Gray, a three-time World champion and five-time World medalist, scored an impressive 11-2 win over 2015 Canadian World Team member Justina DiStasio. Gray scored three takedowns, and had a pair of ankle lace turns and also scored when DiStasio couldn’t score on the shot clock. It was a rematch of the 2015 Pan American Games finals, which Gray won by scoring in the final seconds. “It was a fabulous time. The energy
Adeline Gray hits an ankle lace against Canada’ Justina DiStasio in the Beat the Streets Dual in Times Square. Robbert Wijtman photo.
BTS: Continued from page 15 A 2012 Olympic champion and three
time World champion, Burroughs scored a dominant 11-2 win over 2105 Asian champion Peyman Yarahmadi of Iran in the final match of the night. Burroughs led just 2-0 after an early takedown, and was leading 3-2 when he hit a four-point blast double leg to open up the gap. Burroughs remains unbeaten in six
Beat the Streets international events, with previous wins over four Russian wrestlers and an opponent from Cuba.
Maroulis, a 2015 World champion and three-time World medalist, scored a pin in 2:41 over Canadian veteran Samantha Stewart. Maroulis scored a four-point take- down in the second period and finished off the pin. Her Beat the Streets wins have been over rivals from Canada, Russia, Venezuela, Cuba and the United States. “This is my fifth time doing this event. It
is for an incredible cause. It is so surreal wrestling on a mat in the middle of Times Square. It never gets old. Every time I am here, it feels like the first time,” she said.
here is unbelievable. In every tourna- ment, there is something distracting. In Russia, it is cold in the gym. This is out- side, so I felt that before. I felt the energy in the crowd. Iran was here toot, toot, toot, toot, toot, Iran! That’s something we have heard in every single international tournament we have been to. They are some of the best fans in the world. Each of those components have prepared me for this moment,” said Gray. The opening match of the evening fea-
tured Greco-Roman and 2012 Olympic champion and 2013 World champion Kim Hyeon-Woo of Korea hit a first-period arm throw for two points and went on to defeat two-time World bronze medalist Andy Bisek of the United States, 3-0. This year, after the fundraising Gala
was completed, over $1 million was raised for youth wrestling in the city.
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