BEAT THE STREETS - TIMES SQUARE
USA rolls to 8-3 win over World All-Stars
By Gary Abbott NEW YORK, N.Y. – It was a powerful display
of wrestling, as Team USA blasted the World All-Stars, 8-3 on the raised mats in Times Square on May 7 before a standing-room crowd of vocal fans. Although the USA dropped the opening
match, the team ran through the lineup with some outstanding performances, finished off in the closing bout with a pin by 2012 Olympic champion and two-time World champion Jordan Burroughs at 74 kg/163 lbs. over Atsamaz Sanakoev of Russia in 5:58. Although the bout was close in the early
going, Burroughs opened up a big lead in the second period, to the roaring of the pro- American crowd. In the closing seconds, Burroughs hit a blast double-leg and put Sanakoev to his back for a touch-fall with two seconds to go. His career record on the Senior level extends to 82-1. “It is an awesome experience. I have been in
these matches the last couple of years since I’ve been extremely successful. I love bringing it home for my family and for my country. It has been a great experience again here in Times Square,” said Burroughs. The event was captured by NBC Sports Network, which aired a one-hour same-day broadcast. The first match went to the World All-Stars,
as past Junior World silver medalist Georgi Vangelov of Bulgaria scored a pushout in the closing seconds for a 5-4 win over two-time NCAA All-American Nahshon Garrett of Cornell. The USA rebounded at 61 kg/134 lbs., where
2014 U.S. Open champion Jimmy Kennedy avenged three earlier losses to talented Russian star Alexander Bogomoev of Russia, 2-1. Neither athlete was able to get a clean takedown, but Kennedy was awarded the win- ning point because of his aggressiveness, put- ting Bogomoev on the shot clock late in the bout.
Also at 65 kg/143 lbs., two-time NCAA cham-
pion Jordan Oliver stopped European runner- up Boris Novachkov of Bulgaria, 4-1. It was a battle of old college rivals, as Oliver, who wres- tled for Oklahoma State, had a 2-1 record over Continued on page 19
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David Taylor celebrates his Beat the Streets win May 7. Larry Slater photo.
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