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Men's Freestyle Wrestling Medallists Recap Men's -57kg Gold: Zavur Uguev Silver: Nurislam Sanayev (AKA Artas Sanaa) Bronze: Yuki Takahashi & Suleyman Atli Men's -61kg Gold: Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez Silver: Gadzhimurad Rashidov Bronze: Joseph Daniel Colon & Tuvshintulga Tumenbileg Men's -65kg Gold: Takuto Otoguro Silver: Bajrang Bajrang Bronze: Akhmed Chakaev & Alejandro Enrique Valdes Tobier Men's -70kg Gold: Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov Silver: Adam Batirov Bronze: Franklin Maren Castillo & Zurabi Iakobishvili Men's -74kg Gold: Zaurbek Sidakov Silver: Avtandil Kentchadze Bronze: Jordan Ernest Burroughs & Bekzod Abdurakhmonov Men's -79kg Gold: Kyle Douglas Dake Silver: Jabrayil Hasanov Bronze: Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov & Ali Shabanau Men's -86kg Gold: David Morris Taylor III Silver: Fatih Erdin Bronze: Taimuraz Friev Naskidaeva & Hassan Yazdani Men's -92kg Gold: J'Den Michael Tbory Cox Silver: Ivan Yankouski Bronze: Atsushi Matsumoto & Alireza Karimi Men's -97kg Gold: Abdulrashid Sadulaev Silver: Kyle Frederick Snyder Bronze: Abraham de Jesus Conyedo Ruano & Elizbar Odikadze Men's -125kg Gold: Geno Petriashvili Silver: Deng Zhiwei Bronze: Nicholas Edward Gwiazdowski & Parviz Hadi Men's Freestyle Final Medal Table RUS, 4 / 1 / 2 USA, 3 / 1 / 3 GEO, 1 / 1 / 2 CUB, 1 / 0 / 2 JPN, 1 / 0 / 2 BLR, 0 / 1 / 1 TUR, 0 / 1 / 1 AZE, 0 / 1 / 0 BRN, 0 / 1 / 0 CHN, 0 / 1 / 0 IND, 0 / 1 / 0 KAZ, 0 / 1 / 0 IRI, 0 / 0 / 3 ITA, 0 / 0 / 1 MGL, 0 / 0 / 1 ESP, 0 / 0 / 1 UZB, 0 / 0 / 1

now it's time for the medal matches...let's go Abraham!

and Gray just avoided the Canadian sweep by beating Wiebe in the semifinals of the -76kg class... she'll face Adar in the Gold medal match tomorrow...

and Canada makes it 2 out of 2 so far... in the -72kg class Justine Di Stasio (at least there's some Italian blood in the gold medal matches ) will face Ochirbat in the final...

and it's vs for Gold in the women's -68kg class... pity for our Dalma Caneva...she lost in the quarters against but unfortunately the Chinese girl couldn't match Cherkasova in the semifinal bout, so our girl won't take part in the repechage round tomorrow...

and Olli upsets the Japanese armada...for Gempei the shame of being the first Japanese girl to miss the Gold Medal match... vs for Gold in the women's -65kg class...

I think they're using the same new rules that allow Italy to use Conyedo, Kudiiamagomedov and Kakhelashvili...now you just need to have the residence in a Country and be part of a local club to take part in the international events for that Nation... the only part that remained the same as it was in the past (actually, the required inactivity period before the switch has increased) are the Olympic Games (and their qualification tournaments)...

Today's Semifinals... Women's -65kg Ayana Gempei vs Petra Maarit Olli Irina Netreba vs Danielle Suzanne Lappage Women's -68kg Koumba Selene Fanta Larroque vs Tamyra Mariama Mensah Zhou Feng vs Alla Cherkasova Women's -72kg Justina Renay Di Stasio vs Samar Amer Ibrahim Hamza Wang Yuan vs Nasanburmaa Ochirbat Women's -76kg Yasemin Adar vs Zsanett Nemeth Adeline Maria Gray vs Erica Elizabeth Wiebe and Today's Medal Matches... Men's FS -70kg Gold Medal Match: Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov vs Adam Batirov Bronze Medal Match #1: Franklin Maren Castillo vs Andriy Kvyatkovskyy Bronze Medal Match #2: Byambadorj Bat Erdene vs Zurabi Iakobishvili Men's FS -97kg Gold Medal Match: Abdulrashid Sadulaev vs Kyle Frederick Snyder Bronze Medal Match #1: Abraham Conyedo Ruano vs Pavlo Oliinyk Bronze Medal Match #2: Magomed Ibragimov vs :Elizbar Odikadze Women's -55kg Gold Medal Match: Mayu Mukaida vs Zalina Sidakova Bronze Medal Match #1: Lianna de la Caridad Montero Herrera vs Jacarra Gwenisha Winchester Bronze Medal Match #2: Jong Myong Suk vs Zhang Qi Women's -59kg Gold Medal Match: Risako Kawai vs Elif Jale Yesilirmak Bronze Medal Match #1: Pei Xingru vs Svetlana Lipatova Bronze Medal Match #2: Shoovdor Baatarjav vs Alejandra Romero Bonilla

yesss...vamos Cuba!...ops, I wrote it again...I mean, andiamo, Italia! Conyedo won a tough battle against the Mongolian guy and so we have another Cuban-born Italian in a Bronze medal bout... let's see if he can beat the last FS medal chance for the Host Nation, Pavlo Oliinyk (he too, not a proper Hungarian-born guy...but it's the modern globalized world, my friends )...

