FLASH: U.S. drops four opening Greco-Roman bouts at University World Championships in Italy
<< Back to Articles
USA Wrestling ()
10/29/2010
TORINO, Italy – The U.S. dropped all four of its opening Greco-Roman bouts at the 2010 FISU University World Championships, held at the Pala Ruffini arena on Friday.
Of the four U.S. wrestlers who dropped first-round matches, only Jarod Trice (Mount Pleasant, Mich./Central Michigan) at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. has qualified for a repechage match. He lost to finalist A. Gasemimonjazi (Iran).
Trice will wrestle against a Russian opponent in the repechage, and if he wins, he will qualify for a bronze-medal bout.
“Trice wrestled well. He had an opportunity to beat his Iranian opponent,†said National Greco-Roman Developmental Coach Ike Anderson. “Overall, we didn’t perform very well this morning. We weren’t executing, and did not have high energy.â€
An update on the entire competition will follow later today.
FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Torino, Italy, Oct. 29
U.S. Greco-Roman results so far on Friday
55 kg/121 lbs. - Max Nowry (Wheeling, Ill./New York AC)
LOSS Marcin Kunysz (Poland), 0-2, 0-6
66 kg/145.5 lbs. - Kerry Regner (Darlington, Pa./Sunkist Kids)
LOSS Oscar Parra (Spain), 0-3, 0-4
84 kg/185 lbs. - Talan Knox (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids)
LOSS Alo Toom (Estonia), 0-1, 1-0, 0-2
120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Jarod Trice (Mount Pleasant, Mich./Central Michigan)
LOSS A. Gasemimonjazi (Iran), 0-1, 1-0, 0-2
Repechage match – Vs. opponent from Russia