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Cuba Califica Todas las Categorias en Estilo Grecorromano para los Juegos Olimpicos

Dimanche 15 mars 2020 - 10:53 By Taylor GREGORIO

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Photo of Gabriel ROSILLO KINDELAN (CUB). By Tony Rotundo. 

OTTAWA, Canada – With four Cuban athletes winning their respective semifinals at the Pan American Olympic Qualifier, Cuba has now qualified all six Greco-Roman weights for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

In this weekend’s event, the top-two from each weight class will earn a bid for their countries to the 2020 Olympics.

Cuba entered the weekend with the 67 kg and 130 kg weight classes already qualified, thanks to medal-winning performances at the 2019 World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.

Cubans in the other four weight classes advanced to the Pan Am Olympic Qualifier finals on Friday and punched their tickets to Tokyo. They included Luis ORTA SANCHEZ (60 kg), Yosvanys PENA FLORES (77 kg), Daniel GREGORICH HECHAVARRIA (87 kg) and Gabriel ROSILLO KINDELAN (97 kg).

The unofficial team champions from the 2016 Olympic Games, Cuba seeks to continue its dominance, sending a full squad to Tokyo, including returning Olympic champions Ismael BORRERO MOLINA (67 kg) and Mijain LOPEZ NUNEZ (130 kg).

The United States also had four athletes qualify their weights today, advancing to the finals, including Ildar HAFIZOV (60 kg), Alejandro SANCHO (67 kg), Josef RAU (87 kg) and G’Angelo HANCOCK (97 kg).

Other wrestlers that qualified include Julian HORTA ACEVEDO (COL) at 67 kg, Jose VARGAS RUEDA (MEX) at 77 kg, and Yasmani ACOSTA FERNANDEZ (CHI) and Eduard SOGHOMONYAN (BRA) at 130 kg.

At 67 kg, Horta of Colombia was funded by the United World Wrestling Development Technical Assistance program, which allows athletes from developing countries the opportunities to compete at top-level events. Horta’s qualification for the Olympic Games would not have been possible without the support of UWW.

Not only did Horta qualify for the Olympics but he also went on to win gold at the Pan American Olympic Qualifier, defeating Sancho of USA in the 67 kg finals, 4-0.

The finals featured three head-to-head matches between Cuba and the United States: 60 kg, 87 kg and 97 kg.

Orta of Cuba won his third Pan American gold medal on Friday night, defeating Hafizov of USA in a decisive 7-0 victory in the 60 kg finals.

At 87 kg, Rau picked up his second gold medal of the week as two-time U23 World medalist Gregorich was unable to compete, due to injury.  

Rosillo and Hancock battled each other at 97 kg for the third time in less than a week and second time for gold. Hancock won in the finals last week, 10-0, but this time, it was Rosillo taking the gold in an 11-8 shootout, making it one of the most entertaining bouts of the night.

Cuba earned another gold medal at 77 kg as Pena dominated Vargas from Mexico with an 8-0 technical fall.

Claiming the title at 130 kg was 2017 World bronze medalist Acosta of Chile, who overwhelmed Soghomonyan of Brazil with a 9-0 win in the finals.

Action continues tomorrow with the women’s freestyle Pan Am Olympic Qualifier.

Photo of Joe RAU (USA). By Tony Rotundo. 

En Espanol

OTTAWA, Canada – Cuatro Cubanos avanzaron a las finales del Clasificatorio Olímpico Panamericano por lo que consiguieron la plaza para los Juegos Olímpicos 2020; por ello, Cuba ha clasificado atletas en las seis categorías del estilo grecorromano para Tokio.

En este evento, los dos mejores atletas de cada categoría calificaron a sus países a la justa Olímpica.

Cuba llego a este evento con las categorías 67 kg y 130 kg ya clasificadas; en las otras cuatro categorías ganaron sus semifinales este viernes para garantizar sus lugares en Tokio. El representativo cubano está conformado por Luis ORTA SANCHEZ (60 kg), Yosvanys PENA FLORES (77 kg), Daniel GREGORICH HECHAVARRIA (87 kg) y Gabriel ROSILLO KINDELAN (97 kg).

