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World Freestyle and Female Wrestling Cup opened in Krasnoyarsk (Photo)
3/22/2007 6:57:00 PM
World Freestyle and Female Wrestling Cup opened in Krasnoyarsk March 22. First deputy-governor Lev Kuznetsov, head of the Wrestling Federation of Russia Mikhail Mamiashvili, FILA President Rafael Martinetti, and young sportsmen of D. Mindiashvili children wrestling school attended the event.
Spectators could see a sport show by young wrestlers, followed by the speech by the organizing committee.
Opening the Cup, Lev Kuznetsov stressed, "It is a tribute of respect to all the local wrestlers headed by Ivan Yarygin, certainly, that Krasnoyarsk hosts the Cup." Rafael Martinetti said he was grateful to Krasnoyarsk for hosting and organizing an event as great as this, and for excellent level of wrestling on the whole.
Sportsmen have arrived from 11 countries, including the USA, Iran, Canada, Germany, China, Japan, Belarus, the Ukraine, Georgia, Uzbekistan, and Russia.
The teams of Russia, the USA, Iran, Georgia, the Ukraine, and Uzbekistan will compete in freestyle. The national teams of Russia, Japan, China, Canada, Germany and Belarus will take part in women's wrestling.
The third round of female cup started after the opening. Belarus and Germany compete in Group A, the USA and China meet in Group B.
Japan's team leads in Group A, while in Group B Russia and China have got one victory each.
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Three teams win two golds women’s freestyle event
3/23/07
Each of three teams, Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa and Haiphong, won two gold medals in women’s freestyle event of the national wrestling cup in Thai Nguyen, reported the Sports Daily.
The newspaper said national team’s wrestlers, who are competing for their clubs, dominated the event on March 22 as they won most of five gold medals.
Le Thi Trang, Luong Thi Quyen and Pham Thi Hue won gold medals for their clubs.
The women’s freestyle event closed on March 22, with Haiphong, Thai Nguyen and Thanh Hoa winning two gold medals each.
Hanoi won one gold medal by Le Thi Trang.
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Friday, March 23, 2007
RACHEL WILLIAMS
Recently, a column was printed in The Times of Trenton called "Denying es sential nature" by Gregory J. Sulli van (March 9). He wrote that it was in response to "news of sexual confusion and chaos emanating from the fetid ideological swamp of feminism." Namely, it is about girls participating in high school wres tling programs with boys and the creation of college coed dorm rooms. His problem with these "feminist contributions" has something to do with the mysterious phrases "essential nature" and "something powerful." It can only be guessed that the terms refer to hormonal boys wanting to have sex with hormonal girls.
Sullivan quotes a New York Times piece that recently ran about girls wrestling ("More Girls Take Part in High School Wres tling," Feb. 17), which he thought bolstered his argument in describing "the weirdness of the situation." However, the article also states, "One thing that coaches, parents and wrestlers -- both boys and girls -- agree on is that sex is the last thing on wrestlers' minds as they pull and push and turn their partners, same sex or opposite."
It is cruel of Mr. Sullivan to write a column that describes high school girls wrestling as "dumb and dangerous." As the only girl on Lawrence High School's wrestling team (1997-2001), I was not a great wrestler, but I was decent. Fortunately, I had supportive coaches, teammates and family. On the mat, I got bruised up. I made boys cry. I was frequently asked why I participated. Was it the attention? The guffaws about the groping and grabbing probably occurred more behind my back than to my face.
So why would I do it? Admit tedly, I never considered it a possibility that I participated to "sublimate" sexual frustrations. Yet, according to Sullivan, this is the function of such sports. Maybe it occurs only in male athletes. If it were true that the point of participating in contact sports is to evaporate excess sexual energy, what about the excessive masculine physical contact? Wrestling used to be a nude sport. No one would seri ously claim that only gay men wrestle.
