TBar1977 3,054 Report post Posted October 20, 2018 Tomorrows first round matches:Cox, Stieber, Gilman, Dake get draws for World Championships in Budapest Print BY GARY ABBOTT, USA WRESTLING | OCT. 20, 2018, 10:46 A.M. (ET)BUDAPEST, Hungary – Four U.S. men’s freestyle wrestlers received their draws for the World Wrestling Championships. Competition in their weight classes begin on Sunday at the Papp Laszlo Arena. At 92 kg/202.5 lbs., 2016 Olympic bronze medalist and 2017 World bronze medalist J’den Cox (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/OTC) will open against the No. 2 seed Dato Marsagishvili of Georgia, the 2012 Olympic bronze medalist. Marsaghishvili scored a win over Cox at the 2018 World Cup in Iowa City. Also in Cox’ half-bracket are No. 3 seed 2012 Olympic champion and 2011 World champion Sharif Sharifov of Azerbaijan, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Gabor Hatos of Hungary and 2018 Russian National champion Batyrbek Tsakulov. In the opposite half-bracket away from Cox is No. 1 seed and 2012 University World silver medal Serdar Boke of Turkey. Cox is competing on his third straight U.S. World or Olympic team, and in his second Senior World Championships. He is wrestling in the new 92 kg weight class, after competing at 86 kg for the previous two seasons. A three-time NCAA champion and four-time All-American for Missouri, he hails from Columbia, Mo. 2016 World champion Logan Stieber (Columbus, Ohio/Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) will open against 2016 World bronze medalist Akhmed Chakaev of Russia. Neither were seeded and randomly drew this pairing. Also in Stieber’s half-bracket are 2016 Olympic champion and 2015 World champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili of Georgia and the 2015 World bronze medalist Vasyl Shuptar of Ukraine. On the opposite half-bracket are three-time World champion and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Haji Aliev of Azerbaijan, 2017 World silver medalist Magomedmurad Gadzhiev of Poland, 2017 World bronze medalist Alejandro Valdes Tobier of Cuba, and 2014 World bronze medalist Bajrang of India Stieber is competing in his third Senior World Championships, after making the 2016 and 2017 U.S. Senior World Teams. He was a 2011 Junior World silver medalist. A four-time NCAA champion for Ohio State, he hails from Monroeville, Ohio. At 57 kg/125.5 lbs., 2017 World silver medalist Thomas Gilman (Iowa City, Iowa (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC) received the No. 2 seed and got a first-round bye. He will face the winner of the match between Givi Davidovi of Italy and Darthe Cappellan of Canada. Davidovi was 10th in the 2017 World Championships. Cappellan was a 2016 Canada Cup champion. Also in Gilman’s half-bracket are 2017 and 2018 European champion Giorgi Edisharashvili of Azerbaijan, , Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan (5th in Worlds twice). In the opposite half-bracket are 2017 World champion Yuki Takahashi of Japan, 2017 World bronze medalist Bekhbayar Erdenebat of Mongolia 2015 World bronze medalist Vladislav Andreev of Belarus and 2018 European silver medalist Zaur Uguev of Russia. Gilman is competing on his second straight Senior World Team. He was a 2014 Junior World bronze medalist, and competed on two Junior World Teams (2013-14) and a Cadet World Team (2011). A three-time All-American for Iowa, he attended high school in Omaha, Neb. At 79 kg/174 lbs., Kyle Dake, Ithaca, N.Y. (Titan Mercury WC/New York RTC) received the No. 4 seed, will open with a bye, then face the winner of the bout between Martin Obst of Germany and Jasmit Phulka of Canada. Obst was a 2018 European silver medalist, while Phulka was third in the 2013 and 2017 Commonwealth Championships. Dake also has No. 1 seed and 2018 European champion Akhmed Gadzhimagomedov of Russia in his half-bracket. He also has 2015 World silver medalist Urunbat Purevjav of Mongolia in his half-bracket. The other half-bracket away from Dake is loaded, with 2014 World silver medalist Sohsuke Takatani of Japan, 2013 World silver medalist Ezzatollah Akbari of Iran, three-time World bronze medalist Ali Shabanau of Belarus, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist and two-time World bronze medalist Jabrayil Hasanov of Azerbaijan and 2013 World bronze medalist Rashid Kurbanov of Uzbekistan all competing in the other side of the draw. Dake is competing on his first U.S. Senior World Team. He was a member of the 2008 U.S. Junior World Team in Greco-Roman. Dake was a four-time NCAA champion for Cornell, becoming the first to win four NCAA titles in four different weight classes. He competed in high school in Lansing, N,Y. Competition begins at 10:30 a.m. Budapest time on Sunday morning, which is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone. U.S. men’s freestyle first round draws for Sunday 57 kg/125.5 lbs. - Thomas Gilman, Iowa City, Iowa (Titan Mercury WC/Hawkeye WC) Bye, vs. winner of Givi Davidovi (Italy) and Darthe Cappellan (Canada) Davidovi – 10th in 2017 Worlds, 2nd in 2018 Pytlasinski Memorial (Poland) Cappellan – 2016 Canada Cup champion, 2014 Junior Pan American champion 65 kg/143 lbs. - Logan Stieber, Columbus, Ohio (Titan Mercury WC/Ohio RTC) Vs. Ahmed Chakaev (Russia), 2016 World bronze medalist 79 kg/174 lbs. - Kyle Dake, Ithaca, N.Y. (Titan Mercury WC/New York RTC) Bye, vs. winner of Martin Obst (Germany) and Jasmit Phulka (Canada) Obst – 2nd in 2018 European Championships, 5th in 2010 Military Worlds Phulka – 3rd in 2013 and 2017 Commonwealth Championships, 2nd in 2016 Canada Cup 92 kg/202.5 lbs. - J’den Cox, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Titan Mercury WC/OTC) Vs. Dato Marsagishvili (Georgia), 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, 9th at 2014 World Championships Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Housebuye 1,706 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Here we go Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gantry 1,293 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Bekzod gets a tech in his repechage match, you can be sure he wants to finish a big lead after yesterday. 