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Valencia Escoto Hace Historia para México en #WrestleOttawa Clasificatorio Olímpico

Dimanche 15 mars 2020 - 10:55 By Taylor GREGORIO

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OTTAWA, Canada – Alma Jane VALENCIA ESCOTO (MEX) won her semifinal match at 57 kg, becoming the first woman in history from Mexico to qualify for the Olympic Games in wrestling.

In the preliminary rounds, Valencia collected wins against Betzabeth SARCO COLMENAREZ (VEN), 5-1, and Nes Marie RODRIGUEZ TIRADO (PUR) by pin.

To earn a spot in the Olympic Games, Valencia knocked off 2019 World champion Linda MORAIS (CAN) in the semifinal with another victory by fall. She went on to win the finals by injury default to take the gold medal.

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

The United States women’s freestyle team qualified its remaining four weight classes for the Tokyo Olympics, advancing all of its athletes to the Pan American Olympic Qualifier finals.

Thanks to medal-winning performances at 68 kg and 76 kg at the 2019 World Championships, the United States entered the weekend with two weights already qualified. On Saturday, it completed its team sending Sarah HILDEBRANDT (50 kg), Jacarra WINCHESTER (53 kg), Helen MAROULIS (57 kg) and Kayla MIRACLE (62 kg) to their respective finals.

Today was the first international competition for 2016 Olympic champion Maroulis since the 2018 World Championships. She took the 2019 season off due to injury.

In her first bout, Maroulis defeated returning World champion Linda MORAIS (CAN) with a 12-2 technical fall.

Maroulis wasn’t the only World medalist to qualify the weight for the USA.

Hildebrandt is a 2018 World silver medalist at 53 kg. This year, she moved down to 50 kg for the Olympics, which is the weight she qualified today.

In the semifinals, Hildebrandt defeated 2012 World champion and two-time World bronze medalist Jessica MACDONALD (CAN) with a dominant 11-0 performance.

Similarly, Winchester, the 2019 World champion at 55 kg, moved down a weight class to compete at 53 kg this year.

To qualify, Winchester defeated 2016 Pan American champion Samantha STEWART (CAN), 8-4, in the semifinals.

Brazil, Canada and Cuba also qualified multiple weight classes for the Tokyo Olympics.

Earning three spots for Cuba were Yusneylis GUZMAN LOPEZ (50 kg), Lianna de la Caridad MONTERO HERRERA (53 kg) and 2018 U23 World champion Yudari SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZ (68 kg).

Brazil picked up two spots with Lais NUNES DE OLIVEIRA (62 kg) and 2014 World silver medalist Aline DA SILVA FERREIRA (76 kg) advancing to the finals.

Nunes and da Silva were funded by the United World Wrestling Development Technical Assistance program, which allows athletes from developing countries the opportunities to compete at top-level events. Their qualifications for the Olympic Games would not have been possible without the support of UWW.

Host country Canada also qualified two spots, thanks to 2018 World silver medalist Danielle LAPPAGE (68 kg) and 2016 Olympic champion Erica WIEBE (76 kg).

The Pan American Olympic Qualifier wraps up tomorrow with the men’s freestyle competition.

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OTTAWA, Canada – Alma Jane VALENCIA ESCOTO (MEX) gano su semifinal en 57 kg para convertirse en la primera Mexicana en clasificar a unos Juegos Olimpicos en lucha.

En las primeras rondas, Valencia derroto a Betzabeth SARCO COLMENAREZ (VEN) y Nes Marie RODRIGUEZ TIRADO (PUR).

Para calificar la categoria, Valencia vencio a la campeona mundial de 2019 Linda MORAIS (CAN) por puestaespalda y en la final, la Mexicana gano por lesion y para así quedarse con la medalla de oro.

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

La cuatro integrantes del equipo de Estados Unidos avanzaron a las finales en sus respectivas categorías, con lo que clasificaron a Tokio 2020.

Gracias a que en el Campeonato Mundial de 2019 resultaron ganadores de medalla en 68 y 76 kg en el 2019, los Estados Unidos llegaron a este evento con dos categorias ya clasificadas, por lo que hoy completaron el equipo con Sarah HILDEBRANDT (50 kg), Jacarra WINCHESTER (53 kg), Helen MAROULIS (57 kg) y Kayla MIRACLE (62 kg).

Hoy fue la primera competencia internacional en 2 años para la campeona olimpica en Río 2016 Helen Maroulis, ya que no participaba en un evento de esta naturaleza desde el Campeonato Mundial 2018.