The topic of my college applica tion essay concerned my realization that I wasn't trying to prove anything, that I simply liked the sport. That is the closest I've come to a true answer. I'm a stubborn person -- I wouldn't back down from something because it was "odd" or questioned. However, who needs to know all of that? Why should anyone have to explain him- or herself when all that the person is doing is participating in a sport? I've taken part in other sports -- gymnastics, track, ballet, diving -- and people never questioned my participation in those. In terms of outrageous feminist egalitarian efforts, surely there are more pressing issues.
I've never lived in a coed dorm room. I went to Smith College, an all-female institution. (I know what you're thinking, Mr. Sullivan: "No wonder. That place is full of liberal lesbians." And you'd be partially correct. There are also conservative women, straight women, apolitical women, international women, women from different socio-economic backgrounds, the list goes on. And shockingly enough, we were all treated equally, given the same opportunities.) Nevertheless, based on my observation, opposite- sex roommates or not, college dorm rooms are places where sexual confusion, experimentation, even promiscuity abound. I don't mean to make light of a situation where, more worrisome than sexual emotional damage, sexual health damage inevitably occurs. Simply, it's the nature of the beast. Trying to put an end to sexual activity in college would be like using one's thumb to stop a leak in a dam or magnets to prevent an earthquake. On the other hand, if members of the opposite sex lived together, perhaps a greater level of respect and insight might be achieved.
The point is definitely not that men and women are the same, equal. Surely, no two men are iden tical, nor are any two women. But on a wrestling mat, in a dorm room, at a dinner table, walking down the street, different people occupy the same realms. This should not be a problem. One hopes that coexistence between unique and even opposing individuals is possible.
In case that wasn't clear enough, people who are not the same should still be given the same basic level of respect and opportunity. Otherwise, racism, sexism, anti-Semitism and other legacies of hatred continue to have a place in society. Most people are aware of this, but when inflammatory argu ments such as Sullivan's are made, it becomes easy to lose sight of what should be obvious.
Rachel Williams now teaches preschool in Northampton, Mass.
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Mac honours it athletes; awards first-ever Hawkrigg Awards
By Denis Leblanc
March 23, 2007
Mike Matunin and Stephanie Sun are the first ever winners of McMaster University's Dr. Mel and Marilyn Hawkrigg Outstanding Sportsmanship Awards.
The honours were announced at McMaster's 83rd Annual Athletic Awards Celebration, held in the New David Braley Athletic Centre, to recognize outstanding individual and team achievements.
Matunin, from Unionville, Ont., was the Top golfer all season. At the Ontario University Athletics championship, he errantly signed his card showing a lower score (77 vs. 78) and voluntarily disqualified himself from the tournament.
Sun, a native of Trenton, Ont., helped shape the personality of a swim team that had 95% of their student-athletes post personal best times.
The other nominees for the Outstanding Sportsmanship Awards were Cam Mitchell (Rugby), Dan Smedley (volleyball), Cheryl Kemsley (ice hockey)and Carly Welch (volleyball).
The Female Athlete of the Year was Lindsay Degroot (Thedford, Ont.) from Mac's women's basketball team. She earned First team All-Canadian Honours becoming McMaster's second women's basketball player in school history to earn this distinction. Heather McKay was named to the CIS First team in 1989/1990. Degroot averaged 18.0 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.2 blocks per game in her first full season as a Marauder to lead McMaster to a CIS Number One ranking for 10 consecutive weeks enroute to an OUA West championship.
At the CIS championship, Degroot had three double-double performances, scoring 30 plus points in back-to-back games.
The other nominees for Female Athlete of the Year were: Carly Cermak (swimming), Stephanie Howorun (wrestling), and Sarah Van Hoof (rugby).
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CSCAA Posts Update to Equity in Athletics, Inc., Lawsuit --
March 23, 2007
ROANOKE, Virginia, March 23. EQUITY in Athletics, Inc. ("EIA") announced Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit in United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia seeking to set aside the so-called "three-part test" utilized by the Department of Education ("DOE") to determine compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, according to a press release posted on CSCAA.org. The case is Civil Action No. 5:07-0028 before Judge Glen E. Conrad.
