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Mysore, Sept. 23 (KCU) -
The Devaraj Urs Multipurpose Stadium in the premises
of Doddakere Maidan has been readied to host the wrestling championship, a
popular event during Dasara Festival, announced H.S. Mahadevaprasad, Minister
for Kannada and Culture.
Speaking after releasing the posters and folder of the National and State -
level wrestling championships at a programme organised at the Deputy
Commissioner's office here on Friday, Prasad announced that the Dasara- 2007
State-level wrestling championship would be held from Oct. 12 to 18 and the
National level from Oct. 16 to 18.
Women Wrestlers
About 300 to 400 competitors would participate in the State-level events
while 200 to 300 including women wrestlers, those from Mumbai and Delhi and
various Universities would participate in the National events, announced Rama
Subba, Police Superintendent and Chairman, Dasara Wrestling Sub-Committee.
All facilities including accommodation would be provided for the competitors,
said D. Ravi Kumar, Sub-Committee Member-Secretary.
District in-charge Minister G.T. Devegowda presided.
Oct. 1 will be the last date to receive applications for participating in the
State-level championship and it is Oct. 10 for the National level.
The men's and women's events will be held separately. Karate championship for
men and women will be held from Oct. 12 to 14 at the Chamundi Vihar Indoor
Stadium, announced Ravikumar.
More information can be had from the Member-Secretary, Wrestling
Sub-Committee and PRO, Cauvery Neeravari Nigam, KHB Complex, first floor, 9th
Main, Swimming pool Road, Saraswathipuram, Ph: 6554955.
By SUN WIRE FILES 9/23/07
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GRAPPLER WINS BRONZE
BAKU, Azerbaijan -- Canada's Erica Sharpe won a bronze medal yesterday at the
world wrestling championships.
Sharp, from Whitehorse, defeated Tatyana Bakatyuk of Kazakhstan 1-0, 3-2.
Two-time defending champion Hitomi Sakamoto of Japan won gold.
AKU: 9/23/07
Babita Kumari finished within the top eight women grapplers in the 51kg
class at the World wrestling championship here, but there was no Olympic quota
for her weight category.
Babita defeated Giorgiana Michaela Radoi of Romania in the second round after
getting a bye in the first, in a hair-splitting decision by the referees and
made it to the quarterfinals. Babita was 5-7 down, at the end of the three
rounds against Giorgiana, but on technical points she moved ahead with a 3-1
decision.
In the quarterfinals though, Babita lost to Kazakhstan’s Tatyana Bakatyuk
2-5.
Alka Tomar (55kg) wasnowhere near the quota. After a bye in the first round,
she lost to Canada’s Tonya Verbeek 1-8. In the 59kg, Kamlesh Devi lost to Lorisa
Kanaeva 6-0 in the first round
Travis Shives USA
Wrestling
09/22/2007
63 kg/138.75 lbs. –
Sara McMann (Gaffney, S.C./Sunkist Kids) vs. Kaori Icho (Japan)
67
kg/147.5 lbs. – Katie Downing (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) vs. Maria
Mueller (Germany)
72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Kristie Marano (Colorado Springs,
Colo./New York AC) vs. TBA ()
Craig
Sesker USA Wrestling
09/23/2007
BAKU,
Azerbaijan – A teary-eyed Kristie Marano came off the mat, walked down the steps
of the elevated platform and quickly found USA Wrestling National Women’s
Freestyle Coach Terry Steiner.
They hugged.
And then they
smiled.
Just moments before, Marano had launched Olympic silver medalist
Guzel Manurova of Russia with a textbook pancake maneuver for a first-period pin
to reach the finals of the World Championships on Sunday at the Heydar Aliyev
Sport and Exhibition Complex.
The 28-year-old Marano tied a U.S. record
for all three styles by winning her ninth World medal. She will shoot for her
third World title Sunday night when she faces 2006 World champion Stanka Zlateva
of Bulgaria in the finals at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. This is Marano’s seventh trip to
the World finals. Zlateva beat Marano a month ago in the finals of a tournament
in Poland.
“Kristie always performs her best when the lights are on,”
Steiner said. “She comes out there ready to fight and ready to battle. She finds
a way to make things happen.”
