Wrestling

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Pan Am Championships started yesterday, Canada won 2 gold medals on the first day of WW, (we had 0 last year), albeit both were in non-Olympic events. However, Karla Godinez did win gold by beating former World Champion and fifth place finisher in Tokyo, Jacarra Winchester of the USA. 
 

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Canadian wrestling trials were held this weekend, the winner of each Olympic category qualified for the Worlds and the Commonwealth Games

 

Men's Freestyle

57 kg: Darthe Capellan 

65 kg: Lachlan McNeil (Eighth at World Juniors last year and Gold at Pan Am Juniors)

74 kg: Patrik Leder (2021 Pan AM Junior silver medalist)

86 kg: Alex Moore

97 kg: Nishan Randhawa

125 kg: Amar Dhesi

 

Looks like a changing of the guard happening here in the men's events. Realistically only Amar can be expected to win gold at Birmingham 2022.

 

Women's Freestyle 

50 kg: Madi Parks

53 kg: Sam Stewart

57 kg: Hannah Taylor

62 kg: Ana Paula Godinez

68 kg: Linda Morais 

76 kg: Justina Di Stasio 

 

Linda Morais moved up 9 kg to win this category, she is a former WC in the 59 kg event. Justina had a bad Pan Ams, but is probably our strongest bet for gold at the Commonwealth games. Ana Godinez, wow, she is a very powerful wrestler and has a chance as well. 3 gold medals is better than 2018, but still a drop from 2014.

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Karla Godinez wins the first Canadian medal of the 2022 World Wrestling Championships  winning the bronze medal match 6-2 over Moldova's Mariana Dragutan. Her first ever World Championships medal.

 

 

Her sister Ana Godinez finished just shy of the podium, losing the bronze medal match 3-4 against China's Luo Xiaojuan. 

Edited September 16, 2022 by Josh

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Justina di Stasio started off on a high, on the final day of the women's 76kg freestyle, winning her first repecharge match against Austria's Martina Kuenz 3-3, but ultimately finishes just short of a medal,  losing her bronze medal match against Estonia's Epp Mae by a score of 1-2, to finish 5th at the 2022 World Wresting Championships. The day before, she lost 1-3 to Egypt's Samar Amer in the Round Of 16. A great performance by her. Meanwhile, in the women's 68kg category, Linda Morais overcame a QF loss to Japan's Ama Ishii to win her third* world championship medal, winning her first repecharge match 1-0 against France's Pauline Lecarpentier, and ultimately ending her day with a second repecharge match won 4^{F  -} 4  against India's Nisha Dahiya

Edited September 19, 2022 by Josh

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34 minutes ago, Josh said:

Justina di Stasio started off on a high, on the final day of the women's 76kg freestyle, winning her first repecharge match against Austria's Martina Kuenz 3-3, but ultimately finishes just short of a medal,  losing her bronze medal match against Estonia's Epp Mae by a score of 1-2, to finish 5th at the 2022 World Wresting Championships. The day before, she lost 1-3 to Egypt's Samar Amer in the Round Of 16. A great performance by her. Meanwhile, in the women's 68kg category, Linda Morais overcame a QF loss to Japan's Ama Ishii to win her first world championship medal, winning her first repecharge match 1-0 against France's Pauline Lecarpentier, and ultimately ending her day with a second repecharge match won 4^{F  -} 4  against India's Nisha Dahiya

Morais is a former World Champion in the 59 kg category

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Canadian Trials are this weekend.

So far one upset: Patrik Leder out in the first round of the 74kg freestyle event. He won trials last year in the weight category.

 

No Linda Morais on the start list for 68 kg and no Erica Wiebe for 76 kg (though she is at the trials, so not sure why she isn't competing. The March 1st release by Wrestling Canada says she is competing).

 

No other upsets so far.

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Winners of 2023 trials (Olympic events only)

 

Men's Freestyle

57 kg: Darthe Capellan 

65 kg: Lachlan McNeil 

74 kg: Navid Zanganeh (formerly of Iran) @MHSN Edit: results changed and actually Adam Thomson was given the win

86 kg: Alex Moore

97 kg: Nishan Randhawa

125 kg: Amar Dhesi

 

 

Women's Freestyle 

50 kg: Genevieve Morrison (return of sorts, was the gold medalist at the 2015 Pan Am Games)

53 kg: Sam Stewart

57 kg: Hannah Taylor

62 kg: Ana Paula Godinez

68 kg: Olivia Di Bacco

76 kg: Justina Di Stasio 

Edited March 12, 2023 by intoronto

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Did Karla Godinez compete? @intoronto and if so what place did she finish in. 

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6 hours ago, Josh said:

Did Karla Godinez compete? @intoronto and if so what place did she finish in. 

3rd if I am not mistaken. She lost to second place Diana Wiecker. All 3 are very good wrestlers and that weight category probably has the most depth

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An update on Michelle Fazzari