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Weekly FIVE! May 14, 2018

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Reviewing Thursday's Beat the Streets, the Youth Olympic Games qualifiers and Yazdani making Iran's world team.  

1. Cadet European Championships Begin Monday 
The 2018 Cadet European Championships begin Monday, May 14 in Skopje, Macedonia. 

The second cadet continental championship will serve as a qualifier for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games which take place this October. 

The first place finisher in freestyle and Greco-Roman will qualify their countries spot in the five designated weight classes, while the first and second place finishers in women's wrestling will qualify their nations spot for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.  

European Championship Schedule

Youth Olympic Weight Classes 
Freestyle - 48kg, 55kg, 65kg, 80kg, and 110kg 
Greco-Roman - 45kg, 51kg, 60kg, 71kg, and 92kg 
Women's Wrestling - 43kg, 49kg, 57kg, 65kg, and 73kg 

Amir ZARE (IRI) closes out the 2018 Cadet Asian Championship with a 10-0 win over Kumar ANIRUDH (IND). (Photo by Sachiko Hotaka)

2. Iran's Cadets Illuminate Uzbekistan 
Iranian freestyle wrestlers left the 2018 Cadet Asian Championships with medals in all but one weight class. 

Iran claimed an impressive six golds and three bronzes to close out the first cadet continental championship of the year. 

Even more impressive, in their six finals bouts, Iranian wrestlers picked up four technical superiority wins and averaged nearly ten points a match! 

Full Cadet Asian Championship Results   

3. Beat the Streets Match-up Order Announced 
The wait is almost over!

Three Olympic champions in Togrul ASGAROV (AZE), Jordan BURROUGHS (USA)  and Helen MAROULIS (USA) are set to compete at Beat the Streets which begins this Thursday, May 17 at 2:30 PM in New York, New York. 

The final two duals, USA vs. Nigeria and USA vs. Cuba start at 6:30 PM.

Women's Freestyle
USA vs. Nigeria 
57kg: Helen MAROULIS (USA) vs. Odunayo ADEKUROYE (NGR)
59 kg: Alli RAGAN (USA) vs. Adeniyi AMINAT (NGR)
68 kg: Tamyra STOCK (USA) vs. Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR)

FREESTYLE
USA vs. Cuba
57kg – Josh RODRIGUEZ (USA) vs. Reineri ORTEGA (CUB)
70kg – James GREEN (USA) vs. Franklin MAREN CASTILLO (CUB)
79kg – Kyle DAKE (USA) vs. Livan LOPEZ AZCUY  (CUB)
92kg – J’den COX (USA) vs. Yurieski TORREBLANCA QUERALTA (CUB)
97kg – Kyle SNYDER (USA) vs. Reineris SALAS PEREZ (CUB)
125kg– Nick GWIAZDOWSKI (USA) vs. Yudenny ESTEVEZ (CUB)

Age-level Match-up - Patrick GLORY (USA) vs. Gavin TEASDALE (USA) 

Co-Main Event – Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) vs. Frank CHAMIZO (ITA)
Main Event  – Jordan OLIVER (USA) vs. Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) 

4. Olympic Champion, Yazdani Locks up Another Iranian World Team Spot 
The world and Olympic champion, Hassan YAZDANI (IRI) defeated 2018 Takhti Cup champion, Kamran GHASEMPOUR (IRI) twice in the best of three series to make Iran’s 2018 Asian Games and 2018 World Championship roster. 

In the first match-up, Yazdani was tested early, giving up the first two points. The reigning world champion came back to outscore Ghasempour, 8-0 to take the first match, 8-2. 

The Olympic champion remained undefeated in Iran for the fourth consecutive year with a 5-0 victory in the second match. 

FULL RESULTS

5. Youth Olympic Qualifications by Country 
The 2018 Youth Olympic Games will take place October 12-14 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

The highest placing athlete from the Asian Championships qualified their countries spot for the Games in both freestyle and Greco-Roman. 

In women's wrestling, the top two athletes from the Asian Championships qualified their nations spot for the Buenos Aires Games. 

