Blades, Elor win gold medals as U.S. claims seven Cadet medals at Klippan Lady Open in Sweden
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Kennedy Blades of the USA at the 2019 Cadet World Championships. UWW photo.
KLIPPAN, Sweden – The United States won a pair of gold medals from Kennedy Blades (Broadview, Ill/Izzy Style) at 69 kg and Amit Elor (Walnut Creek, Calif./Titan Mercury) at 65 kg, coming home with seven total medals at the UWW Cadet division of the Klippan Lady Open.
Blades won a five-athlete round robin, claiming four victories including two pins and a technical fall. She secured a 6-0 win over runner-up Ami Uchino of Japan, her closest bout. Blades was a member of the 2019 U.S. Cadet World Team and attends Wyoming Seminary. Blades is ranked No. 1 in the National Girls High School rankings at 152 pounds
Elor, a 2019 Cadet World bronze medalist and 2019 Cadet Beach World champion, won all four of her bouts, including a 10-0 technical fall over Elena Reinholtsen of Norway in the finals. On Friday, she beat three tough nationally ranked U.S. competitors to claim her pool. Elor is ranked No. 1 in the National Girls High School rankings at 164 pounds.
Winning silver medals for Team USA were Sterling Dias (Henderson, Nev./Slam Academy) at 43 kg and Nyla Valencia (Morgan Hill, Calif./Bulldog WC) at 49 kg.
Dias, a two-time Cadet World medalist, went 1-1 on Friday to place second in her three-athlete roundrobin.. Dias’ only loss was to 2019 Asian U15 champion Miwa Magara of Japan. Valencia, a 2019 Pan American Cadet silver medalist, won her pool with two technical falls and a pin, then lost in the finals to Japan’s 2019 Asian Cadet silver medalist Yu Sakamoto, 11-0.
Bronze medals went to Virginia Foard (Reva, Va./Team Cobra) at 40 kg, Skylar Hattendorf (Hooksett, N.H.) at 61 kg and Kylie Welker (Franksville, Wis./ Higher Level/EAP) at 65 kg.
Foard went 2-2 in a five-athlete roundrobin, losing to a pair of Japanese opponents. She attends Wyoming Seminary.
Hattendorf went 3-1, with two technical falls and a pin. Her only loss was to 2019 Cadet World champion Nonoka Ozaki of Japan. A 2019 Cadet World bronze medalist, Hattendorf beat Nicola Wasilewska of Poland by technical fall 10-0 in the bronze-medal bout. Hattendorf is ranked No. 1 in the National Girls High School rankings at 127 pounds.
Welker, a 2019 Cadet World bronze medalist, also went 3-1, with her only loss to U.S. champion Elor. She pinned Abigail Tikerpalu of Estonia in 1:58 in the bronze-medal bout. Welker is ranked No. 1 in the National Girls High School rankings at 132 pounds and is an Elite Accelerator Program (EAP) athlete at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center.
KLIPPAN LADY OPEN
At Klippan, Sweden, January 17
UWW Cadet medalists
40 kg
Gold - Miu Obata (Japan)
Silver - Yu Okada (Japan)
Bronze - Virgina Foard (USA)
43 kg
Gold - Miwa Magara (Japan)
Silver - Sterling Dias (USA)
Bronze - Hedda Ophaug (Norway)
46 kg
Gold - Nagisa Harada (Japan)
Silver - Anna Tieliegina (Ukraine)
Bronze - Ami Olsson (Sweden)
49 kg
Gold - Yu Sakamoto (Japan)
Silver - Nyla Valencia (USA)
Bronze - Haruna Morikawa (Japan)
53 kg
Gold - Akari Fujinami (Japan)
Silver - Nana Ikehata (Japan)
Bronze - Moe Kiyooka (Japan)
57 kg
Gold - Himeka Hasegawa (Japan)
Silver - Tilda Svensson (Sweden)
Bronze - Wilma Skoog (Sweden)
61 kg
Gold - Nonoka Ozaki (Japan)
Silver - Momoko Kitade (Japan)
Bronze - Skylar Hattendorf (USA)
65 kg
Gold - Amit Elor (USA)
Silver - Elena Reinholtsen (Norway)
Bronze - Kylie Welker (USA)
69 kg
Gold - Kennedy Blades (USA)
Silver - Ami Uchino (Japan)
Bronze - Elvira Braun (Sweden)
73 kg
Gold - Nanaha Takasu (Japan)
Silver - Daniella Galetto (Norway)
U.S. Cadet women’s freestyle results
40 kg: Virginia Foard (Reva, Va./Team Cobra), bronze medal
LOSS Miu Obata (Japan), 10-1
WIN Karolin Huth (Germany), pin 2:29
WIN Dorothea Jensen (Sweden), pin 1:50
LOSS Yu Okada (Japan), 7-5
43kg: Sterling Dias (Henderson, Nev./Slam Academy), silver medal
