Jessica Medina shoots in for a takedown in the second round. Tony Rotundo photo.

MOSCOW, Russia – U.S. wrestlers Jake Fisher, Alyssa Lampe and Jessica Medina fell short of medaling on Day 3 of the World Championships on Wednesday at the Olympiysky Sports Complex.

Fisher fell to past Olympic and World bronze medalist Christophe Guenot of France 1-0, 0-1, 0-1 in the first round in Greco-Roman at 74 kg/163 lbs. Guenot gained pushouts in the final two periods to prevail over Fisher, who is competing in his first World Championships.

Fisher was eliminated when Guenot lost in the third round.

“In the first period, I controlled the pace. I won that period and felt good. In the second period, he came at me and I let him control the pace. He got a pushout. The third period kind of was even. I made a mistake. I tried to push him out, lost my balance and he pushed me out,” said Fisher. “I thought he would pull me back in. He lost. That’s what you get for losing.”

The U.S. finished without a World medal in Greco-Roman for the first time since 2003.

"We have a lot of work to do,” said National Greco-Roman Coach Steve Fraser. “With our current team, we need to do the right things. We need to do more sprint wrestling on our feet, more battling. This is normally our strength. We need to use our conditioning and our fight and bring it back into the game. We need to have better par terre defense. We get turned. If you can’t defend, you are not going to be able to win a medal at the World Championships. We need tougher competition with more foreigners. We need to compete with these guys. That is how we get better. Iron sharpens iron.”

Medina won her first women’s freestyle match at 51 kg/112.25 lbs. before falling to Poland’s Roksana Zasina 1-0, 3-2. Medina lost the first period after Zasina finished with the leg in the clinch. Zasina scored three quick points in the second period before Medina battled back for a pair of takedowns on leg attacks.

Medina was eliminated when Zasina lost to Japan’s Yu Horiuchi in the semifinals.

Lampe was pinned late in the first period by past World bronze medalist Iwona Matkowska of Poland in the first round in women’s freestyle at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. Lampe came out aggressively. She built a quick 5-0 lead on a takedown and two turns. Matkowska came right back, shooting in on a leg attack before turning Lampe to her back for the fall.

Lampe was eliminated when Matkowska lost to six-time World champion Hitomi Sakamoto of Japan in the semifinals.

“In the warmup, I felt like it was the best I ever felt. It’s disappointing that the best I’ve ever felt, the most prepared I have ever been, ends in one period. I got caught,” said Lampe. “What I should have done was capitalize on the trapped arm gut I had, and put the period away. I let her get back into the match. Coach Izzy told me about how she hangs her head so you bring your arm over. That’s what happened. She got me on her back from there.”

Turkey's Selcuk Cebi repeated as World champion in Greco-Roman at 74 kg/163 lbs. Russia won the Greco-Roman team title with Turkey placing second and Azerbaijan third. The U.S. finished 13th.

Japan's Hitomi Sakamoto won her seventh World title after capturing the crown at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. Sakamoto won her previous six titles up a weight class at 51 kg/112.25 lbs.

Ukraine's Olesksandra Kohut won her first World title at 51 kg/112.25 lbs.

Day 4 of the seven-day event is set for Thursday in Moscow. Americans Tatiana Padilla (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids), Kelsey Campbell (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) and Elena Pirozhkova (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) are scheduled to compete for the U.S.

Padilla wrestles at 55 kg/121 lbs., Campbell is at 59 kg/130 lbs. and Pirozhkova is at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. Padilla won a World bronze medal in 2008.

WORLD WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Moscow, Russia, Sept. 8

Men’s Greco-Roman wrestling

74 kg/163 lbs.
Gold – Selcuk Cebi (Turkey)
Silver – Arsen Jufalayan (Armenia)
Bronze – Imil Sharafetdinov (Russia)
Bronze – Daniar Kobonov (Kyrgyzstan)
5th – Rafig Huseynov (Azerbaijan)
5th – Takahiro Kanakubo (Japan)
7th – Roman Melyoshin (Kazakhstan)
8th – Neven Zugaj (Croatia)
9th - Jure Kuhar (Slovenia)
10th – Christophe Guenot (France)

Women’s freestyle wrestling

48 kg/105.5 lbs.
Gold –Hitomi Sakamoto (Japan)
Silver – Lorissa Oorzhak (Russia) 
Bronze – Sasha Zhao (China)
Bronze – Carol Huynh (Canada)
5th – Patimat Bagomedova (Azerbaijan)
5th – Iwona Matkowska (Poland)
7th – Yana Stadnik (Great Britain)
8th – Khrystyna Daranutsa (Ukraine)
9th – Enkhjargal Tsogtbazar (Mongolia)
10th – Hyung-Joo Kim (Korea)

51 kg/112.25 lbs.
Gold –Oleksandra Kohut (Ukraine)
Silver – Yu Horiuchi (Japan)
Bronze – Sofia Mattsson (Sweden)
Bronze – Zamira Rakhmanova (Russia)
5th – Roksina Zasina (Poland)
5th – Tatiana Bakatyuk (Kazakhstan)
7th – Estera Dobre (Romania)
8th – Isabelle Sambou (Senegal)
9th - Jessica Medina (USA)
10th – Anzhela Dorogan (Azerbaijan)

U.S. RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Greco-Roman

74 kg/163 lbs. – Jake Fisher, Boise, Idaho (New York AC)
LOSS Christophe Guenot (France), 1-0, 0-1, 0-1

Women’s freestyle
48 kg/105.5 lbs. – Alyssa Lampe, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
LOSS Iwona Matkowska (Poland), fall 1:29

51 kg/112.25 lbs. – Jessica Medina, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)
WIN Maria Serrano (Spain), 1-0, 1-0
LOSS Roksana Zasina (Poland), 0-1, 2-3

Greco-Roman Team Standings
1 Russia, 46 
2 Turkey, 32 
3 Azerbaijan, 26 
3 Armenia, 26 
5 Cuba, 24 
5 Bulgaria, 24 
5 Kazakhstan 24 
8 Iran, 22 
9 Korea, 20 
10 Japan, 15 
11 Ukraine, 14 
12 Croatia, 13 
13 Kyrgyzstan, 12 
13 Hungary, 12 
13 United States, 12 
13 Poland, 12 
17  Switzerland, 10 
17 Georgia, 10 
19 Belarus, 9
20 France, 7 
20 Uzbekistan, 7 
22 Czech Republic, 6 
23 Finland, 4 
23 Switzerland, 4 
25 Italy, 3 
26 Romania, 2 
26 Slovenia, 2 
28 Lithuania, 1