Ahmadi adds to legacy with 13th gold on last day of Veterans Freestyle Worlds
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by Richard Immel, USA Wrestling
13-time Veterans World champion Shirzad Ahmadi shoots a single leg against Viktor Chirkov (Russia) at the 2016 Veterans Worlds. Photo: Robbert Wijtman, CSC Photography. |
Ahmadi went unscathed through the Div. G 63 kg bracket, picking up two wins in a three-man round-robin to claim his 13th gold medal at the Veterans World Championships. He defeated silver medalist Viktor Chirkov of Russia by technical fall, 12-2.
The 67-year-old Coventry, Conn. native is the only American in history to win gold in both freestyle and Greco-Roman at the Veterans Worlds, a feat he accomplished in 2015.
Relative newcomer Rudolph James earned a silver medal at 76 kg in Div. A on Sunday. The 2016 U.S. Veterans Nationals champion won two tight matches over Feodor Dandan of Ukraine and Umar Murzabekov of Russia before falling to Martin Runcak of Slovakia in the finals, 4-1.
2014 Veterans World champion Kenneth Peters finished with a bronze medal at 76 kg in Div. G.
He posted a 1-2 record in a four-man round-robin bracket, scoring a pin over Nikolay Yaroshenko of Russia to take the bronze.
The U.S. finished in third place as a team with 19 total medals won. Nine Americans finished atop the podium, while five wrestlers finished with silver and five earning a bronze.
Complete results and archived matches from the Veterans World Championships are being provided by United World Wrestling at www.unitedworldwrestling.org.
2016 VETERANS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Oct. 7-9 in Walbrzych, Poland
Final Results
Div. A
58 kg/127.8 lbs.
Gold – Hidemasa Okada (Japan)
Silver – Gerhard Van Der Merwe (South Africa)
Bronze – Adam Zakrzewski (Poland)
63 kg/138.8 lbs.
Gold – Arthouros Kalpatsanidis (Greece)
Silver – Donawan Davel (South Africa)
Bronze – Miguel Casqueiro Suarez (Spain)
69 kg/152 lbs.
Gold – Aslan Kaitov (Russia)
Silver – Wojciech Bernardelli (Poland)
Bronze – Bulent Hikmet (Turkey)
Bronze – Gankhuyag Dorlig (Mongolia)
76 kg/167.5 lbs.
Gold – Martin Runcak (Slovakia)
Silver – Rudolph James (United States)
Bronze – Enkhbayar Sharaa (Mongolia)
Bronze – Umar Murzabekov (Russia)
85 kg/187.4 lbs.
Gold – Dmitrii Darmodekhin (Russia)
Silver – Eduard Krasnov (Russia)
Bronze – Juraj Dancak (Slovakia)
Bronze – Ioseb Khutsishvili (Georgia)
97 kg/213.8 lbs.
Gold – Ali Darakhshanifara (Finland)
Silver – Krzysztof Czerczak (Poland)
Bronze – Cem Ozden (Turkey)
130 kg/286.6 lbs.
Gold – Duane Van Staden (South Africa)
Silver – Leif Bengtsson (Sweden)
Bronze – Adam Krolak (Poland)
Div. G
58 kg/127.8 lbs.
Gold – Constantin (Romania)
Silver – Fedot Solovev (Russia)
Bronze – Vasilii Pakhomov (Russia)
63 kg/138.8 lbs.
Gold – Shirzad Ahmadi (United States)
Silver – Viktor Chirkov (Russia)
Bronze – Andrzej Stolarski (Poland)
69 kg/152 lbs.
Gold – Viktor Tonkikh (Russia)
Silver – Karib Ashuraliev (Russia)
Bronze – Veikko Timo (Finland)
76 kg/167.5 lbs.
Gold – Diego Rossi (Italy)
Silver – Anatolii Bilanenko (Ukraine)
Bronze – Kenneth Peters (United States)
85 kg/187.4 lbs.
Gold – Magomed Badrudinov (Russia)
Silver – Izzettin Soysal (Turkey)
Bronze – Mario Domnowsky (Germany)
97 kg/213.8 lbs.
Gold – Artur Sammet (Germany)
Silver – Stasys Saduikis (Lithuania)
Bronze – Mehmet Uzunoglu (Turkey)
130 kg/286.6 lbs.
Gold – Ludovic Ambrus (Romania)
Silver – Nikolai Shemarov (Russia)
Bronze – Vasyl Skliaruk (Ukraine)
U.S. Men’s Freestyle Results
Div. A
76 kg/167.5 lbs. – Rudolph James, St. Paul, Minn., Silver
WIN Feodor Dandan (Ukraine), 5-3
WIN Umar Murzabekov (Russia), 6-1
LOSS Martin Runcak (Slovakia), 4-1
85 kg/187.4 lbs. – Joseph Lim, Alexandria, Va.
LOSS Cem Ozden (Turkey), 8-3
LOSS Krzysztof Czerczak (Poland), 10-0
LOSS Alfred Schutte (South Africa), Fall
LOSS Ali Darakhshanifara (Finland), Fall
Div. G
63 kg/138.8 lbs. – Shirzad Ahmadi, Coventry, Conn., Gold
WIN Viktor Chirkov (Russia), 12-2
WIN Andrzej Stolarski (Poland), Forfeit
76 kg/167.5 lbs. – Kenneth Peters, Elmhurst, Ill., Bronze
WIN Nikolay Yaroshenko (Russia), Fall
LOSS Anatolii Bilanenko (Ukraine), Fall
LOSS Diego Rossi (Italy), Injury Default