and Japan makes it 2 out of 2 in the women's division... grass is green, water is wet and Serbia wins another team ballsport world title...

what an end of the women's -55kg semi between Sidakova and Winchester! finally the last attempt of the US girl was denied by the video judge and the Belrussian won it...but it was fun to watch her praying and crying ad hoping while the refs were analyzing the video replay... in any case, tomorrow she'll be destroyed by the Japanese Mukaida, who had a relatively easy semi vs the Chinese girl...

by the way, Sadulaev did look quite focused in the last couple of matches... I guess he wants some kind of revenge against Snyder...

not this time... not Gold and/or Silver, at least (and I hope not even Bronze, considered that we still have Conyedo with a chance)... go Cuba...ops, I mean...go Italy!!

and today's Medal Matches... -57kg Gold Medal Match: Zavur Uguev vs Nurislam Sanayev (AKA Artas Sanaa) Bronze Medal Match #1: Reineri Andreu Ortega vs Yuki Takahashi Bronze Medal Match #2: Thomas Patrick Gillman vs Suleyman Atli -65kg Gold Medal Match: Takuto Otoguro vs Bajrang Bajrang Bronze Medal Match #1: George Bucur vs Akhmed Chakaev Bronze Medal Match #2: Lee Seung Chul vs Alejandro Enrique Valdes Tobier -79kg Gold Medal Match: Kyle Douglas Dake vs Jabrayil Hasanov Bronze Medal Match #1: Davit Khutsishvili vs Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov Bronze Medal Match #2: Ezzatollah Akbari vs Ali Shabanau -92kg Gold Medal Match: Ivan Yankouski vs J'Den Michael Tbory Cox Bronze Medal Match #1: Turtogtokh Luvosandorj vs Atsushi Matsumoto Bronze Medal Match #2: Dato Marsagishvili vs Alireza Karimi

today's Semifinals... men's FS -70kg Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov vs Zurabi Iakobishvili Adam Batirov vs Andriy Kvyatkowskyy men's FS -97kg Pavlo Oliinyk vs Kyle Frederick Snyder Elizbar Odikadze vs Abdulrashid Sadulaev women's -55kg Zalina Sidakova vs Jacarra Gwenisha Winchester Zhang Qi vs Mayu Mukaida women's -59kg Risako Kawai vs Svetlana Lipatova Shoovdor Baatarjav vs Elif Jale Yesilirmak

and this is the last action in this morning's session... women's -55kg, QTFs b. b. b. b. women's -59kg, QTFs b. b. b. b. only close match was TUR vs MEX...and by the way, the Mexican girl, Alejandra Romero Bonilla...

well, Oliinyk destryed that Canadian guy in the end... and Snyder had easy life against Conyedo...as expected... meanwhile it was very close between Alborov and Odikadze, but finally it was the Georgian guy to prevail (and the last desperate challenge by AZE didn't work this time)... men's FS -70kg, QTFs b. b. b. b. men's FS -97kg, QTFs b. b. b. b.

his personal coach is the same he used to train with in Cuba... however, he's already on 74kg weight limit (meaning he has to cut a bit of weight to compete)...and maybe that's the problem...he used to dominate his opponents by being taller and quicker than them, but now he's not bigger than his rivals and had to put on more muscles to go in the 74kg class and he looks to have lost some of his main features (also because he's getting older, of course)... I don't know...maybe he's starting his descending phase...from now on, he's still going to be good, but not so dominant as he used to be... Gaidarov is the head coach of the FS team (it's his credit to have taken Kudiiamagomedov in Italy)... p.s. I haven't got any answer about him yet...I hope sooner or later to have fresh news...

today's action so far... men's FS -70kg, QTFs vs vs vs vs men's FS -97kg, QTFs vs vs vs vs women's -55kg, QTFs vs vs vs vs women's -59kg, QTFs vs vs vs vs

maybe we have a chance, really... provided Conyedo has no chance against Snyder, he should face the Mongolian in the repechage final and then Oliinyk in the Bronze Medal match (I refuse to think the Ukranian-born Hungarian loses to CAN in QTFs)... so, he could really make up for Chamizo's fail (by the way, I'm very disappointed about how he wrestled in both the semifinal bout vs Sidakov and even more in the Bronze medal bout vs Burroughs...he didn't even look the guy we've been used to watch in the last 4 years, since he's with Italy)...

Manchester GP Final Medal Table GBR, 2 / 2 / 1 KOR, 1 / 3 / 0 CHN, 1 / 1 / 2 IRI, 1 / 1 / 1 ESP, 1 / 0 / 2 RUS, 1 / 0 / 0 THA, 1 / 0 / 0 CRO, 0 / 1 / 0 BEL, 0 / 0 / 2 MEX, 0 / 0 / 2 CAN, 0 / 0 / 1 EGY, 0 / 0 / 1 JPN, 0 / 0 / 1 TPE, 0 / 0 / 1 TUR, 0 / 0 / 1 UZB, 0 / 0 / 1

Women's -57kg Gold Medal Match Jade Jones b. Zhou Lijun 11-4

Men's -80kg Gold Medal Match Raul Martinez Garcia b. Damon Samsun 22-7

Women's -57kg, Semifinals Jade Jones b. Skylar Park 17-4 Zhou Lijun b. Raheleh Asemani 4-1

Men's -80kg, Semifinals Damon Sansum b. Seif Eissa by Withdraw (Eissa injured himself with 2 secs to go in the 2nd round on the score of 9-9) Raul Martinez Garcia b. Nikita Rafalovich 15-8