WIN Hedda Ophaug (Norway), tech. fall, 10-0
LOSS Miwa Magara (Japan), 2-0
49kg: Nyla Valencia (Morgan Hill, Calif./Bulldog WC), silver medal
WIN Anne Svarstad (Norway), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Liv Sjolander (Sweden), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Linnea Bergstrom (Sweden), pin 1:32
LOSS Yu Sakamoto (Japan), tech. fall 11-0
53kg: Ava Bayless (Greenville, Pa./Bad Karma), 5th place
WIN Frida Rasmussen (Norway), tech. fall 10-0
LOSS Olivia Andrich (Germany), pin 0:52
LOSS Akari Fujinami (Japan), tech fall 10-0
61kg: Skylar Hattendorf (Hooksett, N.H.), bronze medal
WIN Tea Baglo Holten (Norway), pin 1:16
WIN Saga Soro (Sweden), tech. fall 10-0
LOSS Nonoka Ozaki (Japan), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Nicola Wasilewska (Poland), tech. fall 10-0
65 kg: Kylie Welker (Franksville, Wis./ Higher Level/EAP), bronze medal
WIN Petra Ahlen (Sweden), tech. fall 12-0
LOSS Amit Elor (USA), 4-0
WIN Lillian Freitas (USA), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Abigail Tikerpalu (Estonia), pin 1:58
65 kg: Lillian Freitas (Modest, Calif./ Pitman Wrestling), 5th place
LOSS Amit Elor (USA), tech fall 10-0
WIN Reese Larramendy (USA), 8-1
WIN Petra Ahlen (Sweden), pin 2:39
LOSS Kylie Welker (USA), tech. fall 10-0
65kg: Amit Elor (Walnut Creek, Calif./Titan Mercury), gold medal
WIN Lillian Freitas (USA), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Kylie Welker (USA), 4-0
WIN Reese Laramendy (USA), pin 1:17
WIN Elena Reinholtsen (Norway), tech. fall 10-0
65kg: Reese Larramendy (Reno, Nev./Nevada Elite), 7th place
LOSS Lilian Freitas (USA), 8-1
LOSS Amit Elor (USA), pin 1:17
69kg: Kennedy Blades (Broadview, Ill/Izzy Style), gold medal
WIN Elvira Braun (Sweden), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Therese Andersson (Sweden), pin
WIN Ami Uchino (Japan), 6-0
WIN Synne Eriksen (Norway), pin 0:19
KLIPPAN, Sweden – The United States won a pair of gold medals from Kennedy Blades (Broadview, Ill/Izzy Style) at 69 kg and Amit Elor (Walnut Creek, Calif./Titan Mercury) at 65 kg, coming home with seven total medals at the UWW Cadet division of the Klippan Lady Open.
Blades won a five-athlete round robin, claiming four victories including two pins and a technical fall. She secured a 6-0 win over runner-up Ami Uchino of Japan, her closest bout. Blades was a member of the 2019 U.S. Cadet World Team and attends Wyoming Seminary. Blades is ranked No. 1 in the National Girls High School rankings at 152 pounds
Elor, a 2019 Cadet World bronze medalist and 2019 Cadet Beach World champion, won all four of her bouts, including a 10-0 technical fall over Elena Reinholtsen of Norway in the finals. On Friday, she beat three tough nationally ranked U.S. competitors to claim her pool. Elor is ranked No. 1 in the National Girls High School rankings at 164 pounds.
Winning silver medals for Team USA were Sterling Dias (Henderson, Nev./Slam Academy) at 43 kg and Nyla Valencia (Morgan Hill, Calif./Bulldog WC) at 49 kg.
Dias, a two-time Cadet World medalist, went 1-1 on Friday to place second in her three-athlete roundrobin.. Dias’ only loss was to 2019 Asian U15 champion Miwa Magara of Japan. Valencia, a 2019 Pan American Cadet silver medalist, won her pool with two technical falls and a pin, then lost in the finals to Japan’s 2019 Asian Cadet silver medalist Yu Sakamoto, 11-0.
Bronze medals went to Virginia Foard (Reva, Va./Team Cobra) at 40 kg, Skylar Hattendorf (Hooksett, N.H.) at 61 kg and Kylie Welker (Franksville, Wis./ Higher Level/EAP) at 65 kg.
Foard went 2-2 in a five-athlete roundrobin, losing to a pair of Japanese opponents. She attends Wyoming Seminary.
Hattendorf went 3-1, with two technical falls and a pin. Her only loss was to 2019 Cadet World champion Nonoka Ozaki of Japan. A 2019 Cadet World bronze medalist, Hattendorf beat Nicola Wasilewska of Poland by technical fall 10-0 in the bronze-medal bout. Hattendorf is ranked No. 1 in the National Girls High School rankings at 127 pounds.