EIA's lawsuit alleges that DOE changed the Title IX compliance test from the 1975 regulations' requirement of equal opportunity, based on the genders' relative interests, to the three-part test's standard of equal participation, based on enrollment. Citing Office of General Counsel memoranda from DOE's predecessor, the former Department of Health, Education & Welfare ("HEW"), EIA's complaint alleges that HEW did not intend the original three-part test in 1979 as binding or even as a test for Title IX compliance. No court has considered the merits of HEW's position in 1979 versus DOE's position today.
Since 1996, however, DOE has treated the three-part test as having the force of law, despite the failure of HEW and DOE to follow mandatory rule-making procedures to amend the Title IX regulations. EIA also alleges the three-part test violates the United States Constitution's equal protection guarantees on its face and as applied by DOE and educational institutions, which agree to follow federal standards as a condition of accepting federal funds.
EIA's President, John Licata said: "The three-part test is not faithful to Title IX's intent or the regulations that HEW adopted by HEW in 1975 to prohibit gender-based discrimination in athletics. The unlawful use of the test by the government over the last decade has resulted in the loss of countless opportunities for both men and women to participate in athletics. The elimination of opportunities for men does not expand opportunities for women. EIA is committed to Title IX's proper, nondiscriminatory intent."
EIA's litigation was spurred by a decision announced by James Madison University to eliminate ten varsity athletic teams effective July 1, 2007 in order to make JMU's rate of gender representation in athletic programs the same as its overall student gender breakdown. The "proportionality test" employed by JMU is one of the prongs of DOE's three-part test.
Phil Whitten, the Executive Director of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America and a member of the EIA's Board of Directors, commented: "There is a terrible irony now in the abuse and misuse of Title IX by some cynical athletic directors. Title IX, which was enacted to redress a situation in which women were denied educational opportunities --including athletic opportunities – solely on the basis of sex states quite simply and straightforwardly:
‘No person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid.'
"Yet," said Whitten, "that is precisely what has happened – and is happening with increasing frequency, as hapless athletic administrators cut Olympic sports including swimming, while they cite Title IX as a justification
"Tell me, how does cutting a young man from the men's swimming or wrestling or track and field team contribute to equality for women?" Whitten asked rhetorically.
"It doesn't. All it dos is shatter a young athlete's dream, a dream he most likely has worked years to turn into reality."
"These days, Title IX is even being used to cut women's sports – all in the name of equality.
"Title IX could not be more explicit: ‘No person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid'
"What pat of ‘no person' do these administrators fail to understand?"
EIA incorporated in February 2007 to support broad-based athletic programs, particularly to preserve all ten JMU teams scheduled to be cut: men's and women's archery and gymnastics, women's fencing, and men's swimming, track, cross country and wrestling. Notwithstanding its JMU focus, EIA's members include student-athletes, coaches, parents, and alumni from many schools outside the JMU controversy, including the University of Virginia, the College of William & Mary, and Old Dominion University in Virginia.
"We are particularly grateful that more than 100 members of the JMU family have contributed to EIA," said EIA President Licata, himself a JMU alumnus and former wrestling coach. The world's largest supplier of wrestling gear, Brute Wrestling, donated the proceeds of the Brute Adidas Nationals wrestling tournament, which enabled EIA to get started.
"Although the Brute donation enabled us to get started, we could not have filed this lawsuit without the support of the entire JMU community," said Licata, "The most gratifying support comes from JMU programs not affected by the planned cuts, such as women's swimming and track, who have joined to help save their male teammates."
Speaking about JMU's decision, EIA President Licata said "while JMU students are the biggest victims here, JMU itself is the victim of DOE's failure to acknowledge what Title IX actually requires." Licata added that "JMU has stated publicly its decision to eliminate the teams was motivated solely by its obligation to comply with Title IX. Given the legal uncertainty over what Title IX requires, JMU should withhold its planned cuts, pending the final resolution of this litigation. If not, EIA will add JMU to the lawsuit as a defendant and seek an immediate order from the Court to halt the cuts while this case proceeds."