1 Johny reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johny 11 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Can't wait for Bajrang Punia, seems like 65 just started at mat D. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gantry 1,293 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) Gwiz and Dhesi up on C Edited October 21, 2018 by Gantry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johny 11 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Yazdani mat B. Wow Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gantry 1,293 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Gwiz 5-0 at the break Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Housebuye 1,706 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Gwiz looking good so far. Dhesi beat him last time they wrestled I think Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johny 11 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Yazdani destroyed Belarusan 10-0 VSU. Gwiz looks solid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gantry 1,293 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Yazdani comes out like a ball of fire and gets a tech Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gantry 1,293 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Gwiz showing some great counters Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freestyle_fan 78 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Gwiz into bronze medal match with India, comfortably defeated Dhesi 7-0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freestyle_fan 78 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Aliyev vs Tobier Cuban in action on Mat D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Housebuye 1,706 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Really solid win for Gwiz. methodical, good attacks, good counters. Burroughs is the guy who eeked by Gomez. He should take it. He needs to win his next match and then we will have all 4 guys from yesterday wrestling for a medal. That's a lot of points. Not Russia or Georgia level for the first 4 weights, but still a solid performance. Colon has that Iranian. Colon I'd say is an underdog, but a live one. We have a chance to win 4 medals today. LETS GO Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freestyle_fan 78 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Cuban leading 2-0 end of first period with Aliyev in 65kg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gantry 1,293 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Hungary with a big for over Rus at HWT, up 4-2 at the break. Good for points if he loses obviously... Crowd into it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freestyle_fan 78 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 65kg - Haji Aliyev lost to Tobier Cuban..solid performance by Cuban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johny 11 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Can't believe Aliev lost... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freestyle_fan 78 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Johny said: Can't believe Aliev lost... I would say Cuban completely dominated Aliyev throughout the match...score board 2-0 did not really say much, but lot of action Edited October 21, 2018 by freestyle_fan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Housebuye 1,706 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Aliev did not look like himself there. Wow. Huge win for Cuba russia makes it to the medal round at heavyweight. damnit. Hopefully Iran beats him Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freestyle_fan 78 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 65kg - kiche vs Iran Mat D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freestyle_fan 78 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Housebuye said: Aliev did not look like himself there. Wow. Huge win for Cuba russia makes it to the medal round at heavyweight. damnit. Hopefully Iran beats him Hadi Iran looked solid yesterday, took out Taha. Hopefully he will win over Russia and I think Gwiz will win over India. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johny 11 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Kinchegashvili working hard for that 2 point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gantry 1,293 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 I think JB said the Cuban beat Aliev at the World Cup, not a huge upset as he's always been good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freestyle_fan 78 Report post Posted October 21, 2018 Just now, Gantry said: I think JB said the Cuban beat Aliev at the World Cup, not a huge upset as he's always been good. You are right..I listed Cuban as top contender along with Aliyev, interestingly they both met in first round Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
