Brent Metcalf takes control in his freestyle victory over Russia in New York City. John Sachs photo. Continued from page 12
Open champion Keith Gavin, 1-0, 1-0 with takedowns in both periods at 84 kg/185 lbs. The match at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. went to Hamed Tatari, who beat U.S. Open champion J.D. Bergman, 3-1, 1-0. The event closed out with an epic battle at 120 kg/264.5 lbs., as Olympic bronze medalist Khomeil Ghasemi edged Olympian and 2009 World bronze medalist Tervel Dlagnev, 1-1, 1-0. Teams from Iran, the United States and Russia all posed together on the mat, in an act of solidarity and friendship, in their unified effort to help Keep Olympic Wrestling. USA vs. Russia
It was a great night for Team USA, which won eight of nine matches against Russia in a dual meet with all three Olympic styles held in historic Grand Central Terminal. The event was broadcast live on Universal Sports and streamed on
TeamUSA.org The USA men’s freestyle team got things rolling by sweeping all five of their matches.
The dual opened well for the USA, as 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Coleman Scott emerged with a 1-0, 0-1, 3-0 win over Artas Sanaa.
Three-time European champion Opan Sat and Junior World silver medalist Logan Stieber locked up at 60 kg/132 lbs. Stieber came out strong in the first period, leading 3-0, but Sat rallied with some wide-open offense to win that period 7-5. The second period was all Stieber, with two three-point throws for a 6-0 tech- nical fall. The third period was scoreless and went to the clinch. Stieber won the ball draw but Sat was able to counter effective- ly. In a wild scramble, which was challenged by the Russians,
Stieber got three points on a crotch lift for the win. The USA made it three straight freestyle wins with a strong comeback effort by 2010 World Team member Brent Metcalf, who beat Soslan Ramanov, 0-2, 1-0, 7-0.
“I felt amped up out there,” Metcalf said. “I opened it up and didn’t want to go to the clinch. I finished the first takedown and tried to dominate from there.” The USA freestyle wrestlers closed the door with two big wins at 74 kg/163 lbs.
U.S. Open runner-up David Taylor scored a second period pin over Magomed Kurbanaliev, 7-2, 0:16. The first period had a lot of action, with scrambles which ended up in Taylor’s favor. The second period was ended quickly as Taylor hit a three-point takedown and scored a fall in stunning fashion. World and Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs ran his win- ning streak to 53 matches, with a challenging three-period win over Saba Khubezhty, 1-1, 5-0, 7-3. Next up was a women’s freestyle match, which featured 2012
World silver medalist Helen Maroulis against Junior World silver medalist Irina Kisel at 55 kg/121 lbs. Maroulis won the first peri- od, and finished it off with a second period fall. The USA finished off with wins in two of the three Greco- Roman matches. At 66 kg/145.5 lbs., Kendrick Sanders beat Asker Orshokdugov, 1-0, 1-0. 2012 Olympian Ben Provisor defeated past World champion Ambako Vachadze, 1-0, 0-1, 1-0 on a lift in the closing seconds of the final period. Russia won its only match at 84 kg/185 lbs. in Greco-Roman, as Evgeni Saleev edged U.S. Open champion Jordan Holm, 0- 1, 1-0, 1-0. Saleev received the winning point in the third period when Holm jumped the whistle twice from the par terre position.
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