ZAGREB, Croatia – USA’s Cadet men’s freestyle team collected two silver and one bronze medals in the evening session of Tuesday action at the Cadet World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
Daniel Greg Kerkvliet and Richard Figueroa finished their 2018 Cadet World Championships with silver medals, and Abe Assad claimed a bronze medal.
2017 World champion Kerkvliet fell short in his quest for a second-consecutive Cadet World title, falling in the 110 kg final.
Kerkvliet’s opponent, 2018 Cadet Asian champion Amir Zare of Iran, got out to an early lead with a shot clock point and a step out. Kerkvliet was back in it with a strong takedown, but the Iranian’s power was too much. Zare scored two more step outs and a takedown to earn an eventual 7-4 win. Continue reading at www.teamusa.org
2018 CADET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
at Zagreb, Croatia, July 2-8
Finals results
48 kg
GOLD – Alihasan AMIRLI (AZE)
SILVER – Richard FIGUEROA (USA)
BRONZE – Giorgi GEGELASHVILI (GEO)
BRONZE – Valerii ANDROSOV (RUS)
1st – Alihasan AMIRLI (AZE) dec. Richard FIGUEROA (USA), 6-1
3rd – Valerii ANDROSOV (RUS) dec. Mykyta ABRAMOV (UKR), 10-8
3rd – Giorgi GEGLASHVILI (GEO) dec. Mahdi VEISI (Iran), 4-2
55 kg
GOLD – Jamshidbek MARUFOV (UZB)
SILVER – Hayato FUJITA (JPN)
BRONZE – Simone PIRODDU (ITA)
BRONZE – Abulfaz NASIROV (AZE)
1st – Jamshidbek MARUFOV (UZB) dec. Hayato FUJITA (JPN), 4-3
3rd – Abulfaz NASIROV (AZE) fall Daviti ABDALADZE (GEO), 1:11
3rd – Simone PIRODDU (ITA) dec. Norik HARUTYUNYAN (ARM), 5-3
65 kg
GOLD – Turan BAYRAMOV (AZE)
SILVER – Inalbek SHERIEV (RUS)
BRONZE – Bekzat ZHALGASSOV (KAZ)
BRONZE – Mohammad KARIMISEIFABAD (IRI)
1st – Turan BAYRAMOV (AZE) dec. Inalbek SHERIEV (RUS), 4-1
3rd – Bekzat ZHALGASSOV (KAZ) dec. Vladimeri GAMKRELIDZE (GEO), 8-2
3rd – Mohammad KARIMISEIFABAD (IRI) dec. Narek HARUTYUNYAN (ARM), 10-5
80 kg
GOLD – Dmitrii ELKANOV (RUS)
SILVER – Mohammedreza GHIYASI (IRI)
BRONZE – Milan KORCSOG (HUN)
BRONZE – Abe ASSAD (USA)
1st – Dmitrii ELKANOV (Russia) dec. Mohammedreza GHIYASI (IRI), 9-6
3rd -Milan KORCSOG (HUN) TF Carson Barry Lee (CAN), 11-0
3rd – Abe ASSAD (USA) dec. Sagadulla AGAEV (AZE), 7-6
110 kg
GOLD – Amir ZARE (IRI)
SILVER – Daniel KERKVLIET (USA)
BRONZE – Stoyan YORDANOV (BUL)
BRONZE – Sergei KOZYREV (RUS)
1st – Amir ZARE (IRI) dec. Daniel KERKVLIET (USA), 7-4
3rd – Stoyan YORDANOV (BUL) dec. Islam ABUEV (AZE), 3-3
3rd – Sergei KOZYREV (RUS) TF Kumar ANIRUDH (IND), 10-0
U.S. men’s freestyle results
48 kg/106 lbs. – Richard Figueroa, Sanger, Calif. (Sunkist Kids/Monster Garage) – SILVER
WIN Xiaolong Ye (China), fall 0:54
WIN Valerii Androsov (Russia), 10-0
WIN Mykyta Abramov (Ukraine), 10-4
LOSS Alihasan Amirli (Azerbaijan), 6-1
55 kg/121 lbs. – Robert Howard, Cranford, N.J. (Titan Mercury/Bitetto Trained), 9th place
WIN Aliaksei Kukharchyk (Belarus), 14-3
LOSS Simone Piroddu (Italy), 9-3
65 kg/143 lbs. – Carson Manville, Shakopee, Minn. (Banditos WC), 8th place
WIN Deividas Peciulis (Lithuania) , 13-2
LOSS Masaki Sato (Japan), 11-0
80 kg/176 lbs. – Abe Assad, Carol Stream, Ill. (Izzy Style WC) – BRONZE
WIN Medet Biliciturk (Turkey), 2-1
LOSS Mohammadreza Ghiyasi (Iran), 10-0
WIN Batmagnai Enkhtuvshin (Mongolia), 10-4
WIN Joshua Morodion (Germany), 12-0
WIN Sagadulla Agaev (Azerbaijan), 7-6
110 kg/242 lbs. – Daniel “Greg” Kerkvliet, Inver Grove, Minn. (Titan Mercury/Pinnacle) – SILVER
WIN Filip Jires (Czech Republic), 10-0
WIN Vasyl Sova (Ukraine), 10-0
WIN Kumar Anirudh (India), 10-0
WIN Sergey Kozyrev (Russia), 2-2
LOSS Amir Zare (Iran), 7-4