Welker, a 2019 Cadet World bronze medalist, also went 3-1, with her only loss to U.S. champion Elor. She pinned Abigail Tikerpalu of Estonia in 1:58 in the bronze-medal bout. Welker is ranked No. 1 in the National Girls High School rankings at 132 pounds and is an Elite Accelerator Program (EAP) athlete at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center.
KLIPPAN LADY OPEN
At Klippan, Sweden, January 17
UWW Cadet medalists
40 kg
Gold - Miu Obata (Japan)
Silver - Yu Okada (Japan)
Bronze - Virgina Foard (USA)
43 kg
Gold - Miwa Magara (Japan)
Silver - Sterling Dias (USA)
Bronze - Hedda Ophaug (Norway)
46 kg
Gold - Nagisa Harada (Japan)
Silver - Anna Tieliegina (Ukraine)
Bronze - Ami Olsson (Sweden)
49 kg
Gold - Yu Sakamoto (Japan)
Silver - Nyla Valencia (USA)
Bronze - Haruna Morikawa (Japan)
53 kg
Gold - Akari Fujinami (Japan)
Silver - Nana Ikehata (Japan)
Bronze - Moe Kiyooka (Japan)
57 kg
Gold - Himeka Hasegawa (Japan)
Silver - Tilda Svensson (Sweden)
Bronze - Wilma Skoog (Sweden)
61 kg
Gold - Nonoka Ozaki (Japan)
Silver - Momoko Kitade (Japan)
Bronze - Skylar Hattendorf (USA)
65 kg
Gold - Amit Elor (USA)
Silver - Elena Reinholtsen (Norway)
Bronze - Kylie Welker (USA)
69 kg
Gold - Kennedy Blades (USA)
Silver - Ami Uchino (Japan)
Bronze - Elvira Braun (Sweden)
73 kg
Gold - Nanaha Takasu (Japan)
Silver - Daniella Galetto (Norway)
U.S. Cadet women’s freestyle results
40 kg: Virginia Foard (Reva, Va./Team Cobra), bronze medal
LOSS Miu Obata (Japan), 10-1
WIN Karolin Huth (Germany), pin 2:29
WIN Dorothea Jensen (Sweden), pin 1:50
LOSS Yu Okada (Japan), 7-5
43kg: Sterling Dias (Henderson, Nev./Slam Academy), silver medal
WIN Hedda Ophaug (Norway), tech. fall, 10-0
LOSS Miwa Magara (Japan), 2-0
49kg: Nyla Valencia (Morgan Hill, Calif./Bulldog WC), silver medal
WIN Anne Svarstad (Norway), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Liv Sjolander (Sweden), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Linnea Bergstrom (Sweden), pin 1:32
LOSS Yu Sakamoto (Japan), tech. fall 11-0
53kg: Ava Bayless (Greenville, Pa./Bad Karma), 5th place
WIN Frida Rasmussen (Norway), tech. fall 10-0
LOSS Olivia Andrich (Germany), pin 0:52
LOSS Akari Fujinami (Japan), tech fall 10-0
61kg: Skylar Hattendorf (Hooksett, N.H.), bronze medal
WIN Tea Baglo Holten (Norway), pin 1:16
WIN Saga Soro (Sweden), tech. fall 10-0
LOSS Nonoka Ozaki (Japan), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Nicola Wasilewska (Poland), tech. fall 10-0
65 kg: Kylie Welker (Franksville, Wis./ Higher Level/EAP), bronze medal
WIN Petra Ahlen (Sweden), tech. fall 12-0
LOSS Amit Elor (USA), 4-0
WIN Lillian Freitas (USA), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Abigail Tikerpalu (Estonia), pin 1:58
65 kg: Lillian Freitas (Modest, Calif./ Pitman Wrestling), 5th place
LOSS Amit Elor (USA), tech fall 10-0
WIN Reese Larramendy (USA), 8-1
WIN Petra Ahlen (Sweden), pin 2:39
LOSS Kylie Welker (USA), tech. fall 10-0
65kg: Amit Elor (Walnut Creek, Calif./Titan Mercury), gold medal
WIN Lillian Freitas (USA), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Kylie Welker (USA), 4-0
WIN Reese Laramendy (USA), pin 1:17
WIN Elena Reinholtsen (Norway), tech. fall 10-0
65kg: Reese Larramendy (Reno, Nev./Nevada Elite), 7th place
LOSS Lilian Freitas (USA), 8-1
LOSS Amit Elor (USA), pin 1:17
69kg: Kennedy Blades (Broadview, Ill/Izzy Style), gold medal
WIN Elvira Braun (Sweden), tech. fall 10-0
WIN Therese Andersson (Sweden), pin
WIN Ami Uchino (Japan), 6-0
WIN Synne Eriksen (Norway), pin 0:19
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