#WrestleBudapest

LIVE BLOG: European Olympic Qualifier, Day Two (Session One)

By Eric Olanowski

BUDAPEST, Hungary (March 19) --- The second day of wrestling at the #WrestleBudapest European Olympic Qualifier is underway in Hungary. 

Day One Recap: Armenia Earns Olympic Berths Through Rising Stars Tevanyan and Harutyunyan

Semifinal Matchups:
50kg
SEMIFINAL: Miglena SELISHKA (BUL) vs.Iwona Nina MATKOWSKA (POL) 
SEMIFINAL: Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR) vs. Julie Martine SABATIE (FRA) 

53kg
SEMIFINAL: Sofia Magdalena MATTSSON (SWE) vs. Stalvira ORSHUSH (RUS)
SEMIFINAL: Vanesa KALADZINSKAYA (BLR) vs. Iulia LEORDA (MDA)

57kg 
SEMIFINAL:  Sara LINDBORG (SWE) vs. Alina HRUSHYNA AKOBIIA (UKR) 
SEMIFINAL: Bediha GUN (TUR) vs. Evelina Georgieva NIKOLOVA (BUL) 

62kg
SEMIFINAL: Elif Jale YESILIRMAK (TUR) vs. Anastasija GRIGORJEVA (LAT)
SEMIFINAL:  Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR) vs. Mariana CHERDIVARA ESANU (MDA)

68kg
SEMIFINAL:  Elis MANOLOVA (AZE) vs. Khanum VELIEVA (RUS) 
SEMIFINAL: Koumba LARROQUE (FRA) vs. Dalma CANEVA (ITA) 

76kg
SEMIFINAL: Martina KUENZ (AUT) vs. Natalia VOROBEVA (RUS)
SEMIFINAL: Vasilisa MARZALIUK (BLR) vs. Mariya ORYASHKOVA (BUL)

14:31: That'll do it for the opening session of women's wrestling. We'll see you back here at 14:00 for the freestyle medal matches.

14:26: The final match of the session is a close one.  Mariya ORYASHKOVA (BUL) leads Georgina NELTHORPE (GBR) by one point with one minute left. The winner will wrestle Vasilisa MARZALIUK (BLR) for an Olympic berth.

14:21: The Turkish upper weight struggle continues. Martina KUENZ (AUT) just pinned world champion Yasemin ADAR (TUR). Adar will have one last opportunity to qualify Turkey for the Olympic Games at 76kg.

14:17: That's back-to-back falls for Olympic champion Vorobieva. She'll wrestle for her

14:01: How about that rollercoaster of a match? Bediha GUN (TUR) led two-time European champion Grace BULLEN (NOR), 2-0, but relaxed on the edge and surrendered a takedown. She trailed, 2-2, but got to her shot with 12 seconds left and scored the match deciding takedown. Gun will wrestle the winner of Emese BARKA (HUN) and Alina HRUSHYNA AKOBIIA (UKR) in tonight's semifinals.

13:40: Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR) lead Rio Olympic silver medalist Maryia MAMASHUK (BLR), 2-0, over on Mat A. The first period is about to come to a close.

13:29: Kriszta INCZE (ROU) already took out one world silver medalist today (Liubov OVCHAROVA (RUS)). Can she make it two? She leads Turkey's Elif Jale YESILIRMAK, 2-0, over on Mat B.

13:15: Mattsson is wrestling at another level. It doesn't make sense. This is her 14th year wrestling on the senior level (made debut in '07) and she's still improving. How is that possible?! She's outscored her first two opponents 21-0 en route to the 53kg semifinals. Mattsson will wrestle the winner of Stalvira ORSHUSH (RUS) and Jessica BLASZKA (NED) for an Olympic berth.

13:09: There are three matches going on right now and two of them feature world champions. Mattson is wrestling on Mat B and two-time world champion Vanesa KALADZINSKAYA (BLR) is wrestling on Mat C!

13:01: We're five minutes away from rolling right into the quarterfinals!

12:47: We'll hold all quarterfinal matches until all the 1/8 matches wrap up.

12:34: Starting at Bout 97 on Mat A, world champions Natalia Vorobeva and Yasemin ADAR (TUR) will be up back-to-back.

12:08: Yaneva is absolutely furious, and I would be, too. She's yelling about Tosun's constant hair pulling. The ref looked at her and signaled to quiet down before awarding her a point. Yaneva ends Tosun's day, 5-0.

12:06:  Buse TOSUN (TUR) has been repeatedly yanking on Yuliana YANEVA's (BUL) hair and has been warned several times. Things could get chippy on Mat A!

12:04:  Natallia VARAKINA (BLR) and Emma MALMGREN (SWE) are in a tight battle on Mat C. There's a little less than 90 seconds left in the second period. Malmgren just scored a takedown to take the criteria lead. Things are about to heat up!

11:56:  I'm not a betting man, but if I was, I would have bet that Adela HANZLICKOVA (CZE) would go big at least once in her opening-round match against Hanna SADCHANKA (BLR). She's so fun to watch compete; she loves letting it fly.

