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Weekly FIVE! May 14, 2018

Monday, May 14, 2018 - 12:31 By

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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

Sidakov Tops Kentchadze at European Games, Two World No.1's Lose

Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 11:37 By United World Wrestling Press

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MINSK, Belarus (June 25) - The opening session of the freestyle wrestling competition at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus, saw a gold-medal finals rematch from last year's World Championships, as well as two world No.1-ranked wrestlers fall. 

Zaurbek SIDAKOV (RUS), a returning world champion, defeated world silver medalist Avtandil KENTCHADZE (GEO) 5-3 in the quarterfinals at 74kg. Only one point was scored in the opening period as Sidakov led 1-0 at the break. Both wrestlers found scoring opportunities in the second period and the Russian world champion held on for the two-point victory. His semifinals opponent will be Azamat NURYKAU (BLR), who won by injury default over Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) in the quarterfinals. 

Also at 74kg, Olympic and world medalist Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) was pushed in his opening match against junior world champion Khadzhimurad GADZHIYEV (AZE) but prevailed 4-3. He then earned a spot in the semifinals with a 15-4 technical superiority over Kyrillos BINENMPAOUM (GRE). Demirtas now faces Vasyl MYKHAILOV (UKR) in the semifinals.

At 57kg, Stevan MICIC (SRB) used a big second period to stun world No.1 Suleyman ATLI (TUR) 6-5 and earn a spot in the semifinals. Atli, a European champion and returning world bronze medalist, grabbed a 2-0 lead at the break. But Micic, a past junior world bronze medalist, scored all six of his points in the final period -- overcoming a four-point deficit -- to take the victory. He now faces U23 world bronze medalist Taras MARKOVYCH (UKR) in the semifinals.

Markovych earned a 7-3 win in the quarterfinals over Uladzislau ANDREYEU (BLR). The match was 3-3 at the break before Markovych pulled away in the final period. 

Returning world champion Zavur UGUEV (RUS), ranked No.2 in the world, was dominant in the quarterfinals at 57kg, earning a 10-0 technical superiority over Garik BARSEGHYAN (ARM). He will face 2015 junior world champion Mahir AMIRASLANOV (AZE) in the semifinals.

At 86kg, four-time world medalist Ali SHABANAU (BLR), ranked No.8 in the world, edged world No.1 Fatih ERDIN (TUR) 4-3. Erdin led 1-0 at the break, but Shabanu battled back to win. Shabanau will now meet Ahmed DUDAROV (GER) in the semifinals. 

On the bottom side of the bracket at 86kg, Alexander GOSTIYEV (AZE) and Dauren KURUGLIEV (RUS) claimed spots in the semifinals. Gostiyev, a 2018 European silver medalist, topped Sandro AMINASHVILI (GEO) 6-2 in the quarterfinals. Kurugliev, a two-time Yarygin champion, edged Zbigniew BARANOWSKI (POL) 4-3.

U23 world champion Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO) was dominant en route to reaching the semifinals at 125kg. He won his first two matches by technical superiority. He will face 30-year-old two-time world medalist Jammaladdin MAGOMEDOV (AZE) in the semifinals. Magomedov held on to defeat Daniel LIGETI (HUN) 6-5 in the quarterfinals. 

Two-time world fifth-place finisher Anzor KHIZRIEV (RUS) moved into the semifinals with a 9-4 victory in the quarterfinals over Faith YASARLI (TUR). Khizriev will meet Oleksandr KHOTSIANIVSKYI (UKR), a European bronze medalist. 

The Day 1 semifinals for the first four freestyle weight classes are scheduled to begin at 18:00 local time.

SEMIFINAL MATCHUPS

57kg
SEMIFINAL Taras MARKOVYCH (UKR) vs. Stevan MICIC (SRB)
SEMIFINAL - Mahir AMIRASLANOV (AZE) vs. Zavur UGUEV (RUS)

74kg
SEMIFINAL - Zaurbek SIDAKOV (RUS) vs. Azamat NURYKAU (BLR)
SEMIFINAL - Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) vs. Vasyl MYKHAILOV (UKR)

86kg
SEMIFINAL - Ali SHABANAU (BLR) vs. Ahmed DUDAROV (GER)
SEMIFINAL - Alexander GOSTIYEV (AZE) vs. Dauren KURUGLIEV (RUS)

125kg
SEMIFINAL - Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO) vs. Jammaladdin MAGOMEDOV (AZE)
SEMIFINAL - Anzor KHIZRIEV (RUS) vs. Oleksandr KHOTSIANIVSKYI (UKR)