U.S. MARINE WRESTLERS MARTIN, HICKS WIN SILVER MEDALS AT THE ST. PETERSBURG OPEN IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, NOV. 19-21Two members of the U.S. Marine Corps wrestling team, Duaine Martin (Quantico, Va./U.S. Marine Corps) at 127.75 pounds and Dan Hicks (Quantico, Va./U.S. Marine Corps) at 213.75 pounds, at the St. Petersburg Open of Greco-Roman wrestling in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 19-21.
Martin dominated his first three opponents, scoring two pins and a technical fall. In the gold-medal finals, he was defeated by Stanislav Lomachinski of Russia, 10-5.
Hicks also scored three straight wins to qualify for the championship match, where he was edged by Konstantin Bataev of Russia, 3-1.
James Shillow (Quantico, Va./U.S. Marine Corps) placed fifth at 138.75 pounds. Two U.S. Marines placed sixth, Joseph Clark (Quantico, Va./U.S. Marine Corps) at 167.5 pounds and Ken Owens (Quantico, Va./U.S. Marine Corps) at 187.25 pounds. Placing eighth at 138.75 pounds was Scott Munsey (Quantico, Va./U.S. Marines).
The U.S. Marines placed third in the team standings, behind the St. Petersburg, Russia club team and the Moscow, Russia club team. The U.S. team was coached by Marine Corps head coach Jay Antonelli of Quantico, Va.
ST. PETERSBURG OPEN at St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 19-21
Greco-Roman results
54 kg/119 lbs. - 1st - Alexei Shevtov (Russia); 2nd - Shaim Gosumov (Russia); 3rd - Magomed Magomedov (Russia)
58 kg/127.75 lbs. - 1st - Stanislav Lomachinski (Russia); 2nd - Duaine Martin (USA); 3rd - Eldar Baidulin (Russia)
63 kg/138.75 lbs. - 1st - Alexei Mozur (Ukraine); 2nd - Alexei Shagin (Russia); 3rd - Alexander Zinoviev (Russia)
69 kg/152 lbs.- 1st - Andrei Komarov (Russia); 2nd - Oleg Kunitski (Ukraine); 3rd - Egar Veldiev (Azerbaijan)
76 kg/167.5 lbs. - 1st - Oleg Sobuchuk (Ukraine); 2nd - Nikolai Dudalodov (Russia); 3rd - Alexei Bovobski (Russia)
85 kg/187.25 lbs. - 1st - Kedo Kudatadze (Georgia); 2nd - Sergei Yanakowski (Russia); 3rd - Valeri Habarov (Russia)
97 kg/213.75 lbs. - 1st - Konstantin Bataev (Russia); 2nd - Dan Hicks (USA); 3rd - Igor Ivanov (Russia)
130 kg/286 lbs. - 1st - Alexei Kolesnikov (Russia); 2nd - Yuri Katismaki (Finland); 3rd - Sergei Ivanov (Russia)
U.S. Greco-Roman performances
58 kg/127.75 lbs. - Duaine Martin, 2nd - won by tech. fall over Kamil Bogdanov (Russia), 12-1; pin Daniel Filimonov (Russia); pin Nikolai Nerobaev (Russia); lost dec. to Stanislav Lomachinski (Russia), 10-5
63 kg/138.75 lbs. - James Shillow, 5th - pin Renat Muhamajinov (Russia); dec. Ruslan Ouskov (Russia), 3-2; lost dec. to Alexander Zinoviev (Russia), 3-2
63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Scott Munsey, 8th - won by tech. fall over Ilya Sodarkov (Russia), 10-0; lost dec. to Zahorev Gusiev (Russia), 3-2
69 kg/152 lbs. - Marcel Cooper, dnp - pin Anton Buglog (Russia); lost dec. to Oleg Kunitski (Ukraine), 3-0
76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Robert McKinney, dnp - won by ref. dec. over Yuri Stepanov (Belarus), 1-1,ot, 9:00; lost dec. to Alexei Bovobski (Russia), 4-0
76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Joseph Clark, 6th - pin Denis Ivko (Russia); dec. Sergei Kushin (Russia), 5-0; lost by tech. fall to Nikolai Dudalodov (Russia), 10-0
85 kg/187.25 lbs. - Ken Owens, 6th - lost by pin to Sergei Bobkin (Russia); won by tech. fall over Alexei Gamzuk (Belarus), 12-1
97 kg/213.75 lbs. - Dan Hicks, 2nd - dec. Igor Grituk (Ukraine), 4-0; dec. Dimitri Sinkov (Belarus), 4-1; dec. Igor Ivanov (Russia), 9-6; lost dec. to Konstantin Bataev (Russia), 3-1