First Group U.S. Results - 2001 World Championships

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Heather Van Peursem (USA Wrestling)
11/24/2001


First Group U.S. Results  54, 63, 76, 85kg - Men  46, 56, 68kg - Women    54kg - Men  Pool Round 1  Herman Kontoyev (BLR) dec. Stephan Abas (USA), 7-6  First Period  At :58 Abas called for passivity.   At 1:16 Kontoyev turns Abas with a gut wrench for 1pt exposure, 1-0  At 1:44 Kontoyev turns for another 2 pts, 3-0    Second Period  At 3:09 Abas hits a takedown and turns Kontoyev for 3 pts to tie the match, 3-3  At 4:05 Abas takes down Kontoyev and gets 2pt exposure to take the lead, 3-6  At 4:48 Abas gives up a 1pt takedown, 4-6  At 5:37 Kontoyev takes down and turns Abas for 2pts, 6-6  At 5:52 Kontoyev turns Abas for 1pt to win the match 7-6    Pool Round 2  Stephan Abas (USA) dec. Kripa Shankar Patel (IND), 8-1  First Period  At 1:34 Abas hits a double-leg takedown for 2pts exposure and hold Shankar Patel for another point. 3-0  At 2:13 Abas scores a singleleg takedown for 1pt., 4-0    Second Period  At 3:47 Abas scores another singleleg takedown, 5-0  At 5:30 Shankar Patel hits a high-c for a 1pt takedown, 5-1  At 5:48 Abas scores another takedown with 2pts exposure and hold for an additional point to win the 8-1 decision.     Pool Round 3  Stephan Abas (USA) - Bye        63kg - Men  Semi Finals  Serafim Barzakov (BUL) vs. Tedeev Elbrus (UKR)  Alireza Dabir (IRI) vs. Mehmet Yozgat (TUR)    Quarter Finals  Alireza Dabir (IRI) dec. Bill Zadick (USA), 9-2  First Period  At :22 Dabir scores a takedown and turns Zadick for 2pts, 3-0  At :56 Dabir guts Zadick for another 2pt, 5-0  At 1:46 Dabir scores countering a shot by Zadick, 6-0  At 5:56 Zadick hits a singleleg takedown, 6-1    Second Period  At 3:21 Dabir scores on a single leg, 7-1  At 3:57 Dabir scores again on a single leg, 8-1  At 4:27 Dabir scores another single leg, 9-1  At 4:59 Zadick scores a single leg takedown, 9-2      Serafim Barzakov (BUL) vs. Tushishvilli Otar (GEO)  Tedeev Elbrus (UKR) dec. Asgarov Elman (AZE), 4-3  Mehmet Yozgat (TUR) dec. Gralak Lucjan (POL), 6-3      Pool Round 1  Bill Zadick (USA) tech fall Youssef Nasiri-Sadiqiu (NED), 11-0, 3:26  First Period  At 1:19 Zadick throws Nasiri-Sadiqiu for 3pts, then turns him for another 2pts exposure, 5-0  At 2:03 Zadick hits a single leg takedown on the edge for 1pt, 6-0    Second Period  At 3:15 Zadick scores a single leg takedown and turns Nasiri-Sadiqiu for 2pts, 9-0  At 3:26 Zadick guts Nasiri-Sadiqiu for another 2 pts to secure the tech fall, 11-0    Pool Round 2  Bill Zadick (USA) - Bye    Pool Round 3  Bill Zadick (USA) dec. Arshak Hayrapetyan (ARM), 5-3  First Period  At :32 Hayrapetyan scores on a single leg, 1-0  At 1:47 Hayrapetyan takesdown Zadick, 2-0  At 2:02 Zadick scores a 1pt singleleg takedown, 2-1    Second Period  At 3:40 Zadick scores another singleleg takedown and turns Hayrapetyan for 2pts, 2-4  At 4:25 Zadick hits another singleleg, 2-5  At 5:10 Hayrapetyan scores a takedown, 3-5      76kg - Men  3rd Place Match  Joe Williams (USA) tech fall Radion Ketanti (SVK), 10-0, 4:06  First Period  At :50 Williams hits a double-leg takedow with 2pts exposure, 3-0  At 1:05 Williams guts for 2pts, 5-0    Second Period  At 3:43 Williams hits a double-leg takedown with 2pts exposure, 8-0  At 4:06 Williams guts Ketanti for another 2pts to secure the tech fall      Semi Finals  Bouvaisa Satiev (RUS) dec. Joe Williams (USA), 5-4  First Period  At :21 Williams hits a double leg for 1pt, 1-0  Satiev counters and exposes Williams for 2, 1-2  At :55 Satiev scores a takedown, 1-3  At 2:50 Williams exposes for 3pts and Satiev reverses for 1, 4-4    Second Period  At 3:34 Williams called for passivity, no scoring  At 5:11 Satiev scores countering a shot by Williams, 4-5  *In a controversial non-call, Williams hits a throw at the edge at 5:57. After video review, the officials ruled that he had stepped out of bounds.      