"The opportunity to participate in intercollegiate athletics serves an important educational role not only for the students themselves, but also in developing the next generation of elementary, middle school, and high school teachers and coaches," Licata said. "Over time, eliminating Olympic intercollegiate sports teams has forced many school districts to replace the traditional teacher-coach with part time coaches who are not educators and thus often fail to keep scholastic sports within the educational mission that it should serve."
EIA's counsel are Lawrence J. Joseph (Washington, D.C.), Douglas G. Schneebeck (Albuquerque, New Mexico) and Thomas H. Miller (Roanoke, Virginia). Schneebeck is a graduate of James Madison University, and was the captain of JMU's 1982 track and field squad. Men's track is among the sports set for elimination by JMU.
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Alder Creek wrestling wins at Eagle Valley
Provided to the Sun
March 22, 2007
The Alder Creek Middle School wrestling team won a dual tournament Wednesday at Eagle Valley, where several Cougars collected their first victories of the season competing among six other programs.
Amanda Novick, the only girl on the Alder Creek team, pinned two boys in her weight class before losing a match by a couple points.
“I felt that I wrestled my best out there,” said Novick, who left the tournament with a 2-1 record. “It was a big accomplishment for me. I’m looking to do my best tomorrow (Saturday) and try to qualify for State.”
Sam Mohun was another standout for the Cougars, as he picked up his first win of the season.
“I’ve been having closer and closer matches,” Mohun said. “I finally won. It’s such a great feeling.”
Pat Shaffer also had been on a losing streak before pulling off his first win Wednesday.
“I have worked very hard in the practice room and have not had anything to show for it,” Shaffer said with a smile on his face. “Coach (Danny Curtis) kept telling me to keep my head up and keep working hard. Coach said that one day I would get my first win. When I won, I raised my hands in the air. I felt so good. I have accomplished what I’ve been wanting to do for the longest time.”
Colten Rodriguez, who has been wrestling at 15 pounds under the lightest weight class, defeated several kids during the dual meet.
Fifth-grader Thor Retzlaff pulled off what his coach called “a great win against a good wrestler” when he pinned an opponent from Eagle Valley Middles School. Retzlaff then wrestled an opponent from Carson Middle School who is one of the toughest in the weight class and lost by one point.
“It’s tough to wrestle as a fifth-grader,” Retzlaff said. “Everyone is older than me so I must work harder than the rest of the team in the practice room to do well. I came pretty close to beating Carson. It gave me a lot of confidence to wrestle at the qualifier.”
Coach Curtis said the dual at Eagle Valley was good for the Cougars’ confidence entering the State Qualifier on Saturday. Each wrestler had three or four matches, he said.
Check it out
The Alder Creek wrestling team will compete in the State Championship Qualifier at Carson City on Saturday. Wrestlers must place in the top-4 to advance to the State Championship at Yerington on March 31.
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U.S. women take fifth at the World Cup in Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Michelle Thilges USA Wrestling
03/23/2007
The U.S. women beat Germany to take fifth place at the Women’s World Cup in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
The U.S. team lost their first two pool matches to Russia, 3-4, and to China, 3-4.
China beat Russia, 4-3, to make it to the gold medal dual, placing Russia in the third-place match.
Japan beat Germany, 6-1, and Belarus, 6-1 to advance into the championship finals from the other pool. In the other bout in that pool, Belarus beat Germany, 4-3, to advance into the third place match.
In the gold medal dual, China beat Japan, 6-1. Russia took third place, beating Belarus 5-2.
Patricia Miranda (New Haven, Conn./Sunkist Kids), Marcie Van Dusen (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) and Sara McMann (Iowa City, Iowa/Sunkist Kids) won their matches against Russia.
McMann was a 2004 Olympic silver medalist and Miranda was a 2004 Olympic bronze medalist. Van Dusen won the 2004 University World Championships.
Miranda pinned Alena Adashinskaya in the second period. Van Dusen beat Natalia Karamchakova, 3-0, 1-0. McMann pinned Larisa Kanaeva in the second period.
Miranda and McMann continued their success as they beat their opponents in the dual versus China. Miranda beat Xiaomei Li, 6-1, 5-1, while McMann took down Dongmei Sung, 1-0, 1-0.
