Three American wrestlers capture silver medals at Youth Olympic Games
Olivas, Fix, Manville each deliver with strong performances for United States in Nanjing, China
NANJING, China – Americans Cade
Olivas, Daton Fix and Mason each cap- tured silver medals at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games on Aug. 26-27. Both Olivas and Fix posted 3-1 records in freestyle wrestling on the final day of competition in Nanjing, dominat- ing their respective pools before drop- ping close decisions in their gold-medal matches. “The boys all wrestled really well,”
U.S. coach Sara Bahoura said. “Their energy was great and their pace was high.
“They made adjustments from first to
second period to create more openings and scoring opportunities.” Olivas opened the day with a convinc-
ing 11-0 technical fall over Cabbar Duyum of Turkey. Duyum was the 11th place finisher at the FILA Cadet World Championships in Snina, Slovakia in July. Olivas would continue to impress in pool play, earning technical falls over Miguel Angel Gurdian Lopez of Nicaragua (12-1) and Mohamed Hegab of Egypt (10-0). These three victories for Olivas would
set up a classic U.S. versus Russia bat- tle for the gold medal at 46 kg/101 lbs. Olivas lost a tight 3-1 decision to Russian Ismail Gadzhiev to secure one of three silver medals for the U.S. in Nanjing. Fix cruised to victories over Elmedin Sejfulau of Macedonia (10-0), Reynhardt Louw of South Africa (6-1) and Ebrahim Abdullah Ali Al-Shebami of Yemen (14-4) at 54 kg/119 lbs. In the gold-medal bout, Fix would face Mukhambet Kuatbek, a dangerous oppo- nent from Kazakhstan. It was a back- and-forth affair, but Fix would come up one point shy to Kuatbek, dropping the match 7-6. Manville won a silver medal at 69
kg/152 lbs. in the Greco-Roman compe- tition earlier in the week. Manville earned wins over Jordan
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Mason Manville was one of three U.S. wrestlers to capture a silver medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. USA Wrestlng file photo
Marshall of New Zealand (8-0), Nilton Soto of Peru (8-0) and Karan Mosebach of Germany (7-3) to secure a spot in the gold-medal finals against Cadet World bronze medalist Islambek Dadov of Azerbaijan. It was scoreless deep in the second
period before Dadov earned a caution against Manville and scored a one-point lift to take the match, and the gold, 1-0. Manville secured the gold medal at
the FILA Cadet Worlds in freestyle earli- er in the summer in Slovakia. Wrestlers participating in the Youth Olympic Games competition were in the FILA Cadet age group (15-17 years old).
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