Quarter Finals  Joe Williams (USA) dec. Hajizadeh Joy Mehdi (IRI), 7-3  First Period  At 1:11 Mehdi called for passivity, no scoring  At 2:25 Mehdi throws Williams from an underhook for 3pts at the edge, 3-0    Second Period  At 3:04 Williams shots a doubleleg for 1, 3-1  aTt 4:01 Mehdi called for passivity, Williams leaves him up  At 4:25 Williams hit another doubleleg, 3-2  At 4:48 Wiliams hits a single leg to tie, 3-3  At 5:29 hits the takedown and throws Mehdi for 3pts, 3-7    Bouvaisa Satiev (RUS) dec. Rezo Mindorshvilli (GEO), 3-2  Moon Eur-Jae (KOR) dec. Ritter Arpad (HUN), 8-7  Radion Ketanti (SVK) tech fall Jari Olmana (FIN), 10-0, 2:22      1/8th Finals  Joe Williams (USA) dec. Pred Eugen (ROM), 3-1  First Period  At 1:51 Williams called for passivity, no scoring  At 2:34 Eugen called for passivity, Williams turn Eugen for 2pts, 2-0    Second Period  At 4:04 Williams scores a takedown to take a 3-0 lead  At 5:59 Eugen scores a last minute takedown, William secures a quarterfinal position with a 3-2 decision      Hajizadeh Joy Mehdi (IRI) dec. Gokhan Yavaser (TUR), 4-2          Pool Round 1  Joe Williams (USA) - Bye    Pool Round 2  Joe Williams (USA) dec. Nick Ugolaha (CAN), 4-3 OT  First Period  At 1:07 Ugolaha is called for passivity, no scoring  At 2:44 Ugolaha is called for passivity, no scoring    Second Period  The second period begins in the clinch. Ugolaha locks first.  At 5:04 Ugolaha throws Williams for 3, Williams counters for 2pts, 3-2  At 5:24 Ugolaha is called for caution, Williams awarded 1 pt, 3-3    Overtime  At 7:26 Ugolaha called for passivity, no scoring  At 8:34 Williams scores a 1pt takedown to win the match, 4-3    Pool Round 3  Joe Williams (USA) dec. Rinella Salvatore (ITA), 3-0  First Period  At :36 Williams scores 1pt on a snapdown, 1-0  At 2:08 Williams scores a double-leg takedown on the edge of the mat 2-0    Second Period  At 3:15 Williams counters a shot with a double-leg on the edge of the mat, 3-0        97kg - Men  Pool Round 1  Vadim Tasoev (UKR) dec. Dominic Black (USA), 6-2  First Period  At 1:16 Tasoev gets a 1pt takedown and turn Black for 2pts, 3-0    Second Period  At 4:00 Tasoev takes Black down with a single leg with 2pts exposure, 6-0  At 4:39 Black hits a 1pt takedown from a single leg, 6-1  At 5:17 Black hits another single leg takedown, 6-2    Pool Round 2  Dominic Black (USA) dec. GankHuyag Ganzoreg (MGL), 11-7  First Period  At :38 Black guts Ganzoreg for 2 pts., 2-0  at :48 Ganzoreg reverses Black for 3pts and holds for an additional point. Black reverses Ganzoreg for 3pts and Ganzoreg reverses Black for 2pts. , 6-5  At 1:42 Black hits a single leg takedown for 1pt, 6-6  At 2:27 Black hits another singleleg takedown, 7-6    Second Period  At 3:31 Black hits another takedown, 8-6  At 5:01 Black scores another singleleg takedown, then turns Ganzoreg for another 2pts, 11-6  At 5:50 Ganzoreg scores a takedown from an ankle pick narrowing the gap, 11-7      Pool Round 3  Dominic Black (USA) - Bye        46kg - Women  Pool Round 1   Tricia Saunders (USA) - Bye    Pool Round 2  Misato Shimizu (JPN) dec. Tricia Saunders (USA), 3-2  First Period  At 1:08 Shimizu called for passivity. Saunders guts Shimizu for 2pts., 2-0  At 2:45 Saunders gets caught in a headlock and held for 3pts unti