Qualifiers After the Cadet Asian Championships 
Freestyle 
48kg - UZB
55kg - JPN 
65kg - IRI
80kg - IRI 
110kg - IRI

Greco-Roman 
45kg - IRI 
51kg - JPN  
60kg - UZB
71kg - JPN
92kg - IRI 

Women's Wrestling 
43kg - JPN and MGL 
49kg - JPN and UZB 
57kg - JPN and IND 
65kg - JPN and CHN 
73kg - JPN and UZB 

Full Cadet Asian Championship Results   

Weekly FIVE! In Social Media

1. Big Move Monday! @vlasovroma90 #kaspeuro2018
2. Happy Mother’s Day, wrestling fans!
3. One of the most anticipated matches in years will go down May 17th in NYC. If you live in the area go ahead and support @beatthestreets, which provides wrestling opportunities to disadvantaged youth around the city. —>http://bit.ly/rotr-tix
4. Preparing for the match #wrestling #sportsgirl #cadet #asia #борьба
5. A few Black and Whites from the 2018 European Championships Kaspiysk.  #wrestling #kaspiysk2018 #unitedworldwrestling

Top 5: Active American Wrestlers

Thursday, May 7, 2020 - 19:20 By Andrew Hipps

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The United States has long been one of the world's top wrestling nations. The American freestyle team won the world team title at the 2017 World Championships in Paris, France, finishing with six medals, including two world champions. The United States women's wrestling team has earned a team trophy every year of this Olympic cycle, placing second in 2017, and third in both 2018 and 2019. Last year, the United States women wrestling team crowned three world champions for the first time ever. 

Let's look at the top five active American wrestlers.

5. Tamyra MENSAH

Twenty-seven-year-old Tamyra MENSAH was the 2019 United World Wrestling Women's Wrestler of the Year. She finished 2019 with an undefeated record capped off by winning the 68kg world title over Olympic medalist Jenny FRANSSON (SWE). Earlier in the tournament she dominated 2016 Olympic champion Sara DOSHO (JPN), 10-1. She was a bronze medalist in 2018 and became the first U.S. wrestler to win the Ivan Yarygin three straight years. Mensah is currently ranked No.1 at 68kg in the world and has locked up the top seed for the Tokyo Olympics. 

4. J'den COX

J'den COX has established himself as one of the world's top upper-weight freestyle wrestlers since entering the world stage in 2016. He earned a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Since then, Cox has gone 12-1 at world championships, winning a bronze medal in 2017 at 86kg before winning world titles in both 2018 and 2019 at 92kg. He was undefeated in 2019 and outscored his opponents 26-0 at the 2019 World Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.  

3. Adeline GRAY

In 2019, Adeline GRAY captured her fifth world title, becoming America's first-ever five-time world champion. Gray has won gold medals at the world championships each of the last four times she has competed in the event. Her last defeat at a world championship came in 2013, when she earned a bronze medal to go along with a world bronze she won in 2011. Gray is currently ranked No.1 in the world at 76kg.  

2. Kyle SNYDER

Kyle SNYDER, nicknamed "Captain America," became the United States' youngest wrestling world champion with his world title in 2015. The next year, Snyder won gold at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, becoming American's youngest Olympic wrestling champion. In 2017, Snyder won his world title by defeating Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) in a battle of 2016 Olympic champions. The next year, Snyder and Sadulaev met again for the world title in Budapest, Hungary, with Sadulaev coming out on top, leaving Snyder with the silver medal. In 2019, Snyder claimed his fourth world medal, winning bronze in Nur-Sultan. He is currently ranked No.2 in the world at 97kg with 57 Ranking Series points.

1. Jordan BURROUGHS

Jordan BURROUGHS has been a model of consistency and excellence at 74kg since breaking onto the world scene in 2011. He captured his first world title in 2011 and then became an Olympic champion the next year at the 2012 London Olympics. Burroughs has since added world titles in 2013, 2015 and 2017, along with world bronze medals in 2014, 2018 and 2019. He has compiled a 33-3 career record in world championship events. Burroughs is ranked No.4 in the world at 74kg with 43 Ranking Series points.