Marano (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York
AC) ties heavyweight freestyle legend Bruce Baumgartner with the most World
medals won by a U.S. wrestler with nine.
“Nine medals – that just speaks
for itself,” Steiner said. “To be in this fire nine times and win nine medals is
pretty amazing. The level of wrestling is improving, no doubt about it, and for
her to continue to succeed at this level is very impressive.”
This is
Marano’s seventh trip to the finals of the World Championships. She’s won a
medal in all nine trips to the Worlds.
The U.S. now has qualified for the
2008 Olympics in two of the four Olympic weight classes. The top eight finishers
in each of the four Olympic classes for women earn a berth to the 2008 Olympics
in Beijing, China. Marano and Stephanie Murata, who placed fifth at 48 kg/105.5
lbs. on Friday, have now qualified their weight classes for the
Olympics.
In the decisive sequence in the semifinals, Manurova shot in on
a double-leg attempt and Marano blocked her into a front headlock. The Russian
athlete started to come around the corner, but Marano reacted by recovering into
an underhook to pancake Manurova to her back. Marano had the pinning combination
locked up tight and about 10 seconds later the official slapped the mat for the
fall.
Marano survived a scare in the quarterfinals when she won the first
period over Spain’s Miader Unda. But Unda came back to win the second period 6-1
as she caught Marano on her back. In the third period, Marano scored three
points on a hip toss off Unda’s leg attack and earned the fall at
1:13.
“She just finds a way to make things happen,” Steiner said. “She
tends to not be a practice room wrestler so much, but when the lights are on she
lets her reactions take over.”
Americans Katie Downing (Colorado Springs,
Colo./Sunkist Kids) and Sara McMann (Gaffney, S.C./Sunkist Kids) both lost to
World champions in the first session, but will have a chance to wrestle back and
win a bronze medal Sunday afternoon.
Downing, a past World bronze
medalist at 67 kg/147.5 lbs., dropped a 2-0, 2-0 decision in the semifinals to
2006 World champion Ruixue Jing of China. Downing now needs one win for her
second career World bronze medal.
McMann, a past Olympic and World silver
medalist at 63 kg/138.75 lbs., drew 2006 World champion Kaori Icho of Japan in
the first round and fell 2-1, 1-0. McMann was the aggressor the entire match,
trying to set up shots and attacked the wrestler from Japan. Icho never took a
shot, scoring all three takedowns when countering McMann’s leg attacks. McMann
shot in for a takedown late in the first period to pull within 2-1, but was
unable to turn Icho.
Icho made the finals to keep McMann alive in the
bracket at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. McMann now needs three wins to win a bronze medal
at this Olympic weight class.
“Katie and Sara really need to come back
and be ready to compete,” Steiner said. “We’re fighting to qualify Sara’s weight
for the Olympics. We need another World medal for Katie – she works too hard and
does too many things right not to get it. Katie’s kind of our leader and we need
her to win a medal.”
Icho beat McMann in the finals of the 2003 World
Championships and the finals of the 2004 Olympics.
This is the final day
of competition in the seven-day event.
UPDATED AFTER 67 KG BRONZE MEDAL MATCH: Women’s
Freestyle Play-by-Play for USA Wrestlers from the World Championships on Sunday,
Sept. 23 in Baku, Azerbaijan
Travis Shives
USA Wrestling
09/22/2007
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
– Sara McMann (Gaffney, S.C./Sunkist Kids)
Bronze Medal Match:
McMan63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Sara McMann (Gaffney, S.C./Sunkist
Kids)
Bronze Medal Match: McMann dec. Golliot L LeGrand, 2-1,
4-1
First Period
McMann counters LeGrand’s attack and scores
one-point on a go-behind at :18. McMann scores a second point when she scrambles
out of LeGrand’s takedown attempt and hits a standing switch at 1:02. LeGrand
scores a one-point double leg at 1:44.
Second Period
McMann
scores three-points when she attacks with a high-crotch and transfers to a
double leg, taking LeGrand from her feet to her back at :21. McMann scores
one-point with a knee block at 1:12. LeGrand gets a one-point takedown at
1:36.
