A pair of U.S. wrestlers, Jason Kutz and Dominic Black, claimed gold medals in freestyle at the CISM World Military Wrestling Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey, August 2-10. Both champion wrestlers are members of the U.S. Army team, based in Fort Carson, Colo. Kutz claimed the gold medal at 60 kg/132 lbs. and Black claimed his gold medal at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Kutz won four matches on the way to the title. He opened with an 11-0 technical fall over Saeed Galat of Qatar, then a 7-2 win over Daniel Wilde of Germany. In the semifinals, Kutz edged Tevkit Odabisi of host Turkey, 6-5. His coaches believed that Kutz should have been awarded even more points than what he was given. In the finals, he pinned Nazim Alidjanov of Azerbaijan in 4:23. Black also won four straight times for his gold medal. He won his pool with a 10-0 technical fall over Andre Lenz of Germany and an 8-0 shutout win over Dimitrios Voudouris of Greece. In the semifinals, Black stopped Radoslaw Jankowski of Poland, 6-0. In the gold medal finals, Black faced Recep Kara from host Turkey, emerging with a 4-2 overtime win. Black trailed 2-1 at the end of regulation, and the athletes were placed in the clinch. Black scored a three-point throw to exposure from the clinch to win the match, 4-2. Another U.S. Army athlete, Jason Loukides, claimed a bronze medal at 96 kg/211.5 lbs. Loukides won his first two matches to qualify for the semifinals, where he was defeated by Hakan Koc of Turkey, 4-0. In the bronze-medal match, Loukides defeated Ernest Wojtowicz from Poland, 7-0. In Greco-Roman, the top finish for a U.S. wrestler was turned in by Aaron Sieracki of the U.S. Air Force, who placed fourth at 84 kg/185 lbs. Sieracki won his pool by defeating Leonida Lavreti of Italy, 6-0, then stopping Han Zengfeng of China, 3-0. In the semifinals, he dropped a match to former World Champion Nazmi Avluca of Turkey. In the bronze-medal match, he lost 3-0 to Shota Narmania of Belarus. Sieracki was the only U.S. wrestler to advance from the pool competition. U.S. wrestlers who claimed one win in their pool but did not advance included Glenn Nieradka from the U.S. Army at 60 kg/132 lbs., Oscar Wood from the U.S. Army at 66 kg/145.5 lbs. and Rob McKenney of the U.S. Marines at 74 kg/163 lbs. CISM WORLD MILITARY CHAMPIONSHIPS In Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 2-10 Freestyle medalists 55 kg/121 lbs. - Gold - Hyo Sub Kim (Korea); Silver - Demir Ramazan (Turkey); Bronze - Askerhan Navruzov (Azerbaijan) 60 kg/132 lbs. - Gold - Jason Kutz (USA); Silver - Nazim Alidjanov (Azerbaijan); Bronze - Tevkit Odabisi (Turkey) 66 kg/145. 5 lbs. - Gold - Mehmet Yozgat (Turkey); Silver - Damir Zahardinov (Uzbekistan); Bronze - Dae Sung Kim (Korea) 74 kg/163 lbs. - Gold - Hakki Ceylan (Turkey); Silver - Dominik Zeh (Germany); Bronze - Youn Ho Kim (Korea) 84 kg/185 lbs. - Gold - Gokhan Yavaser (Turkey); Silver - Vasili Marudenka (Belarus); Bronze - Magamadai Gadjiladov (Uzbekistan) 96 kg /211.25 lbs. - Gold - Hakan Koc (Turkey); Silver - Storia Marcel Mihai (Romania); Bronze - Jason Loukides (USA) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Gold - Dominic Black (USA); Silver - Recep Kara (Turkey); Bronze - Radislaw Jankowski (Poland) U.S. results in freestyle 60 kg/132 lbs. - Jason Kutz, U.S. Army, 1st - tech. fall over Saeed Galat (Qatar), 11-0; dec. Daniel Wilde (Germany), 7-2; dec. Tevkit Odabisi (Turkey), 6-5; pin Nazim Alidjanov (Azerbaijan), 4:23 84 kg/185 lbs. - Jake Clark, U.S. Marines, dnp - lost dec. to Radislaw Horbik (Poland), 7-4; lost to Ekber Ismatilov (Azerbaijan), 8-2 96 kg/211.5 lbs. - Jason Loukides, 3rd - dec. Jalal Bakr (Syria), 5-0; dec. Stephanos Karasoutis (Greece), 3-1; lost dec. to Hakan Koc (Turkey), 4-0; dec. Ernest Wojtowicz (Poland), 7-0 120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Dominic Black, U.S. Army, 1st - tech. fall over Andre Lenz (Germany), 10-0; dec. Dimitrios Voudouris (Greece), 8-0; dec. Radoslaw Jankowski (Poland), 6-0; dec. Recep Kara (Turkey), 4-2, ot Greco-Roman medalist results currently unavailable U.S. results in Greco-Roman 60 kg/132 lbs. - Glenn Nieradka, U.S. Army, dnp - lost dec. to Zakharia Al-Nashed (Syria), 4-1; dec. Paolo Evcile (Italy), 3-0, ot 66 kg/145. 5 lbs. - Oscar Wood, U.S. Army, dnp - dec. Onciu Petre (Romania), 7-3; lost dec. to Osta Pchenco Danil (Ukraine), 5-2; lost by tech. fall to Selchuk Cebi (Turkey), 10-0 74 kg/163 lbs. - Rob McKenney, U.S. Marines, dnp - dec. Bellesem Gamoughi (Tunisia), 3-1, ot; lost tech. fall to Jahangiz Tyrdiev (Uzbekistan), 10-0; lost tech. fall to Adam Juretzko (Germany), 10-0 84 kg/185 lbs. - Aaron Sieracki, U.S. Air Force, 4th - dec. Leonida Lavreti (Italy), 6-0; dec. Han Zengfeng (China), 3-0; lost dec. to Nazmi Avluca (Turkey); lost dec. to Shota Narmania (Belarus), 3-0 96 kg /211.25 lbs. - Deon Hicks, U.S. Marines, dnp - lost dec. to Roman Timoniakin (Ukraine), 4-2, lost dec. to Richard Karelson (Estonia), 3-2 120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Corey Farkas, U.S. Air Force, dnp - lost dec. to Nico Schmidt (Germany), 3-0; lost dec. to Andrzej Wronski (Poland), 3-0; lost dec. to Aliyev Azer (Azerbaijan), 3-1 results provided by Robert Hansgen, Deputy Secretariat, Armed Forces Sports, and from the official web page of the CISM Championships,