in each style.
Porter opened with a tight 2-1 decision over Vahid Rahnama of Iran. In the semifinals, he was edged by Bayanmunkh Shura of Mongolia, 2-1. He received a forfeit win in the bronze-medal match over Thomas Summ of Germany. Porter can add his Veterans World freestyle bronze to the World silver medal he won in Greco-Roman on Thursday. He is a two-time Veterans World freestyle champion.
With the five medals won in men’s freestyle on Saturday, the medal haul for the USA is now up to 18 medals. The USA is now up to 11 men’s freestyle medals, after taking six on Friday. The USA added seven medals in Greco-Roman over the first three days of that event.
The USA concludes the 2019 Veterans Worlds with six men’s freestyle athletes in Div. A, who hit the mats on Sunday. Included in this group is James Medeiros of Van Nuys, Calif., who won a Veterans World bronze medal in Greco-Roman on Thursday at 88 kg, and Jordin Humphrey of Monrovia, Calif. at 70 kg, a 2018 Veterans World bronze medalist in Div. A.
The event will be broadcast live in the United States on Trackwrestling. Tbilisi is eight hours ahead of the U.S. Eastern time zone.
UWW will update brackets from the event at:
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/event/world-championships-37
Check out frequent updates on the USA Wrestling Masters (25+) and UWW Veterans Facebook Page at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/517167121646034/
VETERANS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Tbilisi, Georgia, October 12, 2019
U.S. men’s freestyle performances
Div. C
62 kg – Carson Gainey, The Plains, Ohio, 8th place
LOSS Baatarsuren Gendendorj (Mongolia), 7-4
70 kg – Tom Donahue, Bethel, Ohio, 8th place
WIN Ben Fielding (USA), 7-0
LOSS Ibragim Estamirov (Russia), 8-3
70 kg – Ben Fielding, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp/15th
LOSS Tom Donahue (USA), 7-0
78 kg – Jon Banko, New Kensington, Pa., 9th place
Vs. Mohammed Ahmadi Afshar (Spain), tech. fall 10-0, 1:31
88 kg – Alsandro Turner, Woodbridge, Va., 7th place
WIN Kenan Celik (Turkey), tech. fall 10-0, 1:08
LOSS Ali Ghassemi Sabour, pin 1:36
LOSS Battulga Choijamts (Mongolia), 4-1
130 kg – George Porter, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., bronze medal
WIN Vahid Rahnama (Iran), 2-1
LOSS Bayanmunkh Shura (Mongolia), 2-1
WIN Thomas Summ (Germany), forfeit
Div. D
62 kg – Joseph Raia, South Elgin, Ill., bronze medal
LOSS Winfried Hoeflich (Germany), 8-1
WIN Tsogtsaikhan Myagmar (Mongolia), 7-5
62 kg – Matthew Robertson, Auburn, Wash., 10th place
LOSS Saidmagomed Masiev (Russia), pin 1:33
70 kg – Michael Madry, St. Petersburg, Fla., dnp/11th
LOSS Zakiy Bikbulatov (Russia), 9-4
70 kg – Steven Horton, Cibolo, Texas, silver medal
WIN Massimo Aresti (Italy), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Rovshan Guliyev (Azerbaijan), 4-2
WIN Niyamudin Murtazaev (Russia), tech. fall 10-0
LOSS Hamidreza Rabiei Kenari (Iran), 6-4
78 kg – Boris Kulich, Westmont, Ill., 7th place
WIN Baatarkhuu Orosoo (Mongolia), tech. fall 15-4, 3:20
LOSS Rasoul Atashi (Iran), 9-2
88 kg – Jeff Anderson, Zeeland, Mich., bronze medal
WIN Tsandeleg Jadamba (Mongolia), pin 0:57
WIN Lev Afanasev (Russia), pin 1:27
LOSS Radislav Navazhap (Russia), tech. fall 10-0, 0:47
WIN Petr Struchkov (Russia), pin, 0:34
88 kg – Ronald Ayers, Globe, Ariz., dnp/11th
LOSS Matvei Iliukhinov (Russia), pin 1:32
100 kg – Erik Hinckley, Lansing, Kansas. 5th place
LOSS Farzad Helali (Iran), tech. fall 12-2, 1:07
LOSS Idris Iasulov (Russia), pin 0:47
130 kg – Matthew Nowak, Johannesburg, Mich., bronze medal
LOSS Ardeshir Poorhekmat (Iran), tech. fall 10-0, 0:40
WIN Ali Temirkaev (Russia), pin 1:18
LOSS Bumbayar Damiran (Mongolia), 14-9
WIN Ardeshir Poorhekmat (Iran), pin 0:46
U.S. men’s freestyle draws for Sunday
Div. A
62 kg – Nicholas Hull, Indianapolis, Ind.
Vs. Koki Okawa (Japan)
62 kg – Nathan Hansen, Firestone, Colo.
Vs. Dmitri Perevozchiko (Russia)
70 kg – Jordin Humphrey, Monrovia, Calif.