2nd Repechage Match: McMann wins by pin over Haiyan Xu (China),
2-4, :12
First Period
Xu scores three-points on a bear hug at
:10. Xu attacked McMann’s legs and worked her way up the body for a bear hug
lock near the edge of the mat. Xu counters McMann’s leg attack and scores
one-point on a go-behind at :45. McMann scores one-point on a reversal at :55.
McMann adds a second point at 1:42 on a snap and go.
Second
Period
McMann counters Xu’ leg attack and pancakes her for the fall at
:12.
1st Repechage Match: McMann wins by pin over Rojas Y Urbira
(Venezuela), 3-0, 1:26
First Period
McMann scores one-point on
a low single at 1:27. McMann follows with a one-point leg lace at 1:32 and adds
another point for exposure at 1:42.
Second Period
Urbira
scores a three-point headlock on the edge of the mat at :38. McMann scores a
one-point drag from her knees at :52. McMann earns the fall at 1:26 when she
whips Urbira to her back from a front headlock with an underhook.
First Round: Kaori Icho (Japan) dec. McMann, 2-1, 1-0
First
Period
Icho scores one-point at :30 on a counter to McMann’s leg attack.
At 1:06, McMann tries a slide-by but gets countered for one-point. McMann scores
a one-point high-crotch takedown at 1:39.
Second Period
Icho
scores one-point at :52 on a counter to McMann’s single leg attack.
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Katie Downing (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist
Kids)
Bronze Medal Match: Downing dec. Yoshiko Inoue (Japan), 1-0,
1-1, 1-0
First Period
Downing scores one-point at 1:27 when she
gets behind Inoue and trips her to the mat.
Second Period
Downing
scores one-point when she scrambles behind Inoue at 1:08. Inoue drives Downing
out of bounds at 1:54 to tie the score at 1-1. Inoue wins the period because she
scored the last point.
Third Period
Downing scores one-point
when she pulls Inoue to the mat with a front headlock and circles behind her at
1:39.
Semifinals: Ruixue Jing (China) dec. Downing, 2-0,
2-0
First Period
Jing scores one-point on a double leg near the
edge of the mat at 1:30. Jing adds a second point at 1:48 on a single leg
attack.
Second Period
Jing scores one-point on an outside
single at 1:01. Jing adds a second point at 1:43 on a single
leg.
Quarterfinals: Downing dec. Hanna Beliaeyva (Belarus), 1-0,
1-0
First Period
Downing scores a one-point single leg at
1:54.
Second Period
Downing scores a one-point takedown at
1:01.
First Round: Downing dec. Maria Mueller (Germany), 1-0,
2-0
First Period
Downing scores a one-point takedown at 1:42.
Mueller was in deep on a low single, but Downing countered and earned the score
after eventually controlling Mueller after a long struggle for position on the
mat.
Second Period
Downing scores one-point on a butt drug when
she counters Mueller’s leg attack at :29. Downing scores a second point at 1:20
when she counters Mueller’s headlock attempt.
72 kg/158.5 lbs. –
Kristie Marano (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC)
Gold Medal Match:
Marano vs. Stanka Zlateva (Bulgaria)
First Period
Second
Period
Semifinals: Marano wins by pin over Guzel Manurova
(Russia), :49
First Period
Marano tosses Manurova to her back
and earns the pin at:49.
Quarterfinals: Marano wins by pin over Miader
Unda (Spain), 1-0, 1-6, 1:13
First Period
Marano gets behind
Unda for a one-point takedown at 1:49.
Second Period
Unda
scores a three-point takedown near the edge of the mat at :25. Marano drags Unda
for a one-point takedown at :36. Unda scrambles after the takedown and scores a
two-point exposure at:55 and earns a third point for the hold.
Third
Period
Marano scores three-points on a hip toss off of Unda’s leg attack
at 1:10 and earns the fall at 1:13.
First Round: Marano dec. A.
Wieszczek (Poland), 3-0, 1-0
First Period
Marano scores
three-points when she takes Wieszczek from her feet to her back at
1:01.
