Othella Lucas of the U.S. Army in action this season. Photo by Larry Slater Updates by Van Stokes, CISM Team Captain LAHTI, Finland - SPC Othella Lucas, Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Army) won a bronze medal at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. in women’s freestyle on the second day of the CISM World Military Championships on Friday. Lucas defeated Hanna Savenia of Belarus, 1-0, 0-1, 2-0 in her bronze-medal match. Lucas won the first period with a single leg takedown at the 1:45 mark, while Savenia won the second period with a takedown off of a scramble. The final period belonged to Lucas who scored with a body lock and a strong double leg attack. “This is just the beginning of my international medals. I really feel honored. When our flag was getting raised, I was just like - YES!,†said a smiling Lucas. “In the third period, I changed my levels more. I was going upper body at first and that’s not where I’m comfortable at. As soon as I changed my levels, it seemed like she was walking into my shots,†said Lucas. “I went back to my style, low stance and more motion,†she added. “In the third period, I felt confident that my conditioning was good enough to push the pace.†In the semi-finals, Lucas was pinned at the 0:51 mark of the second period by Haiyan Xu of China. Xu countered a shot by Lucas and turned her to her back for points before the fall. Lucas lost the first period to Xu, 0-1. Xu was a 2006 World silver medalist and went on to capture the CISM gold medal. Lucas won her quarterfinal match over Lyudmila Mironova, Kazakhstan, 2-4, 4-0, 4-3. After being taken down and tilted in the first period, Lucas scored off her aggressive high double leg attack in each of the last two periods. It is the first time that women’s freestyle has been contested at the CISM World Military Games. Compeition is being held in the four Olympic weights. The USA did not have an entry in the other women’s division contested on Friday, which was 48 kg. Lucas has been a two-time U.S. Open runner-up. She also won a World University bronze medal in 2008 when she was a student at the Univ. of the Cumberlands. The U.S. failed to win a medal in the four men’s freestyle weight classes, although all four placed in the top 10 of their divisions. The U.S. placewinners in men’s freestyle on Friday were: • SGT Charlie Fish, Camp Lejeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps), 5th at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. • CPT Phillip Simpson, Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Army), 7th at 84 kg/185 lbs. • CPT Patrick Simpson, Fort Benning, Ga. (U.S. Army), 9th at 74 kg/163 lbs. • PFC Mark Bradley, Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Army), 10th at 60 kg/132 lbs. Of the four men wrestlers, Phillip Simpson was the only to win a bout on Saturday, beating Abraham Vassalo of Malta in his opening match. Simpson was eliminated after losing in the quarterfinals to Ulat Akhanov of Kazakhstan, 0-1, 0-4. Akhanov scored on the single leg clinch after the first period ended without a score. In the second period Simpson was taken down and turned with a gut wrench. “I felt good going into the second period. He got an arm drag and ended up in the gut wrench position,†said Simpson.“I felt I should have beaten him. That was a match I should have won.