Vs. Tommaso Cilardi (Italy)
70 kg – Gralan Early, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Vs. Serkan Sen (Turkey)
78 kg – Milton Yates, Washington, D.C.
Vs. Garsevan Vardanyan (Armenia)
88 kg – James Medeiros, Van Nuys, Calif.
Vs. Sebastian Ecklebe (Germany)
U.S. Veterans World men’s freestyle champions
Div. C
62 kg – Thomas Berger (Germany)
70 kg – Baatar Nyamjav (Mongolia)
78 kg – Levon Asatryan (Armenia)
88 kg – Salim Ahmad Lesani (Iran)
100 kg – Ali Abbas Chehreh (Iran)
130 kg – Eldar Kurtanidze (Georgia)
Div. D
62 kg – Arkadii Ilimetov (Ukraine)
70 kg – Hamidreza Rabiei Kenari (Iran)
78 kg – Mohammadkazem Narimani Kenari (Iran)
88 kg – Karoly Sipeki (Hungary)
100 kg – Farzad Helali (Iran)
130 kg – Bumgayar Damiran (Mongolia)
TBILISI, Georgia – Steve Horton of Cibolo, Texas, won a silver medal at 70 kg in Div. D, the top performance among U.S. men’s freestyle athletes at the Veterans World Championships on Saturday.
In the gold-medal finals, Horton was edged on a last-second throw by Hamidreza Rabiei Kenari of Iran, 6-4.
Rabiei Kenari on the shot clock, but he secured a leg attack takedown to lead 2-0. Horton responded at the end of the first period with a takedown and a quick gut wrench to lead 4-2 at the break. There was no second-period scoring until the final few seconds of the match, when Rabiei nailed a four-point lateral drop to win the match.
Horton won three straight bouts to qualify for the finals, opening with a 10-0 technical fall over Massimo Aresti of Italy. In the quarterfinals, he won a tight 4-2 battle with Rovshan Guliyev of Azerbaijan. In the semifinals, he secured a 10-0 technical fall over Niyamudin Murtazaev of Russia.
Last year, Horton won two Veterans World medals, a silver in Greco-Roman and a bronze in freestyle.
Claiming bronze medals for the USA on Saturday in freestyle were Joseph Raia of South Elgin, Ill. at 62 kg in Div. D, Jeff Anderson of Zeeland, Mich. at 88 kg in Div. D, Matthew Nowak of Johannesburg, Mich. at 130 kg in Div. D and George Porter of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. at 130 kg in Div. C
Raia, Nowak and Porter won their second medals of the 2019 Veterans Worlds after also reaching the podium in Greco-Roman on Wednesday.
Raia scored a 7-5 victory in his bronze-medal match over Tsogtsaikhan Myagmar of Mongolia, leading the bout most of the way. He was up 5-1, when Myagmar scored a late four-point throw, which Raia got a reversal for two and finished off the victory. Raia lost to Winfried Hoeflich of Germany in the opening match, 8-1, the same athlete who beat Raia in the Veterans Greco-Roman finals on Wednesday. Raia leaves Tbilisi with a Greco-Roman World silver medal and a freestyle World bronze medal.
Anderson finished his day with a 3-1 record with three pins, capped off by a first-period pin of Petr Struchkov of Russia in the bronze-medal bout. Anderson tossed Struchkov to his back and quickly secured the fall in 34 seconds to win his medal. He opened with a pair of pins, stopping Tsandeleg Jadamba of Mongolia in 57 seconds and Lev Afanasev of Russia in 1:27. His only loss came to Radislav Navazhap of Russia.
Nowak lost his first match in his pool competition to Ardeshir Poorhekmat of Iran by technical fall, but won his second bout, a pin of Ali Temirkaev of Russia in 1:18. This secured him a spot in the semifinals, where he lost to Bumbayar Damiran of Mongolia, 14-9. This placed him in a bronze-medal bout, in a rematch with Poorhekmat, where Nowak powered him onto his back and secured a stunning 46-second first-period pin to claim his spot on the podium. Nowak heads home to the USA with two Veterans World bronze medals, one in each style.
Porter opened with a tight 2-1 decision over Vahid Rahnama of Iran. In the semifinals, he was edged by Bayanmunkh Shura of Mongolia, 2-1. He received a forfeit win in the bronze-medal match over Thomas Summ of Germany. Porter can add his Veterans World freestyle bronze to the World silver medal he won in Greco-Roman on Thursday. He is a two-time Veterans World freestyle champion.
With the five medals won in men’s freestyle on Saturday, the medal haul for the USA is now up to 18 medals. The USA is now up to 11 men’s freestyle medals, after taking six on Friday. The USA added seven medals in Greco-Roman over the first three days of that event.
The USA concludes the 2019 Veterans Worlds with six men’s freestyle athletes in Div. A, who hit the mats on Sunday. Included in this group is James Medeiros of Van Nuys, Calif., who won a Veterans World bronze medal in Greco-Roman on Thursday at 88 kg, and Jordin Humphrey of Monrovia, Calif. at 70 kg, a 2018 Veterans World bronze medalist in Div. A.