Second Period
No scoring in the first two minutes. Marano
wins the coin flip and secures the takedown from the clinch at 2:05.
n vs.
Golliot L LeGrand
First P63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Sara McMann (Gaffney,
S.C./Sunkist Kids)
Bronze Medal Match: McMann dec. Golliot L LeGrand,
2-1, 4-1
First Period
McMann counters LeGrand’s attack and
scores one-point on a go-behind at :18. McMann scores a second point when she
scrambles out of LeGrand’s takedown attempt and hits a standing switch at 1:02.
LeGrand scores a one-point double leg at 1:44.
Second
Period
McMann scores three-points when she attacks with a high-crotch and
transfers to a double leg, taking LeGrand from her feet to her back at :21.
McMann scores one-point with a knee block at 1:12. LeGrand gets a one-point
takedown at 1:36.
2nd Repechage Match: McMann wins by pin over Haiyan
Xu (China), 2-4, :12
First Period
Xu scores three-points on a
bear hug at :10. Xu attacked McMann’s legs and worked her way up the body for a
bear hug lock near the edge of the mat. Xu counters McMann’s leg attack and
scores one-point on a go-behind at :45. McMann scores one-point on a reversal at
:55. McMann adds a second point at 1:42 on a snap and go.
Second
Period
McMann counters Xu’ leg attack and pancakes her for the fall at
:12.
1st Repechage Match: McMann wins by pin over Rojas Y Urbira
(Venezuela), 3-0, 1:26
First Period
McMann scores one-point on
a low single at 1:27. McMann follows with a one-point leg lace at 1:32 and adds
another point for exposure at 1:42.
Second Period
Urbira
scores a three-point headlock on the edge of the mat at :38. McMann scores a
one-point drag from her knees at :52. McMann earns the fall at 1:26 when she
whips Urbira to her back from a front headlock with an underhook.
First Round: Kaori Icho (Japan) dec. McMann, 2-1, 1-0
First
Period
Icho scores one-point at :30 on a counter to McMann’s leg attack.
At 1:06, McMann tries a slide-by but gets countered for one-point. McMann scores
a one-point high-crotch takedown at 1:39.
Second Period
Icho
scores one-point at :52 on a counter to McMann’s single leg attack.
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Katie Downing (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist
Kids)
Bronze Medal Match: Downing vs. TBD ()
First
Period
Second Period
Semifinals: Ruixue Jing (China)
dec. Downing, 2-0, 2-0
First Period
Jing scores one-point on a
double leg near the edge of the mat at 1:30. Jing adds a second point at 1:48 on
a single leg attack.
Second Period
Jing scores one-point on an
outside single at 1:01. Jing adds a second point at 1:43 on a single
leg.
Quarterfinals: Downing dec. Hanna Beliaeyva (Belarus), 1-0,
1-0
First Period
Downing scores a one-point single leg at
1:54.
Second Period
Downing scores a one-point takedown at
1:01.
First Round: Downing dec. Maria Mueller (Germany), 1-0,
2-0
First Period
Downing scores a one-point takedown at 1:42.
Mueller was in deep on a low single, but Downing countered and earned the score
after eventually controlling Mueller after a long struggle for position on the
mat.
Second Period
Downing scores one-point on a butt drug when
she counters Mueller’s leg attack at :29. Downing scores a second point at 1:20
when she counters Mueller’s headlock attempt.
72 kg/158.5 lbs. –
Kristie Marano (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC)
Gold Medal Match:
Marano vs. Stanka Zlateva (Bulgaria)
First Period
Second
Period
Semifinals: Marano wins by pin over Guzel Manurova
(Russia), :49
First Period
Marano tosses Manurova to her back
and earns the pin at:49.
Quarterfinals: Marano wins by pin over Miader
Unda (Spain), 1-0, 1-6, 1:13
First Period
Marano gets behind
Unda for a one-point takedown at 1:49.
Second Period
Unda
scores a three-point takedown near the edge of the mat at :25. Marano drags Unda
for a one-point takedown at :36. Unda scrambles after the takedown and scores a
two-point exposure at:55 and earns a third point for the hold.