En su primero combate, Maroulis derroto a la campeona mundial 2019 Morais de Canada por superioridad tecnica.

Maroulis no fue la unica medallista mundial quien califico su categoria para EE. UU. Hildebrandt medallista de plata en 2018, y Winchester ganadora de la medalla de oro en 2019 también consiguieron el boleto a Tokio.

Brasil, Canadá y Cuba también tuvieron m múltiples clasificados para los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio.

Cuba se quedó con tres plazas gracias a Yusneylis GUZMAN LOPEZ (50 kg), Lianna de la Caridad MONTERO HERRERA (53 kg) y campeona mundial U23 de 2018, Yudari SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZ (68 kg).

Por otro lado, Brazil recolecto dos lugares cuando Lais NUÑES DE OLIVEIRA (62 kg) y la medallista mundial en 2014, Aline DA SILVA FERREIRA (76 kg) avanzaron a los combates finales.

Nuñes y da Silva fueron financiadas 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 clasificacion de ambas no sería posible sin el apoyo de UWW.

Canada califico dos categorías, gracias a la medallista de plata del mundial 2018 Danielle LAPPAGE (68 kg) y a la campeona olimpica debRío 2016 Erica WIEBE (76 kg).

El Clasificatorio Olímpico Panamericano termina mañana con los combates del estilo libre masculino.

Women’s freestyle finals results

50 kg
GOLD - Yusneylis GUZMAN LOPEZ (CUB) df. Sarah HILDEBRANDT (USA), injury default
BRONZE - Thalia MALLQUI PECHE (PER) df. Carolina CASTILLO HIDALGO (COL), injury default
BRONZE - Jessica MACDONALD (CAN) df. Rita Fatima ROJAS CHAVEZ (MEX), 10-0

53 kg
GOLD - Lianna de la Caridad MONTERO HERRERA (CUB) df. Jacarra WINCHESTER (USA), injury default
BRONZE– Samantha STEWART (CAN) df. Luisa VALVERDE MELENDRES (ECU), 9-0

57 kg
GOLD - Alma VALENCIA ESCOTO (MEX) df. Helen MAROULIS (USA), injury default
BRONZE – Linda MORAIS (CAN) df. Gabriela Nicole RAMOS DIAZ (PUR), fall

62 kg
GOLD - Lais NUNES DE OLIVEIRA (BRA) df. Kayla MIRACLE (USA), injury default
BRONZE – Michelle FAZZARI (CAN) df. Nathaly GRIMAN HERRERA (VEN), injury default

68 kg
GOLD - Danielle LAPPAGE (CAN) df. Yudari SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZ (CUB), injury default
BRONZE - Luz VAZQUEZ (ARG) df. Leonela AYOVI PARRAGA (ECU), 3-2
BRONZE - Tatiana RENTERIA RENTERIA (COL) df. Yanet SOVERO NINO (PER), 4-2

76 kg
GOLD - Erica WIEBE (CAN) df. Aline DA SILVA FERREIRA (BRA), injury default
BRONZE – Genesis REASCO VALDEZ (ECU) df. Andrea OLAYA GUTIERREZ (COL), injury default

Women’s freestyle semifinals results

50 kg
Sarah HILDEBRANDT (USA) df. Jessica MACDONALD (CAN), 11-0
Yusneylis GUZMAN LOPEZ (CUB) df. Carolina CASTILLO HIDALGO, 6-4

53 kg
Jacarra WINCHESTER (USA) df. Samantha STEWART (CAN), 8-4
Lianna de la Caridad MONTERO HERRERA (CUB) df. Luisa VALVERDE MELENDRES (ECU), 5-4

57 kg
Helen MAROULIS (USA) df. Nes Marie RODRIGUEZ TIRADO (PUR), 11-0
Alma VALENCIA ESCOTO (MEX) df. Linda MORAIS (CAN), fall 3:45

62 kg
Kayla MIRACLE (USA) df. Michelle FAZZARI (CAN), 12-3
Lais NUNES DE OLIVEIRA (BRA) df. Nathaly GRIMAN HERRERA (VEN), 3-1

68 kg
Yudari SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZ (CUB) df. Yanet SOVERO NINO (PER), 5-0
Danielle LAPPAGE (CAN) df. Leonela AYOVI PARRAGA (ECU), 10-0

76 kg
Erica WIEBE (CAN) df. Genesis REASCO VALDEZ (ECU), 5-0
Aline DA SILVA FERREIRA (BRA) df. Andrea OLAYA GUTIERREZ (COL), 2-1

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