El grupo de calificados cubanos se completa con los dos campeones olímpicos, Ismael BORRERO MOLINA (67 kg) y Mijain LOPEZ NUÑEZ (130 kg).

Los Estados Unidos también calificaron cuatro categorías de peso hoy. Los clasificados fueron Ildar HAFIZOV (60 kg), Alejandro SANCHO (67 kg), Josef RAU (87 kg) y G’Angelo HANCOCK (97 kg).

Luchadores de diversos países completan la lista de invitados a Tokio 2020, Julian HORTA ACEVEDO (COL) en 67 kg, Jose VARGAS RUEDA (MEX) en 77 kg, Yasmani ACOSTA FERNANDEZ (CHI) y Eduard SOGHOMONYAN (BRA) en 130 kg.

En 67 kg, Horta de Colombia fue financiado por el programa United World Wrestling Development Technical Assistance, que brinda a los atletas de países en desarrollo la oportunidad de competir en eventos de alto nivel. La clasificación de él no sería posible sin la apoyo de UWW.

Horta no solo se clasificó para los Juegos Olímpicos, sino que también ganó el oro en el Clasificatorio Olímpico Panamericano, derrotando a Sancho de USA en la final de 67 kg, 4-0.

De tres combates en donde Cuba se enfrentó a los Estados Unidos: 60 kg, 87 kg y 97 kg.

Orta de Cuba venció a Sancho de USA, 7-0, para obtener su tercer medalla de oro panamericana.

En 87 kg, Rau gano su segunda medalla de oro de la semana, ya que en la final, el medallista mundial U23 Gregorich, no pudo competir debido a una lesión.

Rosillo y Hancock lucharon en 97 kg por tercer vez en menos de una semana y por segunda vez el oro fue para Hancock, quien gano la semana pasada 10-0, pero esta vez la historia fue diferente y Rosillo derroto a Hancock 11-8, en unos de los combates más emocionante de la noche.

Cuba gano otra medalla de oro en la categoría 77 kg cuando Peña domino a Vargas de México con una victoria contundente de 8-0. Peña también gano el título del Campeonato Panamericano la semana pasada.

El título en los 130 kg fue para el medallista de bronce mundial en 2017, Yasmani Acosta de Chile, quien superó a Soghomonyan de Brasil con una victoria por 9-0.

Acción continua mañana con el estilo libre femenil.

Greco-Roman finals results

60 kg
GOLD - Luis ORTA SANCHEZ (CUB) df. Ildar HAFIZOV (USA), 7-0
BRONZE - Dicther TORO CASTANEDA (COL) df. Gustavo RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ (VEN), 12-6
BRONZE - Andres MONTANO ARROYO (ECU) df. Samuel GURRIA VIGUERAS (MEX), 9-7

67 kg
GOLD - Julian HORTA ACEVEDO (COL) df. Alejandro SANCHO (USA), 4-0
BRONZE- Joilson DE BRITO RAMOS JUNIOR (BRA) df. Cristhian RIVAS CASTRO (ECU), 9-0
BRONZE- Manuel LOPEZ SALCEDO (MEX) df. Enyer FELICIANO (DOM), fall

77 kg
GOLD - Yosvanys PENA FLORES (CUB) df. Jose VARGAS RUEDA (MEX), 8-0
BRONZE– Patrick SMITH (USA) df. Jair CUERO MUNOZ (COL), 3-2
BRONZE - Marciano ALI (PUR) df. Wuileixis de Jesus RIVAS ESPINOZA (VEN), injury default

87 kg
GOLD - Josef RAU (USA) df. Daniel GREGORICH HECHAVARRIA (CUB), injury default
BRONZE– Ariel ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ (HON) df. Daniel VICENTE GOMEZ (MEX), 6-2
BRONZE- Luis Eduardo AVENDANO ROJAS (VEN) df. Lesyan Osvaldo COUSIN (JAM), 6-1

