Adam Coon, shown at the 2011 Junior Nationals, captured a gold medal at 100 kg in freestyle at the FILA Cadet World Championships in Szombathely, Hungary today. John Sachs photo

SZOMBATHELY, Hungary – Adam Coon of Fowlerville, Mich. won a gold medal at 100 kg/220 lbs. in freestyle at the FILA Cadet World Championships on Wednesday.

Coon pinned Geno Petriashvili of Georgia with the gold medal finals. Coon trailed 4-0 in the first period, then took Petriashvili to his back with a bodylock to secure a first-period fall.

He opened the meet with victories over Phool Kawar Mandeep of India and Akbar Elubaiulu of Kazakhstan. In the semifinals, he scored a clutch victory over Mojtaba Moradi of Iran.

Coon was a FILA Cadet Nationals champion in freestyle this year. He was a Junior Nationals Greco-Roman champion and third in the Junior Nationals in freestyle. Coon also won a Pan American Cadet freestyle title this summer in Mexico.

FILA Cadets are athletes who are 15-17 years old. FILA is hosting a Cadet World Championships for the first time since 1999. 

Coon becomes the first U.S. Cadet World Champion since 1999, when Justin Lester won a men’s freestyle gold medal and Mary Kelly won a women’s freestyle gold medal.

Joey Lavallee of Reno, Nev. placed fifth at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. He was edged in a bronze-medal match by Surander Singh Parveen of India, 0-1, 0-1.

Lavallee opened with a win over Sergiy Ponomarenko of Ukraine, then was defeated by Kazbek Tashyev of Russia. When Tashyev made the finals, Lavallee was drawn into the repechage rounds. Lavalle defeated Iurie Cernica of Moldova, 0-1, 2-0, 1-0 to qualify for the bronze-medal round.

Lavallee was a FILA Cadet Nationals champion this past spring. He was also fifth in the Junior Nationals in freestyle this past summer.

Three U.S. wrestlers were beaten in the preliminary rounds and were not able to enter the repechage rounds when their opponent failed to reach the finals: Tommy Thorn of St. Michael, Minn. at 46 kg/101.25 lbs., Thomas Gilman of Omaha, Neb. at 54 kg/119 lbs. and Jordan Rogers of Spokane, Wash. at 76 kg/167.5 lbs.

Thorn finished seventh in the standings with a 2-1 record in the tournament.

Gilman finished 10th in his weight class with a 1-1 record.

Rogers, who lost his first match to a Russian opponent and was unable to wrestle back, did not place.

The United States placed fifth in the final team standings with 49 points. Russia won the title with 79 points, followed by Iran with 69, India with 65 and Kazakhstan with 56.

The U.S. finished with two medals, Coon’s gold medal and a bronze medal by Sam Brooks of Oak Park, Ill. at 85 kg/187.25 lbs. on Tuesday. Nine of the 10 U.S. men’s freestyle entries placed in the top 10 of their divisions.

Serving as coach of the team is 1976 Olympic champion and 1972 Olympic silver medalist John Peterson of Comstock, Wis., along with National Freestyle Developmental Coach Bill Zadick of Colorado Springs, Colo.

The competition continues with the women’s freestyle division on Thursday and Friday. Draws for the first five U.S. wrestlers will be posted in another story.

FILA CADET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Szombathely, Hungary, August 24

46 kg/101.25 lbs.
1 Vladimir Kudrin (Kazakhstan)
2 Emre Demircan (Turkey)
3 Keisuke Otoguro (Japan)
3 Younes Sarmastidizaji (Iran)
5 Zhyrgalbek Abdikarim (Kyrgyzstan)
5 Marco Azzarello (Italy)
7 Tommy Thorn (USA)
8 Buslis Karolis (Lithuania)
9 Vadim Sacultan (Moldova)
10 Ramesh Sandeep (India)

