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AP article - Montgomery wins in Wrestling Worlds

11/22/2001
Associated Press/

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Tocarra Montgomery of the United States won her first two matches by pins Thursday, putting her in good position to advance to the second round of wrestling's world championships.

Montgomery is competing in the 1491/2-pound division of a tournament that had been scheduled for Sept. 26-29 in New York. The championships were postponed because of the terrorist attacks and shifted to Sofia.

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U.S wrestlers fare well after first day of competition at the 2001 World Championships

11/23/2001
Meredith Witulski/USA Wrestling

SOFIA, BULGARIA – Three U.S wrestlers suffered first round losses at the 2001 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria., but came back strong to finish the day on an overall good note. Wrestling in the first session were Stephan Abas (54kg), Bill Zadick (63kg), Dominic Black (97), Erin Tomeo (56kg), Tocarra Montgomery (68kg). While Joe Williams (76kg) and Tricia Saunders (46kg) both had first-round byes.

First Session
Abas lost a close match to Herman Kontoyev of Belarus, falling 7-6 after three late match points by Kontoyev. Abas was down 3-0 going into the second period. All Kontoyev’s points were scored from the top position after Abas was called for passivity less than one minute into the match.

Abas came out strong in the second period turning Kontoyev for 3 points 10 seconds into the period to tie the match, then turning Kontoyev for another 3pts to lead 6-3 with less than two minutes to go. After giving up a takedown at 4:48, Abas was turned two more times to give up the 7-6 decision to Kontoyev.

Also giving up first rounds losses were Dominic Black (97kg) and Erin Tomeo (56kg).

Tomeo, who stepped up to fill in for World Team qualifier Tina George, was welcomed to International competition by two-time World Champion Seiko Yammuto of Japan. A short 21 seconds into the match Tomeo was thrown to her back for a quick 4-0 deficit. After fighting off her back, Yammuto turned Tomeo again to get the fall at 1:54.

At 97kg. Dominic Black lost a 6-2 decision to 2000 Olympian Vadim Tasoev of Ukraine. After taking a 3-0 deficit into the second period, Black was taken down and turned for another 3 points and trailed 6-0 with two minutes left in the match. Black fought back and scored two single leg takedowns, losing the match 6-2.

Both Bill Zadick and Tocarra Montgomery came on strong in the first round; Montgomery earning a fall over her Polish competitor, while Zadick earned a technical fall.

Montgomery took down Monika Kowalska (POL) three times in the first period to take a 3-0 into the second period. Montgomery came off the break ready for action throwing Kowalska for another 3pts just five seconds into the second period. Kowalska did manage to score a takedown on Montgomery before giving up the fall at 5:29.

Zadick handled Youssef Nasiri-Sadiqiu of the Netherlands easily, amassing 11 points for the tech fall shortly into the second period. Zadick jumped out to an early 5-0 lead with a 3-point throw followed by a 2-point turn. He also scored a singleleg takedown on the edge of the mat, taking a 6-0 lead into the second period. After hitting another singleleg takedown, Zadick turned Nasiri-Sadiqiu twice more to capture the 11-0 tech fall.

Second Session
After sitting out the first round with a bye, Joe Williams came on strong to beat proven Canadian Nick Ugolaha in a 4-3 OT battle. Ugolaha was called for passivity twice in the first period, as well as in overtime. With the score at 0-0, the second period began in the clinch, with Ugolaha earning the right to lock first by the flip of the coin. From the clinch position Ugolaha threw Williams for 3 points, but Williams countered turning Ugolaha for 2 points before going out of bounds. With just under a minute and a half remaining, Ugolaha is cautioned for fleeing the mat and Williams is awarded 1 point to send the match into overtime. Ugolaha was called once more for passivity, before Williams shot in to score the winning takedown securing the 4-3 OT decision.

Williams will face Rinella Salvatore of Italy in the third pool round. Salvatore lost his first round match to Ugolaha by a 5-2 decision.

Four-time World Champion Tricia Saunders, who also sat out first round with a bye, dropped a 3-2 dec. to veteran wrestler Misato Shimizu from Japan. Saunders scored the first 2 points of the match by turning her opponent after Shimuzi was called for passivity. However, with 15 seconds remaining in the first period, Saunders was caught in a headlock, but managed to fight the fall until time ran out in the period. There was no scoring in the second period, giving the 3-2 decision to Shimuzi. Saunders will face Ayse Guneri of Turkey in third pool round.

In his second session match, Abas easily handled Kripa Shankar Patel of India earning an 8-1 decision. Abas came on strong scoring two takedowns in the first period taking a 4-0 lead in to the second period. Abas scores two more take downs in the second period amassing 8 points, giving up only one takedown late in the match.

Abas has completed his pool rounds and will wait to see the results of match between Shankar Patel and Kontoyev to determine if he will advance to the next round.

Zadick sat out the second round with a bye, and will face Arshak Hayrapetyan or Armenia in third pool round.

In second round action Tomeo jumped out to an early lead over Tsibana Kouk of Greece scoring a takedown from a front headlock 20 seconds into the match. Tomeo would collect three more takedowns and a 2pt arm spin to secure a solid 6-2 decision over Kouk. Tomeo will face 2001 Asian Championship gold medallist Sun Dongmei of China in her third pool round match.