97 kg
GOLD - Gabriel ROSILLO KINDELAN (CUB) df. G’Angelo HANCOCK (USA), 11-8
BRONZE– Luillys Jose PEREZ MORA (VEN) df. Kevin MEJIA CASTILLO (HON), injury default

130 kg
GOLD - Yasmani ACOSTA FERNANDEZ (CHI) df. Eduard SOGHOMONYAN (BRA), 9-0
BRONZE– Adam COON (USA) df. Leo Dalis SANTANA HEREDIA (DOM), injury default
BRONZE - Moises PEREZ HELLBURG (VEN) df. Luis ROMAN BARRIOS (MEX), 9-0

Greco-Roman semifinal results

60 kg
Ildar HAFIZOV (USA) df. Samuel GURRIA VIGUERAS (MEX), 7-2
Luis ORTA SANCHEZ (CUB) df. Gustavo RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ (VEN), 5-2

67 kg
Julian HORTA ACEVEDO (COL) df. Joilson DE BRITO RAMOS JUNIOR (BRA), 9-0
Alejandro SANCHO (USA) df. Manuel LOPEZ SALCEDO (MEX), 8-1

77 kg
Jose VARGAS RUEDA (MEX) df. Marciano ALI (PUR), 3-2
Yosvanys PENA FLORES (CUB) df. Patrick SMITH (USA), 6-1

87 kg
Daniel GREGORICH HECHAVARRIA (CUB) df. Ariel ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ (HON), 6-0
Josef RAU (USA) df. Lesyan COUSIN OTOMURO (JAM), 9-1

97 kg
Gabriel ROSILLO KINDELAN (CUB) df. Luillys Jose PEREZ MORA (VEN), 8-0
G’Angelo HANCOCK (USA) df. Kevin MEJIA CASTILLO (HON), 9-0

130 kg
Yasmani ACOSTA FERNANDEZ (CHI) df. Leo SANTANA HEREDIA, 9-0
Eduard SOGHOMONYAN (BRA) df. Moises PEREZ HELLBURG (VEN), fall

La Finlande et la Suède se qualifient pour les finales des Championnats d'Europe Junior

Dimanche 2 juillet 2017 - 12:07 By William May

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DORTMUND, Allemagne (1er juillet) – En lutte gréco-romaine, la Finlande et la Suède se sont qualifiés pour les finales après près d'une dizaine année d'absence aux Championnats d'Europe Junior.

Arvi SAVOLAINEN (FIN) a battu son vieux rival Artur SARGSYAN (RUS) avant de se qualifier en finale à 96 kg, et Ardit FAZLJIJA (SWE) a gagné trois fois par supériorité technique à 60 kg.

Savolainen, qui avait perdu 8-0 face à Sargsyan au Championnats du Monde cadet de 2015, a gagné 2-1 face à son adversaire en quarts de finale samedi.

Savolainen a ensuite gagné 2-1 face au champion du monde cadet de 2014 Vladen KOZLIUK (UKR) en demi-finale.

"Savolainen s'est entrainé très dur, et il a plus de puissance physique" commente son coach Jarkko ALA-HUIKKU (FIN). "Il a fait des progrès ces dernières années, petit à petit, car il est très motivé (à s'améliorer)".

Savolainen affrontera Suleyman ERBAY (TUR) samedi soir en finale, et est le premier finaliste finlandais aux Championnats d'Europe junior depuis 2009, lorsque Sasu KAASINEN (FIN)  avait remporté l'or à 6 kgg à Tbilisi.

Fazlijia, se son côté, a battu Fadis VALITOV (RUS) et Raphael JAEGER (AUT) en moins de 50 secondes chacun à 60 kg. En demi-finale, il a gagné par supériorité technique face à Aleksander HRUSHYN (UKR) en 4:01.

