Nowry gets silver, Hancock secures bronze at Matteo Pellicone in Rome

ROME, Italy – The USA collected a pair of Greco-Roman medals on Wednesday at the Matteo Pellicone International, the first UWW Ranking Series event of 2020, in Rome, Italy.

At 55 kg, Max Nowry, a 2019 World Military Games bronze medalist, secured the silver medal after a day of round-robin action. Wrestling in a four-man bracket, Nowry went 2-1 on Wednesday. In his final match, Nowry took on 2013 Junior World champion and 2018 University World bronze medalist Serif Kilic of Turkey to determine his place.

Nowry went up 3-0 early after drawing a passivity from Kilic and scoring a gut wrench. Shortly into the second period, Nowry used a lat drop for four points, putting Kilic to his back and getting the fall in 3:49.

Winning bronze on Wednesday was G’Angelo Hancock at 97 kg.

Hancock was impressive in his bronze-medal match, shutting down two-time U23 World champion Semen Novikov of Ukraine in 54 seconds.

Off the whistle, Hancock scored on a step out. Seconds later, he took down Novikov and added a gut wrench, followed immediately by a four-point lift for a 9-0 technical fall.

Three athletes finished fifth at the tournament, including Joe Rau at 87 kg, Patrick Martinez at 87 kg and Adam Coon at 130 kg.

Rau took on four-time age-group World medalist Ali Cengiz of Turkey, who scored quickly and often for a first-period 9-0 technical fall.

In the other 87 kg bronze match, Martinez fell to 2019 Pan American Games champion Luis Avendano Rojas of Venezuela in a tight 4-1 battle.

2018 World silver medalist Coon went back and forth with Lingzhe Meng of China in the bronze-medal match. Coon took the lead on criteria, 2-2, in the final 20 seconds, but Coon lost his balance near the edge with 10 seconds left and Meng capitalized for a takedown and a 4-2 win.

The tournament continues Thursday with the remaining Greco weights (72 kg, 77 kg and 82 kg) and the first four women’s freestyle weights (57 kg, 62 kg, 68 kg and 76 kg). Action begins at 4:30 a.m. ET live on Flowrestling.org.

MATTEO PELLICONE INTERNATIONAL

at Rome, Italy (UWW Ranking Series event), Jan. 15-18

Greco-Roman results
55 kg: Max Nowry (Army WCAP) – SILVER
WIN Andrii Semenchuk (Ukraine), 6-0
LOSS Dogus Ayazci (Turkey), 9-0
WIN Serif Kilic (Turkey), fall 3:49

60 kg: Ildar Hafizov (Army WCAP) - EIGHTH
LOSS Sailike Walihan (China), 9-1
LOSS Erbatu Tuo (China), 6-3

67 kg: Xavier Johnson (Marines) - EIGHTH
LOSS Qiye Tian (China), 2-2

67 kg: Calvin Germinaro (Minnesota Storm) - NINTH
LOSS Qiye Tian (China), 7-2

67 kg: Jamel Johnson (Marines) – 10th
LOSS Anthony Palencia Puentes (Venezuela), 5-1

87 kg: Patrick Martinez (New York AC/Finger Lakes WC) - FIFTH
WIN Mirco Minguizzi (Italy), 3-2
LOSS Kumar Sunil (India), 2-1
LOSS Luis Avendano Rojas (Venezuela), 4-1

87 kg: Joe Rau (Titan Mercury/Chicago RTC) - FIFTH
LOSS Viktor Lorincz (Hungary), 7-0
WIN Junjie Na (China), 3-1
LOSS Ali Cengiz (Turkey), 9-0

97 kg: G’Angelo Hancock (Sunkist Kids/USOPTC) - BRONZE
WIN Hardeep Hardeep (India), 8-0
WIN Ramsin Azizsir (Germany), 5-0
LOSS Felix Baldauf (Norway), 7-2
WIN Semen Novikov (Ukraine), 9-0

97 kg: Daniel Miller (Marines) - EIGHTH
WIN Yanan Chen (China), 4:18
LOSS Nikolaz Kakhelashvili (Italy), 3-1
LOSS Lulliyus Perez Mora (Venezuela), 6-3

130 kg: Adam Coon (New York AC/Cliff Keen WC) - FIFTH
LOSS Moises Perez Hellburg (Venezuela), 6-4
WIN Tuomas Lahti (Finland), 5-2
LOSS Lingzhe Meng (China), 4-2