54 kg/119 lbs.
1 Sultan Nasrullayev (Azerbaijan)
2 Baldwan Singh Bajrang (India)
3 Shota Phartenadze (Georgia)
3 Daichi Takatani (Japan)
5 Rasul Shapiev (Russia)
5 Volodymyr Nechyporuk (Ukraine)
7 Iman Sadeghikoukandeh (Iran)
8 Kuralbek Omarbekov (Kazakhstan)
9 Laurian Anghelina (Romania)
10 Thomas Gilman (USA)

63 kg/138.75 lbs.
1 Mehran Babaei (Iran)
2 Kazbek Tashyev (Russia)
3 Surander Singh Parveen (India)
3 Ilyas Zhumay (Kazakhstan)
5 Joey Lavallee (USA)
5 Muzaffar Rizaev (Uzbekistan)
7 Omari Gurjidze (Georgia)
8 Mehmet Volkan Aslan (Turkey)
9 Poghos Tadevosyan (Armenia)
10 Sait Kasymov (Kyrgyzstan)

76 kg/167.5 lbs.
1 Elkhan Asadov (Kazakhstan)
2 Alireza Mohammad Karimimachiani (Iran) [IRAN R.I.]
3 Giorgi Chkhartishvili (Georgia)
3 Artem Umarov (Russia)
5 Baatar Nyambayar (Mongolia)
5 Sezai Arzlan (Turkey)
7 Oleksiy Shcherbak (Ukraine)
8 Orkhan Sharifov (Azerbaijan)
9 Beksultan Talantbekov (Kyrgyzstan)
10 Firuz Yakubov (Tajikistan)

100 kg/220 lbs.
1 Adam Coon (USA)
2 Geno Pietriashvili (Georgia)
3 Mojtaba Moradi (Iran)
3 Inal Tasoev (Russia)
5 Phool Kawar Madeep (India)
5 Marcell Kiss (Hungary)
7 Akbar Elubaiulu (Kazakhstan)
8 Said Gamidov (Azerbaijan)
9 Ibrahim Kaysol (Turkey)
10 Krystain Kopytowski (Poland)

U.S. men’s freestyle results on Wednesday

46 kg/101.25 lbs.- Tommy Thorn, St. Michael, Minn., 7th
WIN Zandanbud Zanabazar (Mongolia), 2-1, 4-2
WIN Vadim Sacultan (Moldova), 2-1, 3-1
LOSS Younes Sarmastidizaji (Iran), pin

54 kg/119 lbs. - Thomas Gilman, Omaha, Neb., 10th
WIN Zokir Mansurov (Uzbekistan), 1-0, 1-0
LOSS Shota Phartenzadze (Georgia), 0-1, 1-3

63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Joey Lavallee, Reno, Nev., 5th
WIN Sergiy Ponomarenko (Ukraine), 2-2, 1-3, 2-1
LOSS Kazbek Tashyev (Russia), pin
WIN Iurie Cernica (Moldova), 0-1, 2-0, 1-0
LOSS Surander Singh Parveen (India), 0-1, 0-1

76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Jordan Rogers, Spokane, Wash., dnp/17th
LOSS Artem Umarov (Russia), 1-2, 0-3

100 kg/220 lbs. - Adam Coon, Fowlerville, Mich., 1st
WIN Phool Kawar Mandeep (India), 4-0, 7-0
WIN Akbar Elubaiulu (Kazakhstan), pin
WIN Mojtaba Moradi (Iran), 1-0, 2-2
WIN Geno Petriashvili (Georgia), pin 1st period

Team Standings
1 Russia, 79
2 Iran, 69
3 India, 65
4 Kazakhstan, 56
5 United States, 49
6 Azerbaijan 47
7 Georgia, 45
8 Japan, 28
8 Ukraine, 28
10 Turkey, 20
11 Moldova, 12
12 Uzbekistan, 11
13 Kyrgyzstan, 9
14 Armenia, 8
14 Mongolia, 8
16 Greece, 6
16 Hungary, 6
16 Italy, 6
19 Bulgaria, 4
19 Lithuania, 4
19 Romania, 4
22 Kosovo, 2
22 Poland, 2
24 Israel, 1
24 Tajikistan, 1