Third
Period
Marano scores three-points on a hip toss off of Unda’s leg attack
at 1:10 and earns the fall at 1:13.
First Round: Marano dec. A.
Wieszczek (Poland), 3-0, 1-0
First Period
Marano scores
three-points when she takes Wieszczek from her feet to her back at
1:01.
Second Period
No scoring in the first two minutes. Marano
wins the coin flip and secures the takedown from the clinch at
2:05.
eriod
Second Period
2nd Repechage Match:
McMann wins by pin over Haiyan Xu (China), 2-4, :12
First
Period
Xu scores three-points on a bear hug at :10. Xu attacked McMann’s
legs and worked her way up the body for a bear hug lock near the edge of the
mat. Xu counters McMann’s leg attack and scores one-point on a go-behind at :45.
McMann scores one-point on a reversal at :55. McMann adds a second point at 1:42
on a snap and go.
Second Period
McMann counters Xu’ leg attack
and pancakes her for the fall at :12.
1st Repechage Match: McMann wins
by pin over Rojas Y Urbira (Venezuela), 3-0, 1:26
First
Period
McMann scores one-point on a low single at 1:27. McMann follows
with a one-point leg lace at 1:32 and adds another point for exposure at 1:42.
Second Period
Urbira scores a three-point headlock on the edge
of the mat at :38. McMann scores a one-point drag from her knees at :52. McMann
earns the fall at 1:26 when she whips Urbira to her back from a front headlock
with an underhook.
First Round: Kaori Icho (Japan) dec. McMann, 2-1,
1-0
First Period
Icho scores one-point at :30 on a counter to
McMann’s leg attack. At 1:06, McMann tries a slide-by but gets countered for
one-point. McMann scores a one-point high-crotch takedown at 1:39.
Second Period
Icho scores one-point at :52 on a counter to
McMann’s single leg attack.
67 kg/147.5 lbs. – Katie Downing
(Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids)
Bronze Medal Match: Downing vs.
TBD ()
First Period
Second
Period
Semifinals: Ruixue Jing (China) dec. Downing, 2-0,
2-0
First Period
Jing scores one-point on a double leg near the
edge of the mat at 1:30. Jing adds a second point at 1:48 on a single leg
attack.
Second Period
Jing scores one-point on an outside
single at 1:01. Jing adds a second point at 1:43 on a single
leg.
Quarterfinals: Downing dec. Hanna Beliaeyva (Belarus), 1-0,
1-0
First Period
Downing scores a one-point single leg at
1:54.
Second Period
Downing scores a one-point takedown at
1:01.
First Round: Downing dec. Maria Mueller (Germany), 1-0,
2-0
First Period
Downing scores a one-point takedown at 1:42.
Mueller was in deep on a low single, but Downing countered and earned the score
after eventually controlling Mueller after a long struggle for position on the
mat.
Second Period
Downing scores one-point on a butt drug when
she counters Mueller’s leg attack at :29. Downing scores a second point at 1:20
when she counters Mueller’s headlock attempt.
72 kg/158.5 lbs. –
Kristie Marano (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC)
Gold Medal Match:
Marano vs. Stanka Zlateva (Bulgaria)
First Period
Second
Period
Semifinals: Marano wins by pin over Guzel Manurova
(Russia), :49
First Period
Marano tosses Manurova to her back
and earns the pin at:49.
Quarterfinals: Marano wins by pin over Miader
Unda (Spain), 1-0, 1-6, 1:13
First Period
Marano gets behind
Unda for a one-point takedown at 1:49.
Second Period
Unda
scores a three-point takedown near the edge of the mat at :25. Marano drags Unda
for a one-point takedown at :36. Unda scrambles after the takedown and scores a
two-point exposure at:55 and earns a third point for the hold.
Third
Period
Marano scores three-points on a hip toss off of Unda’s leg attack
at 1:10 and earns the fall at 1:13.
First Round: Marano dec. A.
Wieszczek (Poland), 3-0, 1-0
First Period
Marano scores
three-points when she takes Wieszczek from her feet to her back at
1:01.
Second Period
No scoring in the first two minutes. Marano
wins the coin flip and secures the takedown from the clinch at
2:05.