The event will be broadcast live in the United States on Trackwrestling. Tbilisi is eight hours ahead of the U.S. Eastern time zone.
UWW will update brackets from the event at:
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/event/world-championships-37
Check out frequent updates on the USA Wrestling Masters (25+) and UWW Veterans Facebook Page at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/517167121646034/
VETERANS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Tbilisi, Georgia, October 12, 2019
U.S. men’s freestyle performances
Div. C
62 kg – Carson Gainey, The Plains, Ohio, 8th place
LOSS Baatarsuren Gendendorj (Mongolia), 7-4
70 kg – Tom Donahue, Bethel, Ohio, 8th place
WIN Ben Fielding (USA), 7-0
LOSS Ibragim Estamirov (Russia), 8-3
70 kg – Ben Fielding, Colorado Springs, Colo., dnp/15th
LOSS Tom Donahue (USA), 7-0
78 kg – Jon Banko, New Kensington, Pa., 9th place
Vs. Mohammed Ahmadi Afshar (Spain), tech. fall 10-0, 1:31
88 kg – Alsandro Turner, Woodbridge, Va., 7th place
WIN Kenan Celik (Turkey), tech. fall 10-0, 1:08
LOSS Ali Ghassemi Sabour, pin 1:36
LOSS Battulga Choijamts (Mongolia), 4-1
130 kg – George Porter, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., bronze medal
WIN Vahid Rahnama (Iran), 2-1
LOSS Bayanmunkh Shura (Mongolia), 2-1
WIN Thomas Summ (Germany), forfeit
Div. D
62 kg – Joseph Raia, South Elgin, Ill., bronze medal
LOSS Winfried Hoeflich (Germany), 8-1
WIN Tsogtsaikhan Myagmar (Mongolia), 7-5
62 kg – Matthew Robertson, Auburn, Wash., 10th place
LOSS Saidmagomed Masiev (Russia), pin 1:33
70 kg – Michael Madry, St. Petersburg, Fla., dnp/11th
LOSS Zakiy Bikbulatov (Russia), 9-4
70 kg – Steven Horton, Cibolo, Texas, silver medal
WIN Massimo Aresti (Italy), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Rovshan Guliyev (Azerbaijan), 4-2
WIN Niyamudin Murtazaev (Russia), tech. fall 10-0
LOSS Hamidreza Rabiei Kenari (Iran), 6-4
78 kg – Boris Kulich, Westmont, Ill., 7th place
WIN Baatarkhuu Orosoo (Mongolia), tech. fall 15-4, 3:20
LOSS Rasoul Atashi (Iran), 9-2
88 kg – Jeff Anderson, Zeeland, Mich., bronze medal
WIN Tsandeleg Jadamba (Mongolia), pin 0:57
WIN Lev Afanasev (Russia), pin 1:27
LOSS Radislav Navazhap (Russia), tech. fall 10-0, 0:47
WIN Petr Struchkov (Russia), pin, 0:34
88 kg – Ronald Ayers, Globe, Ariz., dnp/11th
LOSS Matvei Iliukhinov (Russia), pin 1:32
100 kg – Erik Hinckley, Lansing, Kansas. 5th place
LOSS Farzad Helali (Iran), tech. fall 12-2, 1:07
LOSS Idris Iasulov (Russia), pin 0:47
130 kg – Matthew Nowak, Johannesburg, Mich., bronze medal
LOSS Ardeshir Poorhekmat (Iran), tech. fall 10-0, 0:40
WIN Ali Temirkaev (Russia), pin 1:18
LOSS Bumbayar Damiran (Mongolia), 14-9
WIN Ardeshir Poorhekmat (Iran), pin 0:46
U.S. men’s freestyle draws for Sunday
Div. A
62 kg – Nicholas Hull, Indianapolis, Ind.
Vs. Koki Okawa (Japan)
62 kg – Nathan Hansen, Firestone, Colo.
Vs. Dmitri Perevozchiko (Russia)
70 kg – Jordin Humphrey, Monrovia, Calif.
Vs. Tommaso Cilardi (Italy)
70 kg – Gralan Early, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Vs. Serkan Sen (Turkey)
78 kg – Milton Yates, Washington, D.C.
Vs. Garsevan Vardanyan (Armenia)
88 kg – James Medeiros, Van Nuys, Calif.
Vs. Sebastian Ecklebe (Germany)
U.S. Veterans World men’s freestyle champions
Div. C
62 kg – Thomas Berger (Germany)
70 kg – Baatar Nyamjav (Mongolia)
78 kg – Levon Asatryan (Armenia)
88 kg – Salim Ahmad Lesani (Iran)
100 kg – Ali Abbas Chehreh (Iran)
130 kg – Eldar Kurtanidze (Georgia)
Div. D
62 kg – Arkadii Ilimetov (Ukraine)
70 kg – Hamidreza Rabiei Kenari (Iran)
78 kg – Mohammadkazem Narimani Kenari (Iran)
88 kg – Karoly Sipeki (Hungary)
100 kg – Farzad Helali (Iran)
130 kg – Bumgayar Damiran (Mongolia)