2006 U.S. World Team member Mary Kelly (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) also won her match against Xueceng Ren, 3-1, 2-1, who won last year’s World Cup at 51 kg/112.25 lbs..
The U.S. women won all seven matches against Germany to take fifth place. Randi Miller (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) beat Stephanie Gross 6-3, 3-0. 2005 World bronze medalist Katie Downing (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) pinned Maria Mueller in the first period.
The U.S. men’s freestyle team will compete this weekend in the World Cup. Other teams include Russia, Iran, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Georgia.
Team Score
1. China
2. Japan
3. Russia
4. Belarus
5. United States
6. Germany
Event Results
Championship Dual: China 6, Japan 1
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Yuri Kai (Japan) pinned Xueceng Ren (China), 2-0, 0:41
51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Xiaomei Li (China) dec. Ninako Hattori (Japan), 1-0, 1-0
55 kg/121 lbs. – Li Xu (China) dec. Chikako Matsukawa (Japan), 1-3, 3-2, 8-0
59 kg/130 lbs. – Dongmei Sun (China) dec. Kei Yamana (Japan), 5-0, 3-0
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Ruixue Jing (China) dec. Mio Nishimaki (Japan), 0-1, 2-0, 1-0
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Fengliu Zhang (China) dec. Yoshiko Inoue (Japan), 2-0, 1-0
72 kg/158.45 lbs. – Xu Wang (China) pinned Mami Shinkai (Japan), 6-0, 1:00
Third-Place Dual: Russia 5, Belarus 2
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Lorisa Oorzhak (Russia) dec. Marina Markevich (Belarus), 4-0, 3-0
51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Zamira Rahmanova (Russia) dec. Tatsiana Hrihoryeva (Belarus), 1-0, 1-0
55 kg/121 lbs. – Maryia Yahorava (Belarus) dec. natalia Karamchakova (Russia), 1-0, 0-1, 1-0
59 kg/130 lbs. – Larisa Kanaeva (Russia) dec. Bokhan Tatsiana (Belarus), 2-0, 2-1
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Alena Kartashova (Russia) dec. Volha Khilko, 3-0, 3-0
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Iryna Tsyrkevich (Belarus) dec. Anna Shamova (Russia), 4-3, 3-0
72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Guzel Manyurova (Russia) dec. Vasilisa Marzaliuk (Belarus), 3-1, 1-0
Fifth-Place Dual: United States 7, Germany 0
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Mary Kelly (USA) dec. Brigitte Wagner (Germany), 5-0, 1-0
51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Patricia Miranda (USA) dec. Alexandra Engelhardt (Germany), 1-0, 5-0
55 kg/121 lbs. – Marcie Van Dusen (USA) pin Jessica Bechtel (Germany), 0-1, 1:54
59 kg/130 lbs. – Sara McMann (USA) pin Christiane Knittel (Germany), 6-0, 1:40
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Randi Miller (USA) dec. Stephanie Gross (Germany), 6-3, 3-0
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Katie Downing (USA) pin Maria Mueller (Germany), 1:39
72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Iris Smith (USA) dec. Anita Schaetzle (Germany), 3-2, 1-0
Pool Results
China 4, United States 3
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Mary Kelly (USA) dec. Xueceng Ren (China), 3-1, 2-1
51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Patricia Miranda (USA) dec. Xiaomei Li (China), 6-1, 5-1
55 kg/121 lbs. – Li Xu (China) dec. Marcie Van Dusen (USA), 3-2, 6-0
59 kg/130 lbs. – Sara McMann (USA) dec. Dongmei Sun (China), 1-0, 1-0
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Ruixue Jing (China) dec. Randi Miller (USA), 7-1, 1-0
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Fengliu Zhang pin Katie Downing (USA), 1:42
72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Xu Wang (China) dec. Iris Smith (USA), 5-3, 2-1
