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I’m just blessed to be a part of it. There’s no way I’d miss out on this. “Wrestling is the fastest growing sport for women in the country and this event was really important. If you promote women’s wrestling for the Olympics, you just have that many more competitors who are able to wrestle in the Olympics.” World No.1 ranked Opan Sat of Russia won the much-anticipated battle with Olympic bronze medalist Coleman Scott at 60 kg/132 lbs. Sat finished strong in a 6-2 victory over Scott. Sat went 2-0 on the day.
The U.S. also received wins from
men’s freestyle wrestlers Jon Reader (84 kg/185 lbs.) and Chris Pendleton (96 kg/211.5 lbs.), who both dominated oppo- nents from Canada.
U.S. Open champion Brittney Roberts looked strong in downing Canada’s Justina DiStasio 7-2 at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. “It was a lot of fun,” Roberts said. “We need to show the world what wrestling really is and put on a good show. I’m just totally stoked about the opportunity. It’s a great honor to be able to promote Olympic wrestling. When you go to a col- lege tournament, you get family and friends out to watch. Here, it’s all the die- hard wrestling fans. And then you see people like Billy Baldwin and Buzz Aldrin. It’s so great.”
The Canadian women received wins from Jasmine Mian and Genevieve Haley. Russia’s Artas Sanaa downed Olympian Sam Hazewinkel 5-2 at 55 kg/121 lbs.
The event capped a phenomenal week of international wrestling, following a suc- cessful Beat the Streets Rumble on the Rails dual on Wednesday at New York City’s Grand Central Station. The event featured appearances by numerous celebrities and Olympic cham- pions in L.A.
Actors Billy Baldwin and Tom Arnold appeared at the event along with Mixed Martial Arts stars Randy Couture, Chael Sonnen, Urijah Faber and Daniel Cormier.
Olympic gold medalists at the event included Burroughs, Dan Gable, John Smith, Bruce Baumgartner, Henry Cejudo, Tom Brands and Brandon Slay. Past World champion and Super Bowl champion Stephen Neal also spoke to the crowd along with World champions Clarissa Chun and Adeline Gray. “I thought it was a lot better here,” Burroughs said of the L.A. event. “It was awesome. It was electric. It’s cool to be a part of this. California is a very powerful state in wrestling. A lot of great wrestlers
Jordan Oliver recorded two wins in the Los Angeles dual. Tony Rotundo photo.
“We need to show the world what wrestling really is and put on a good show. It’s a great honor to be able to promote Olympic wrestling.”
- Brittney Roberts
Jessica Medina looks for an edge in her match. Tony Rotundo photo.
come from this area. A lot of important people in wrestling come from this area. It’s interesting. It always surprises me when I wrestle around the country to see that there are just as many wrestling fans, and fans of mine.”
Senior Freestyle Results
66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Jordan Oliver (USA) dec. Magomed Kurbanliev (Russia), 7-6 60 kg/132 lbs. – Opan Sat (Russia) dec. John Pineda (Canada), 10-0
66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Haislan Garcia (Canada) dec. Soslan Ramonov (Russia), 6-3 84 kg/185 lbs. – Jon Reader (USA) dec. Tamerlin Tagziev (Canada), 12-2 55 kg/121 lbs. – Artas Sanaa (Russia) dec. Sam Hazewinkel (USA), 5-2 96 kg/211.5 lbs. – Chris Pendleton (USA) dec. Manjot Sandhu (Canada), 11-0 48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Jasmine Mian (Canada) dec. Victoria Anthony (USA), 4-2 51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Genevieve Haley (Canada) dec. Jessica Medina (USA), 11-5 63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Elena Pirozhkova (USA) dec. Danielle Lappage (Canada), 4-2 72 kg/158.5 lbs. – Brittney Roberts (USA) dec. Justina DiStasio (Canada), 7-2 60 kg/132 lbs. – Opan Sat (Russia) dec. Coleman Scott (USA), 6-2
66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Jordan Oliver (USA) dec. Haislan Garcia (Canada), 5-2
74 kg/163 lbs. – Jordan Burroughs (USA) dec. Saba Khubetzhty (Russia), 14-3
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