Black defeated GankHuyag Ganzorig of Mongolia in the second round, capturing an 11-6 decision over the 2001 Asian Championships silver medallist. Black finishes 1-1 in pool competition and now awaits the results of the final pool match to see if he will advance.

Montgomery claimed her second fall of the day with a second period pin of Yang Yanli of China. Although it was a rather high scoring match, Montgomery clearly dominated her opponent putting her down at 3:54. Montgomery is set to face Finish challenger Heidi Martti in the third pool round.

NOTE: Due to technical difficulties by the Bulgarian media officials, complete results of all matches have not yet been made available. Those results also will be posted as soon as they become available.

Second Day Weigh-ins
The second group of wrestlers completed weigh-ins and medical checks today. They are set to begin competition on Friday, Nov. 23.

While name of participants have not yet been released, the following are the men’s pool draws by country. The participant names, as well as complete women’s draws will be posted as soon as they become available.

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Wrestling: Man's? oldest sport.

Written by "Ace"
Tnmat opinionist.

Wrestling is perhaps history's oldest sport. No longer performed
in the "buff," the 21st century version is technically astounding and
growing as we speak. In addition to donning threads and sporting
the finest athletic footwear, wrestling has evolved in a myriad of
ways. The lovers of the sport have enjoyed a number of positive
changes over the years, but much to their chagrin, some of the
changes have been to the detriment of wrestling.

Title Nine has emaciated the collegiate wrestling ranks. No longer
can there be found a single NCAA Southeastern Conference
program. Only a few college programs even exist in the entire
Southeastern U.S. Most people in the wrestling community would
agree that equal opportunity for men and women is important.
Unfortunately, the goals of some seem to be sameness not
equality. For them, that which is right or best is not the objective.
Their intent is to achieve a goal irrespective of the impact on
others. Typically found on the left of society, their objective are to
conquer and rule with the legal system, their goal is their God and
persons hurt by their pursuits are expendable. Unfortunately, today
young women are encouraged to litigate for equality until the brute
beasts sometimes more palatably referred to as men are beaten
into submission by lawsuits. Colleges cower, and settle without a
fight. The burgeoning legal system loves this, armed with phony
statistics, and presenting apples to compare to oranges they
continue to chip away at societal norms until we find ourselves
looking into our own underwear to make sure we are who we
thought we were.

Other than a few anomalies men and women are completely
different. Thank God for that! Men are more physically powerful
than women. Women have the greater potential for endurance.
Men have a greater physiological capacity to amass bulk. Men
have a greater tolerance for physical pain, and the male ego is
more fragile than that of women.

Now, while we are on this subject of "diversity" among men and
women, what about the female wrestler? Why not! After all, in this
"enlightened" age, should anything or anyone be questioned? Of
course, the person that would dare to raise the question! Why this
person would have to make the outrageous suggestion that men
and women are different, even worse, they may even attempt to
suggest that certain things are appropriate or inappropriate for
one sex as opposed to the other. What could be their thinking?

In my attempt to understand these mysteries, I have collected a
little indicting data on the wierdos that would oppose the idea of
the male/female wrestling contest. One male wrestler found
himself uncomfortable with the thought of ramming his arm up
into the crotch of his opponent, pressing his chin into her "Ahem,"
chest to force her back to the mat, and found it difficult to create
pain by marring her face as he would normally add the creation of
pain to his offense. He avoided contact until the grapevine
developed whe he thought of how he had been taught to show
respect to women and abandoned the move, put in the bar, pinned
her and left the mat

Now I know that some would say that if she steps on the mat that
she should expect the worst, but that is to miss the point. It is not
about the girl it is about the guy. He loses no matter what! If he
wins, his peers discount a victory over a girl. If he loses he will
never hear the end of it. And what of the little grade school
wrestler that I know of that was defeated by a much older girl. He
had already been struggling to gain some respect. After several
dues paying matches, the loss to the girl coupled with the
ridiculing was too much for him to bear. He left the sport, never to
return. In the meantime the girl had one victory and left the sport
with only one real accomplishment, she managed to damage the
spirit of a little boy.

I can hear the tireless choruses. "We shouldn't be protecting the
male ego, they are chauvinists, etc. etc. ad nauseum. In the
meantime these same persons warn us of the fragile Psyche of
our youth. We are told to "understand" why our child was gunned
down because someone said something the perpetrator didn't like.
But, exqueeze me, we do cannot understand the sensibilities of the
male wrestler that is forced into an embarrassing match that he
cannot win?

Finally, someone has to ask the question , "what could the parent
be thinking?" If a parent is considering letting their daughter
wrestle they should understand a few things first. Although a few
media personalities will salivate over the novelty of the story and
cover the story as though it is perfectly normal . The
overwhelming majority of the wrestling public will think that your
daughter is somehow strange, they will not respect her for what
she is doing, and they will know that you have little or no
understanding of what your daughter has gotten herself into. In
the meantime, there will be parents like myself that will be telling
their son to mash your daughters face in the mat, "check the oil,"
press his chin into her "chest," and make her leave the mat crying
with pain because that is what we tell them to do when their
opponent is a guy. After all, I want my son to learn to treat women
with equality.
- ACE

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