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Ayyoub de Canada Gana el Botin de Oro en #WrestleMorelia

By Taylor Miller

MORELIA, Mexico – En el último día del Campeonato Panamericano de Cadetes, Ismail AYYOUB (CAN) ganó el Botín de Oro en estilo libre masculino después de un día exitoso en Morelia, México.

Ayyoub ganó el título en 80 kg, derrotando a John BEST (USA) en la final, 10-3.

USA ganó las otras nueve medallas de oro, de Daniel Sheen con 45 kg, Joey Fischer con 48 kg, Nico Provo con 51 kg, Jacob Rundell con 55 kg, Jesse Mendez con 60 kg, Robert Pérez III con 65 kg, John Best con 71 kg, Michael Misita con 92 kg y Braxton Mikesell con 110 kg.

Sheen, Fischer, Méndez, Pérez, Best, Misita y Mikesell ganaron sus segundos oros este fin de semana al reclamar títulos en Grecorromana el viernes.

En la clasificación por equipos, USA ganaron con 245 puntos, seguidos de México con 138 puntos y Canadá con 134 puntos.

Team standings
1. USA – 245
2. Mexico – 138
3. Canada – 134
4. Peru – 83
5. Brazil – 65
6. Ecuador – 61
7. Guatemala – 57
8. Argentina – 46
9. Colombia – 38
10. Panama – 38

45 kg
GOLD – Daniel SHEEN (USA)
SILVER - Esteban MORALES MAYANCHA (ECU)
BRONZE - Carlos HERNANDEZ PEREZ (MEX)

48 kg
GOLD – Joseph FISCHER (USA)
SILVER - Treye TROTMAN (CAN)
BRONZE - Helisson QUEIROZ BRESSON (BRA)

51 kg
GOLD – Nico PROVO (USA)
SILVER – Enrique HERRERA HUACRE (PER)
BRONZE - Luisaldo CORTEZ GARCIA (MEX)
BRONZE - Marlon GODINEZ PEREZ (GUA)

55 kg
GOLD – Jacob RUNDELL (USA)
SILVER - Fotis PAPADOPOULOS (CAN)
BRONZE - Miguel GASPAR RIVAS (ECU)
BRONZE - Erick BARROSO BAUTISTA (MEX)

60 kg
GOLD – Jesse MENDEZ (USA)
SILVER - Jan LOPEZ SOLIS (MEX)
BRONZE - Peter MCCRACKIN (CAN)

65 kg
GOLD – Robert PEREZ III (USA)
SILVER - Stone LEWIS (CAN)
BRONZE - Jonnathan PEREZ CASTELLANOS (GUA)
BRONZE - Matias MUNOZ RAMIREZ (CHI)

71 kg                                                                       
GOLD – John BEST (USA)
SILVER - Lautaro SEGHESSO (ARG)
BRONZE - Carlos SEVILLANO GONGORA (ECU)
BRONZE -  Malhcon PINEDA CUNIL (GUA)

80 kg
GOLD - Ismail AYYOUB (CAN)
SILVER – Jack DARRAH (USA)
BRONZE - Juan ITURRIZA RUIZ (MEX)

92 kg
GOLD – Michael MISITA (USA)
SILVER - Jorge DE LA O OLAN (MEX)
BRONZE - Gabriel DE SOUSA SILVA (BRA)

110 kg
GOLD – Braxton MIKESELL (USA)
SILVER - Axel ORTEGA LUNA (MEX)
BRONZE - Diego NOLE AZABACHE (PER)

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Kougioumtsidis, Antim, Jafarov named 2023 Rising Stars

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (December 13) -- Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE), ANTIM (UWW) and Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE) have been named as UWW's Rising Stars of the Year for their phenomenal performances in 2023.

Georgios KOUGIOUMTSIDIS (GRE) has shown his mettle in the past but the 2023 World Championships made him the one for the future. He began the year with gold at the U23 Europeans, silver at the senior Europeans and his run in Belgrade made him the Rising Star in Freestyle.

At the Olympic weight of 74kg, he opened the World Championships by beating Olympic silver medallist Magomedkhabib KADIMAGOMEDOV (AIN), stunned world silver medallist Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK) and almost checked Kyle DAKE (USA) in the semifinals. He then returned to earn a Paris Olympic quota by beating Turan BAYRAMOV (AZE).

 

In women's wrestling, ANTIM (UWW) was awarded the Rising Star for her performances in 2023. She won a silver medal in her senior Asian Championships debut, defended her U20 world title and then won a bronze medal at the World Championships at 53kg. It was her first senior-level World Championships and an unfazed Antim handed defeats to world champion Dom PARRISH (USA), Roksana ZASINA (POL) and European champion Jonna MALMGREN (SWE). She came in touching distance of entering the final but was stunned in the final second of the semifinal by Vanesa KALADZINSKAYA.

The medal in Belgrade made the 19-year-old the youngest Indian to win a medal at the World Championships. Soon after, Antim traveled to Hangzhou, China for the Asian Games and won a bronze medal at 53kg.

Teenage phenom Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE) Hasrat Jafarov another step towards stardom as he added a World Championships silver medal to his resume as he reached the 67kg Greco-Roman final. Not only that, Jafarov won his first European title, gold at the Ranking Series and is now the biggest threat for gold for the Paris Olympics. In Belgrade, he defeated Kristizan VANCZA (HUN), Mohammadreza GERAEI (IRI) and Slavik GALSTYAN (ARM) before settling for silver.

Jafarov already has world titles at the U20 and U23 level and his remarkable rise at just 20 years of age wins him the Rising Star award in Greco-Roman.