Fazlijia est le premier lutteur de Suède à se qualifier pour les finales des Championnats d'Europe junior depuis 2010, lorsque Alexander JERSGREN (SWE) avait remporté l'argent à 74 kg. Le dernier champion d'Europe junior de Suède est Eddy BENGTSSON (SWE), qui avait gagné l'or à 130 kg à Budapest en 1999.

Arvi SAVOLAINEN (FIN) settled an old score with rival Artur SARGSYAN (RUS) on his way to the gold medal final at 96kg, while Ardit FAZLJIJA (SWE) rolled up three technical falls against three of Europe’s finer young wrestlers to book a place in the 60kg final.

Savolainen, who lost 8-0 to Sargsyan at the 2015 cadet world championships, hammered out a 2-1 win over his rival in the quarterfinals at Helmut Kornig Halle on Saturday. Savolainen then posted another 2-1 win over 2014 cadet world champ Vladen KOZLIUK (UKR) in the semifinals..

“(Savolainen) has been training very hard, so he’s more physical now,” coach Jarkko ALA-HUIKKU (FIN) said. “He has been making progress these recent years, step-by-step, because he has good motivation (to improve).”

With his win over Kozliuk, Savolainen faces Suleyman ERBAY (TUR) in Saturday evening’s finale and becomes the first Finnish finalist at the European junior championships since 2009, when Sasu KAASINEN (FIN) won the gold medal at 66kg in Tbilisi.

Fazljija, meanwhile, was lighting up his opponents at 60kg – wrapping up Fadis VALITOV (RUS) and Raphael JAEGER (AUT) in under 50 seconds each. In the semifinal, Fazljija threw Aleksander HRUSHYN (UKR), nearly pinning last year’s bronze medal winner, and then finishing him off with a pair of gut wrenches for the technical fall at 4:01.

Fazljija becomes Sweden’s first gold medal finalist at the Euro junior meet since 2010 when Alexander JERSGREN (SWE) took a silver medal at 74kg. Sweden’s last European junior champ was Eddy BENGTSSON (SWE), who won the gold medal at 130kg in Budapest in 1999.

In the 60kg final, Fazljija will square off with 2016 cadet world champion Leri ABULADZE (GEO), who also represented Georgia at the senior European championships in May – finishing seventh at 59kg.

Georgia was the only country to advance more than one wrestler into the gold medal finals Saturday. Ramaz SILIGAVA (GEO) came out on top of a wild semifinal, 14-11, with Cemal MUTLU (TUR) and will take on Zulfigar ALIYEV (AZE) for the gold medal.

At 74kg, Narek OGANIAN (RUS), who took a bronze medal at the senior Ivan Poddubny Tourney in January, will take on Elmar NURALIEV (UKR), a European cadet silver medalist in 2014.

Medal Final Pairings & Semifinal Results

Greco-Roman

50kg (16 entries)
Gold – Zulfigar ALIYEV (AZE) v Ramaz SILAGAVA (GEO)

Bronze – Atmir KOTCHEV (RUS) v Nikolai MOHAMMADI (DEN)
Bronze – Ashot MKHITARYAN (ARM) v Cemal MUTLU (TUR)

Semifinal – Zulfigar ALIYEV (AZE) df. Nikolai MOHAMMADI (DEN), 10-6
Semifinal – Ramaz SILAGAVA (GEO) df. Cemal MUTLU (TUR), 14-11

60kg (19 entries)
Gold – Leri ABULADZE (GEO) v Ardit FAZLJIJA (SWE)

Bronze – Teodor HORATAU (ROU) v Hrachya POGHOSYAN (ARM)
Bronze – Fadis VALITOV (RUS) v Aleksandr HRUSHYN (UKR)

Semifinal – Leri ABULADZE (GEO) df. Hrachya POGHOSYAN (ARM), 1-1 
Semifinal – Ardit FAZLJIJA (SWE) df. Aleksandr HRUSHYN (UKR) by TF, 10-1, 4:01 

74kg (22 entries)
Gold – Narek OGANIAN (RUS) v Elmar NURALIEV (UKR)

