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Metcalf fell to Canada’s Haislan Garcia in the finals.


Garcia won a ball draw after a score- less first period and finished in the leg clinch to win the period 1-0. Metcalf was in deep on a leg attack late in the second period, but Garcia countered and exposed Metcalf’s back for two points. The U.S. challenged the call, but to no avail.


“He probably got the points he deserved,” Metcalf said. “It’s just a matter of putting myself in a position to score three or four times a period. It doesn’t matter if the guy doesn’t want to wrestle or not. I got in a position to score and maybe panicked a little bit and got myself out of position.”


Metcalf clinched the Olympic berth for the U.S. after pinning Colombia’s Edison Hurtado Lerma in the second period of the semifinals. Metcalf, a two-time NCAA champion for Iowa, will now compete in front of his home fans at next month’s Olympic Trials at Iowa City’s Carver- Hawkeye Arena. “It’s going to be in a hostile environ- ment – one that favors me,” said Metcalf, who made a U.S. World Team in 2010. “There will be a lot of excitement there. Now it’s time to get the job done and get on that team.”


American Shawn Bunch fell to Yowlys Bonne Rodriguez of Cuba in the semifi- nals at 60 kg/132 lbs. Bunch scored a takedown near the edge of the mat late in the first period to lead 1-0, but the explosive Rodriguez quickly recovered to drive Bunch out of bounds with five seconds left in the peri- od to tie it 1-1.


The Cuban won the period by virtue of scoring last. Rodriguez stormed out strong in the second period and won that period 6-0 to earn the victory. Bunch, a past World Team member, swept Canada’s John Pineda 5-0, 3-0 in the bronze-medal match. “We had a pretty clear goal – come in and win two gold medals,” U.S. National Coach Zeke Jones said. “We weren’t coming for anything less. Of course, I’m disappointed. We got one weight class qualified and that’s important, but we did- n’t get the job done. Now we have to go back to the drawing board.” The U.S. has now qualified for the Olympics in six of seven freestyle class- es.


WOMEN’S FREESTYLE American Clarissa Chun swept Argentina’s Patricia Bermudez 8-1, 6-0 in the women’s freestyle finals at 48 kg/105.5 lbs.


Ellis Coleman looks for points en route to placing second at the FILA Pan American Qualifying Tournament in Greco-Roman. Larry Slater photo.


“We had a pretty clear goal – come in and win two gold medals. We weren’t coming for anything less. Of course, I’m disappointed. We got one weight class qualified and that’s important, but we didn’t get the job done. Now we have to go back to the drawing board.”


- Zeke Jones, U.S. Freestyle Coach


Chun outscored her three opponents by a combined 43-3 margin.


“I felt pretty good,” Chun said. “I got my


offense going and I didn’t hesitate. I just have to wrestle my match and wrestle the way I know how.” Chun placed fifth in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, before winning


a World title in 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. She has made three of the last four


U.S. World Teams, and made four World Teams overall.


The U.S. women have now qualified for the Olympics in all four weight classes that are offered in women’s freestyle for the Olympic Games.


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