Russia 4, United States 3
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Lorisa Oorzhak (Russia) dec. Mary Kelly (USA), 1-1, 3-2
51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Patricia Miranda (USA) pin Alena Asashinskaya (Russia), 4-3, 1:30
55 kg/121 lbs. – Marcie Van Dusen (USA) dec. Natalia Karamchakova (Russia), 3-0, 1-0
59 kg/130 lbs. – Sara McMann (USA) pin Larisa Kanaeva (Russia), 2-0, 1:40
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Alena Kartashova (Russia) dec. Randi Miller (USA), 0-1, 1-0, 2-0
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Alena Perepelkina (Russia) pin Katie Downing (USA), 4-0, 1:40
72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Guzel Manyurova (Russia) pin Iris Smith (USA), 0:44
China 4, Russia 3
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Xueceng Ren (China) dec. Lorisa Oorzhak (Russia), 1-0, 3-0
51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Zamira Rahmanova (Russia) dec. Xiaomei Li (China), 0-2, 5-0, 3-0
55 kg/121 lbs. – Li Xu (China) dec. Natalia Karamchakova (Russia), 5-0, 0-1, 3-0
59 kg/130 lbs. – Dongmei Sun (China) pin Maria Smolyakova 1-0, 1:30
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Ruixue Jing (China) dec. Anna Polovneva (Russia), 2-0, 4-5, 3-0
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Alena Perepelkina (Russia) dec. Fengliu Zhang (China), 1-0, 0-2, 1-0
72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Daria Nasarova (Russia) pin Xu Wang (China), 1-2, 1:24
Japan 6, Belarus 1
48 kg/105.5 lbs. –Yuri Kai (Japan) pin Marina Markevich (Belarus), 2-0, 1:20
51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Ninako Hattori (Japan) dec. Tatiana Grigoryeva (Belarus), 1-0, 2-0
55 kg/121 lbs. – Maryia Egorova (Belarus) dec Chikako Matsukawa (Japan), 7-0, 5-1
59 kg/130 lbs. – Kei Yamana (Japan) pin Tatiana Bokhan (Belarus), 1:48
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Mio Nishimaki (Japan) dec. Olga Khilko (Belarus), 3-0, 5-2
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Yoshiko Inoue (Japan) dec. Iryna Tsyrkevich (Belarus), 1-1, 2-1
72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Mami Shinkai (Japan) dec Vasilisa Marzaliuk (Belarus), 0-1, 1-0, 1-1
Japan 6, Germany 1
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Yuri Kai (Japan) dec. Brigitte Wagner (Germany), 2-0, 2-0
51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Ninako Hattori (Japan) dec. Alexandra Engelhardt (Germany), 1-0, 2-0
55 kg/121 lbs. – Chikako Matsukawa (Japan) pin Jessica Bechtel (Germany), 3-0, 0:48
59 kg/130 lbs. – Kei Yamana (Japan) pin Christiane Knittel (Germany), 0:45
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Mio Nishimaki (Japan) dec. Stephanie Gross (Germany), 6-0, 2-0
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Yoshiko Inoue (Japan) dec. Maria Mueller (Germany), 1-0, 3-0
72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Anita Schaetzle (Germany) dec. Mami Shinkai (Japan), 5-0, 0-2, 1-0
Belarus 4, Germany 3
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Marina Markevich (Belarus) dec. Brigitte Wagner (Germany), 1-0, 2-0
51 kg/112.25 lbs. –Alexandra Engelhardt (Germany) dec. Tatiana Grigoryeva (Belarus), 3-1, 2-1
55 kg/121 lbs. – Maryia Egorova (Belarus) dec. Jessica Bechtel (Germany), 3-0, 3-0
59 kg/130 lbs. – Christiane Knittel (Germany) Pin Tatiana Bokhan (Belarus), 1:24
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Olga Khilko (Belarus) dec. Stephanie Gross (Germany), 2-0, 2-0
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Iryna Tsyrkevich (Belarus) dec. Maria Mueller (Germany), 1-2, 3-0, 2-0
72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Anita Schaetzle (Germany) dec Vasilisa Marzaliuk (Belarus), 1-0, 2-1