Kelsey Campbell and Coach Keith Wilson stand atop the medal podium in Poland.

POZNAN, Poland – Kelsey Campbell won a gold medal at the Poland Open while Tervel Dlagnev and Trent Paulson won bronze medals at the Ziolkowski International on Sunday in Poland.

Campbell came back strong after losing the first period to defeat Latvia’s Anastasjia Grigorjeva 0-1, 3-0, 1-0 in the women’s freestyle finals at 59 kg/130 lbs. on Sunday night. Grigorjeva won the 2010 European Championships.

Grigorjeva finished in the leg clinch to win the first period before Campbell scored on single-leg attacks in the second and third periods to prevail. Campbell scored with a single-takedown in the second period, finishing for two exposure points. She shot in on a single in the third period and drove Grigorjeva out of bounds for a pushout for the eventual winning point.

“Kelsey wrestled a very tough final match – she showed a lot of grit against Grigorjeva,” U.S. National Coach Terry Steiner said. “I think Kelsey learned a lot about herself in that match. Sometime matches have more to do with fight than technique and this was one of those matches.”

American teammates Leigh Jaynes (59 kg/130 lbs.) and Whitney Conder (51 kg/112.25 lbs.) both finished fifth. The U.S. finished with two champions in Poland after World champion Clarissa Chun won a title at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. on Saturday.

Campbell placed fifth in the World last year and made this year’s World Team. Conder made her first World Team this year.

Dlagnev turned in a strong tournament by placing third in the Ziolkowski International. He beat a two-time World champion and a two-time World bronze medalist. The Ziolkowski event was held simultaneously with the Poland Open on Sunday.

Dlagnev defeated two-time World bronze medalist Ioannis Arzoumanidis of Greece in his first match before falling to Aleksei Shemarov of Belarus in the quarterfinals at 120 kg/264.5 lbs.

Dlagnev received a chance to wrestle back for a medal after Shemarov reached the finals. Shemarov beat two-time World champion Bilyal Makhov of Russia in the semifinals.

Dlagnev came back to beat Mohammedreza Seyed Azarahakib of Iran before gaining a win over Makhov in the bronze-medal match by forfeit.

Paulson pinned 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Murad Gaidarov of Belarus in the first period of bronze-medal match at 74 kg/163 lbs. Paulson locked Gaidarov in a bear hug to record the fall. Gaidarov is also a past World silver medalist.

Paulson had a strong tour, finishing third last weekend at the Ukrainian Memorial in Kiev, Ukraine.

ZIOLKOWSKI INTERNATIONAL
JULY 31, POZNAN, POLAND

Men’s freestyle results

60 KG/132 LBS.
Gold – Vladimir Dubov (Bulgaria)
Silver – Rasual Murtazaliev (Russia)
Bronze – Adam Blok (Poland)
Bronze – Anatolie Guidea (Bulgaria)

74 KG/163 LBS.
Gold – Batuhan Demircin (Turkey)
Silver – Andriy Shyka (Germany)
Bronze – Trent Paulson (USA)
Bronze – Rasul Tichaev (Russia)

96 KG/211.5 LBS.
Gold – Abdusalam Gadisov (Russia)
Silver – Serhat Balci (Turkey)
Bronze – Arfan Amiri (Iran)
Bronze – Elizbar Odikadze (Georgia)

120 KG/264.5 LBS.
Gold – Fardin Masoumi (Iran)
Silver – Aleksei Shemarov (Belarus)
Bronze – Tervel Dlagnev (USA)
Bronze – Daniel Ligeti (Hungary)

U.S. freestyle performances

74 kg/163 lbs. – Trent Paulson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids) – 3rd
WIN Tomasz Rogisz (Poland), 0-1, 7-2, 5-0
WIN Reza Afzalipaemami (Iran), 2-1, 1-0
WIN Krystian Brzozowksi (Poland), 3-0, 4-1
LOSS Andriy Shyka (Germany), 0-3, 6-0, 1-2
WIN Murad Gaidarov (Belarus), fall 1st period

74 kg/163 lbs. – Nick Marable, Columbia, Mo. (Sunkist Kids)
LOSS Kiril Terziev (Bulgaria), 3-0, 1-1, 0-1

96 kg/211.5 lbs. – David Zabriskie, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)
LOSS Mehdi Mazandarani (Iran), 1-1, 1-3, 0-1

96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Dustin Kilgore, Berea, Ohio (Golden Pride WC)
WIN Jozef Jaloviar (Slovakia), 1-0, 2-0
LOSS Elizbar Odikadze (Georgia), 0-2, 1-6

96 kg/211.5 lbs. – Konrad Dudziak, Bayonne, N.J.
WIN Marcos Santos (Puerto Rico), 1-0, 1-0
LOSS Kamil Skaskiewicz (Poland), 0-1, 0-2

96 kg/211.5 lbs. – Jack Jensen, Graham, N.C. (Gator WC)
LOSS Serhat Balci (Turkey), 0-3, 0-3
LOSS Arfan Amiri (Iran), 0-2, 0-1

120 kg/264.5 lbs. – Tervel Dlagnev, Columbus, Ohio (Sunkist Kids) – 3rd
WIN Ioannis Arzoumanidis (Greece), 1-0, 1-0
LOSS Aleksei Shemarov (Belarus), 0-1, 2-5
WIN Mohammedreza Seyed Azarahakib (Iran), 0-2, 3-0, 2-0
WIN Bilyal Makhov (Russia), forfeit

POLAND OPEN
JULY 31, POZNAN, POLAND

Women’s freestyle results

51 KG/112.25 LBS.
Gold – Genevieve Hayley (Canada)
Silver – Zamira Rakhmanova (Russia)
Bronze – Ekaterina Krasnova (Russia)
Bronze – Maryia Ivanova (Belarus)

59 KG/130 LBS.
Gold – Kelsey Campbell (USA)
Silver – Anastasjia Grigorjeva (Latvia)
Bronze – Agata Strzelczyk (Poland)
Bronze – Eviko Nakata (Japan)

67 KG/147.5 LBS.
Gold – Natalia Kuksina (Russia)
Silver – Yulia Bartnovskaya (Russia)
Bronze – Hanna Savenia (Belarus)
Bronze – Lisa Geyer (Germany)

U.S. women’s freestyle performances

51 kg/112.5 lbs. – Whitney Conder, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Gator WC) – 5th
WIN Jessica Bechtel (Germany), 3-0, 1-0
LOSS Genevieve Hayley (Canada), 0-2, 0-1
LOSS Ekaterina Krasnova (Russia), 1-0, 0-1, fall

59 kg/130 lbs. – Kelsey Campbell, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) – 1st
WIN Andrea Sambrovska (Slovakia), 3-0, fall
WIN Eviko Nakata (Japan), 0-1, 1-0, 1-0
WIN Anastasjia Grigorjeva (Latvia), 0-1, 3-0, 1-0

59 kg/130 lbs. – Leigh Jaynes, Colorado Springs, Colo. (New York AC) – 5th
WIN Michelle Fazzari (Canada), fall 0:47
LOSS Anastasjia Grigorjeva (Latvia), 0-1, fall
LOSS Agata Strzelczyk (Poland), 0-1, 3-2, fall