†In 120 kg, Fish was pinned at 1:55 of the first period by Muslum Muslumov of Azerbaijan. Fish was caught with a step around from an over and underhook that sent him to the mat in pain. He was diagnosed with a ruptured ACL and could face surgery after returning stateside. In the men’s freestyle competition, the United States finished eighth with 22 points. Iran won the freestyle team title with 66 points, followed by Belarus with 48 points and Poland with 47 points. Competition on Saturday will be in two women’s weight classes (55 kg and 72 kg) and three Greco-Roman weight classes (55 kg, 66 kg, 96 kg). Four U.S. wrestlers have weighed in and received their draws, which are listed below. CISM WORLD MILITARY CHAMPIONSHIPS At Lahti, Finland, August 13 Men’s freestyle results 60 kg/132 lbs. 1 A. Mustafayej (Azerbaijan) 2 Jae-Ho Lee (Korea) 3 M. Mahamedau (Belarus) 3 Ahmad Amirian (Iran) 5 Dinesh Kumara (Sri Lanka) 5 Adam Blok (Poland) 7 Daulet Nyazbekov (Kazakhstan) 8 Marcel Ewald (Germany) 9 Erhan Dik (Turkey) 10 Mark Bradley (USA) 74 kg/163 lbs. 1 Krystian Brzozowski (Poland) 2 Seifadin Osmanov (Kazakhstan) 3 Ashraf Aliyev (Azerbaijan) 3 M. Rahmat Zadeh (Iran) 5 Raman Soltan (Belarus) 5 Martin Obst (Germany) 7 Sajmir Cengu (Albania) 8 Dusan Babrnak (Slovakia) 9 Patrick Simpson (USA) 10 O. Bilotserkivskyi (Ukraine) 84 kg/185 lbs. 1 Esmaiel Nejaeian (Iran) 2 Maciej Balawender (Poland) 3 Haji Alijanov (Azerbaijan) 3 Aliksei Isayeu (Belarus) 5 Ulat Akhanov (Kazakhstan) 5 Yehor Sinitsyn (Ukraine) 7 Phillip Simpson (USA) 7 Peter Weisenberger (Germany) 9 Maher Alkhayat (Syria) 10 Niyami Daglar (Turkey) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. 1 Jafar Daliri (Iran) 2 Muslum Muslumov (Azerbaijan) 3 Oldrik Wagner (Germany) 3 Zhiwei Deng (China) 5 Charlie Fish (USA) 5 Viacheslav Muzaev (Ukraine) 7 Zakaria Echiheb (Morocco) 8 Maksim Mikhalevich (Belarus) 9 Andrey Svatkovsky (Kazakhstan) 10 Raja Alkrad (Syria) Women’s freestyle results 48 kg /105.5 lbs. 1 Iwona Matkowska (Poland) 2 Rong Liao (China) 3 Jaqueline Schellin (Germany) 4 Tatsiana Hurnovich (Belarus) 63 kg/138.75 lbs. 1 Haiyan Xu (China) 2 Monika Michalik (Poland) 3 Stefanie Stuber (Germany) 3 Othella Lucas (USA) 5 Hanna Savenia (Belarus) 6 Lyudmila Mironova (Kazakhstan) U.S. men’s freestyle performances 60 kg/132 lbs. - PFC Mark Bradley, Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Army), 10th LOSS Marcel Ewald (Germany), 4-5, 0-4 74 kg/163 lbs. - CPT Patrick Simpson, Fort Benning, Ga. (U.S. Army), 9th LOSS Zadeh M. Rahmat (Iran), 0-4, 3-7 84 kg/185 lbs. - CPT Phillip Simpson, Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Army), 7th WIN Abraham Vassallo (Malta), 8-2, 4-0 LOSS Ulat Akhanov (Kazakhstan), 0-1, 0-4 120 kg/264.5 lbs. - SGT Charlie Fish, Camp Lejeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps), 5th LOSS Muslum Muslumov (Azerbaijan), pin in 1st period LOSS Oldrick Wagner (Germany), inj. dft. U.S. women’s freestyle performances 63 kg/138.75 lbs. - SPC Othella Lucas, Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Army), 3rd WIN Lyudmila Mironova (Kazakhstan), 2-4, 4-0, 4-3 LOSS Xu Haiyan (China), 0-1, 0-4 WIN Hanna Savenia (Belarus), 1-0, 0-1, 2-0 Final Men’s Freestyle standings 1 Iran, 66 2 Belarus, 48 3 Poland, 47 4 Azerbaijan, 42 5 Kazakhstan, 39 6 Germany, 28 7 Ukraine, 27 8 United States, 22 9 Korea, 18 10 Turkey, 18 11 Syria, 12 12 China, 10 13 Sri Lanka, 7 14 Albania, 4 15 Finland, 4 16 Morocco, 4 U.S. Women’s team draws for Saturday 55 kg/121 lbs. - PFC Sharon Jacobson, Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Army) A five-athlete roundrobin draw Vs. Li Hui (China) Vs. K Yanushkevick (Belarus) Vs. Tina Ylinen (Finland) Vs. Natascha Ballas (Germany) 72 kg/158.5 lbs. - SGT Iris Smith, Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Army) A four-athlete roundrobin draw Vs. Lijun Yang (China) Vs. A. Wieszczek (Poland) Vs. Volha Khilko (Belarus) U.S. Greco-Roman team draws for Saturday 66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Cpl Daniel Sotonieves, Camp Lejeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps) Vs. Amir Derikvandi (Iran) 96 kg/211.5 lbs. - SPC Justin Millard, Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Army) Vs. Sergei Rutenko (Ukraine)