11:50: Elif Yesilirmak is coming up in two matches on Mat B. Through her London Olympic qualification, she became the first Turkish woman to earn an Olympic berth. She then qualified for the Rio Games -- making her the first Turkish woman to qualify for back-to-back Olympic Games. Can she make it a three-peat? 

11:47: Upset of the Day Candidate: Kriszta INCZE (ROU) just demolished '19 world silver medalist Liubov OVCHAROVA (RUS), 11-4. She'll face the winner of Katarzyna MADROWSKA (POL) and Elif YESILIRMAK (TUR). 

11:39: Hemmer tried fighting back, but ultimately gave up a last-second takedown and lost to Iulia LEORDA (MDA), 8-6.

11:38: There's been a stop in action on Mat B. Nina HEMMER (GER) suffered a leg injury but it looks like she's going to tough it out wrestle through the pain.

11:29: Although it's still a way out, Natalia VOROBEVA (RUS) will wrestle on Mat A in ten matches (Bout 97). The London gold medalist and Rio silver-medal winner is the reigning world and European champion at the non-Olympic weight of 72kg. She’s moving up to 76kg with hopes of becoming the first non-Japanese woman ever to win a pair of Olympic gold medals. 

11:15: Sofia MATTSSON (SWE) is coming up next on Mat B. The six-time world medal-winner and Rio Olympic bronze medalist is coming off winning January's Henri Deglane where she defeated reigning world champion Jacarra WINCHESTER (USA) in the finals. But today, she begins her quest to become Sweden's first-ever two-time women's wrestling Olympian.

11:12: Good morning, from beautiful Budapest! Yesterday lived up to the hype. Let's keep things rolling with another great day of action. We'll kick things off with four freestyle repechage matches then roll right into women's wrestling action.

#WrestleBudapest, #WrestleParis

Budapest Ranking Series Entry List

By United World Wrestling Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary (May 28) — If you wanted to see how some of the Paris Olympians are preparing for the Games, follow the Ranking Series in Budapest. From June 6 to 9, Budapest will see almost 50 percent of the Paris-qualified wrestlers perform in the Ranking Series in their last leg of training. The tournament will also offer ranking points that can change a few seeds for the Games.

World champions, Olympic champions and superstars of wrestling will make up the 313-wrestler-strong field in Budapest with 134 Paris-qualified ones. The tournament will kick off on June 4 with all the action live on UWW+ on uww.org and the UWW App.

Freestyle

57kg
Aryan TSIUTRYN (AIN)
Aliabbas RZAZADE (AZE)
Roberti DINGASHVILI (GEO)
AMAN (IND)
Ali MOMENIJOUJADEH (IRI)
Rei HIGUCHI (JPN)
Almaz SMANBEKOV (KGZ)
Darian CRUZ (PUR)
Gulomjon ABDULLAEV (UZB)

61kg
Abdelhak KHERBACHE (ALG)
Arsen HARUTYUNYAN (ARM)
Gamal MOHAMED (EGY)
Giorgi GONIASHVILI (GEO)
Nika ZAKASHVILI (GEO)
Shahdad KHOSRAVI MARDAKHEH (IRI)
Taiyrbek ZHUMASHBEK UULU (KGZ)
Bekbolot MYRZANAZAR UULU (KGZ)
Nils LEUTERT (SUI)
Nahshon GARRETT (USA)

65kg
Haji ALIYEV (AZE)
Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN)
Gyoergy SZILAGYI (HUN)
Abbas EBRAHIMZADEHSAVADKOUHI (IRI)
Kotaro KIYOOKA (JPN)
Austin GOMEZ (MEX)
Umidjon JALOLOV (UZB)

70kg
Vazgen TEVANYAN (ARM)
Arman ANDREASYAN (ARM)
Akaki KEMERTELIDZE (GEO)
Edemi BOLKVADZE (GEO)
Marcell DELY (HUN)
Mohammadali AMOUZADKHALILI (IRI)
Alibek OSMONOV (KGZ)
Evan HENDERSON (USA)

74kg
Turan BAYRAMOV (AZE)
Adam THOMSON (CAN)
Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO)
Murad KURAMAGOMEDOV (HUN)
Ali Abbas REZAEIAGHOUZGELEH (IRI)
Orozobek TOKTOMAMBETOV (KGZ)
Nemanja KIMOSKI (SRB)
Bekzod ABDURAKHMONOV (UZB)
Razambek JAMALOV (UZB)
Anthony MONTERO CHIRINOS (VEN)

79kg
Chems FETAIRIA (ALG)
Mihail GEORGIEV (BUL)
Piruzi KVLIVIDZE (GEO)
Otari BAGAURI (GEO)
Adel PANAEIAN (IRI)
Akhsarbek GULAEV (SVK)

86kg
Fateh BENFERDJALLAH (ALG)
Jayden LAWRENCE (AUS)
Evsem SHVELIDZE (GEO)
Patrik MEZEI (HUN)
Patrik PUESPOEKI (HUN)
Hassan YAZDANI (IRI)
Hayato ISHIGURO (JPN)
Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ)
Ethan RAMOS (PUR)
Myles AMINE (SMR)
Trent HIDLAY (USA)
Bobur ISLOMOV (UZB)