Bronze – Beka MAMUKASHVILI (GEO) v Dominik GEGENY (HUN)
Bronze – Krasimir KRUMOV (BUL) v Malkhas AMOYAN (ARM)

Semifinal – Narek OGANIAN (RUS) df. Dominik GEGENY (HUN) by TF, 9-0, 2:54 
Semifinal – Elmar NURALIEV (UKR) df. Malkhas AMOYAN (ARM), 4-1

96kg (19 entries)
Gold – Suleyman ERBAY (TUR) v Arvi SAVOLAINEN (FIN)

Bronze – Damian VON EUW (SUI) v Giorgi BARBAKADZE (GEO)
Bronze – Artur SARGSYAN (RUS) v Vladen KOZLIUK (UKR)

Semifinal – Suleyman ERBAY (TUR) df. Giorgi BARBAKADZE (GEO), 6-2
Semifinal – Arvi SAVOLAINEN (FIN) df. Vladen KOZLIUK (UKR), 2-1

En finale à 60 kg, Fazlijia affrontera le champion du monde cadet de 2016 Leri ABULADZE (GEO), qui avait également représenté la Géorgie aux Championnats d'Europe senior en mai - il avait terminé septième à 59 kg.

La Géorgie est le seul pays à avoir qualifié plus d'un lutteur en finale samedi. Ramaz SILIGAVA (GEO) a gagné 14-11 face à Cemal MUTLU (TUR) et affrontera Zulfigar ALIYEV (AZE) pour l'or.

A 74 kg, Narek OGANIAN (RUS), qui avait remporté le bronze au tournoi Ivan Poddubny en janvier, affrontera Elmar NURALIEV (UKR), médaillé d'argent des Championnats d'Europe cadet en 2014.

Finales et résultats des demi-finales

Lutte gréco-romaine

50kg (16 inscriptions)
Or – Zulfigar ALIYEV (AZE) v Ramaz SILAGAVA (GEO)

Bronze – Atmir KOTCHEV (RUS) v Nikolai MOHAMMADI (DEN)
Bronze – Ashot MKHITARYAN (ARM) v Cemal MUTLU (TUR)

Demi-finale – Zulfigar ALIYEV (AZE) df. Nikolai MOHAMMADI (DEN), 10-6
Demi-finale – Ramaz SILAGAVA (GEO) df. Cemal MUTLU (TUR), 14-11

60kg (19 inscriptions)
Or – Leri ABULADZE (GEO) v Ardit FAZLJIJA (SWE)

Bronze – Teodor HORATAU (ROU) v Hrachya POGHOSYAN (ARM)
Bronze – Fadis VALITOV (RUS) v Aleksandr HRUSHYN (UKR)

Demi-finale – Leri ABULADZE (GEO) df. Hrachya POGHOSYAN (ARM), 1-1 
Demi-finale – Ardit FAZLJIJA (SWE) df. Aleksandr HRUSHYN (UKR) par SP, 10-1, 4:01 

74kg (22 inscriptions)
Or – Narek OGANIAN (RUS) v Elmar NURALIEV (UKR)

Bronze – Beka MAMUKASHVILI (GEO) v Dominik GEGENY (HUN)
Bronze – Krasimir KRUMOV (BUL) v Malkhas AMOYAN (ARM)

Demi-finale – Narek OGANIAN (RUS) df. Dominik GEGENY (HUN) par SP, 9-0, 2:54 
Demi-finale – Elmar NURALIEV (UKR) df. Malkhas AMOYAN (ARM), 4-1

96kg (19 inscriptions)
Or – Suleyman ERBAY (TUR) v Arvi SAVOLAINEN (FIN)

Bronze – Damian VON EUW (SUI) v Giorgi BARBAKADZE (GEO)
Bronze – Artur SARGSYAN (RUS) v Vladen KOZLIUK (UKR)

Demi-finale – Suleyman ERBAY (TUR) df. Giorgi BARBAKADZE (GEO), 6-2
Demi-finale – Arvi SAVOLAINEN (FIN) df. Vladen KOZLIUK (UKR), 2-1