92kg
Miriani MAISURADZE (GEO)
Iuza TSERTSVADZE (GEO)
Krisztian ANGYAL (HUN)
Balazs JUHASZ (HUN)
Amirhossein FIROUZPOUR (IRI)

97kg 
Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE)
Aliaksandr HUSHTYN (AIN)
Mostafa ELDERS (EGY)
Zaur BERADZE (GEO)
Richard VEGH (HUN)
Abolfazl BABALOO (IRI)
Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ)
Alisher YERGALI (KAZ)
Batyrbek TSAKULOV (SVK)
Ibrahim CIFTCI (TUR)

125kg 
Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE)
Dzianis KHRAMIANKOU (AIN)
Georgi IVANOV (BUL)
Diaaeldin ABDELMOTTALEB (EGY)
Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO)
Givi MATCHARASHVILI (GEO)
Milan KORCSOG (HUN)
Amirreza MASOUMI VALADI (IRI)
Yusup BATIRMURZAEV (KAZ)
Jonovan SMITH (PUR)
Mason PARRIS (USA)

Mohammadreza GERAEI (IRI)Mohammadreza GERAEI (IRI) and Kyotaro SOGABE (JPN) can face each other at 67kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kadir Caliskan)

Greco-Roman

55kg
Eldaniz AZIZLI (AZE)
Marat GARIPOV (BRA)
Nugzari TSURTSUMIA (GEO)
Poya DAD MARZ (IRI)

60kg
Abdelkarim FERGAT (ALG)
Kevin DE ARMAS RODRIGUEZ (CUB)
Pridon ABULADZE (GEO)
Mehdi MOHSEN NEJAD (IRI)
Amirreza DEHBOZORGI (IRI)
Kenichiro FUMITA (JPN)
Aidos SULTANGALI (KAZ)
Dahyun KIM (KOR)
Dalton ROBERTS (USA)
Jamal VALIZADEH (UWW)

63kg
Murad MAMMADOV (AZE)
Moamen MOHAMED (EGY)
Stefan CLEMENT (FRA)
Leri ABULADZE (GEO)
Levente TOTH (HUN)
Meysam DALKHANI (IRI)
Yeongwoo JEONG (KOR)
Victor CIOBANU (MDA)
Razvan ARNAUT (ROU)
Enes BASAR (TUR)
Raiber RODRIGUEZ OROZCO (VEN)

67kg
Ishak GHAIOU (ALG)
Nestor ALMANZA TRUYOL (CHI)
Luis ORTA (CUB)
Andres MONTANO ARROYO (ECU)
Mamadassa SYLLA (FRA)
Joni KHETSURIANI (GEO)
David MANYIK (HUN)
Saeid ESMAEILI LEIVESI (IRI)
Mohammadreza GERAEI (IRI)
Kyotaro SOGABE (JPN)
Valentin PETIC (MDA)
Souleymen NASR (TUN)

72kg
Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE)
Ulvu GANIZADE (AZE)
Moustafa ALAMELDIN (EGY)
Gagik SNJOYAN (FRA)
Ibrahim GHANEM (FRA)
Shmagi BOLKVADZE (GEO)
Otar ABULADZE (GEO)
Adam POHILEC (HUN)
Krisztofer KLANYI (HUN)
Krisztian VANCZA (HUN)
Danial SOHRABI (IRI)
Hyeonjin KANG (KOR)
Alejandro SANCHO (USA)

77kg
Abd OUAKALI (ALG)
Sanan SULEYMANOV (AZE)
Aik MNATSAKANIAN (BUL)
Jair CUERO MUNOZ (COL)
Pavel PUKLAVEC (CRO)
Yosvanys PENA FLORES (CUB)
Mahmoud ABDELRAHMAN (EGY)
Iuri LOMADZE (GEO)
Levente LEVAI (HUN)
Robert FRITSCH (HUN)
Zoltan LEVAI (HUN)
Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI)
Mohammad MOKHTARI (IRI)
Nao KUSAKA (JPN)
Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ)
Denis HORVATH (SVK)
Burhan AKBUDAK (TUR)
Jesse PORTER (USA)

82kg
Karlo KODRIC (CRO)
Gela BOLKVADZE (GEO)
Erik SZILVASSY (HUN)
Peter DOEMOEK (HUN)
Miklos KIRALYHAZI (HUN)
Ashkan SAADATI FARD (IRI)
Mihail BRADU (MDA)
Alperen BERBER (TUR)
Spencer WOODS (USA)

87kg
Bachir SID AZARA (ALG)
Semen NOVIKOV (BUL)
Carlos MUNOZ JARAMILLO (COL)
Matej MANDIC (CRO)
Gurami KHETSURIANI (GEO)
Aivengo RIKADZE (GEO)
Tornike DZAMASHVILI (GEO)
Ariel ALFONSO (HON)
David LOSONCZI (HUN)
Istvan TAKACS (HUN)
Vendel VITAI (HUN)
Mohammadhossein MAHMOODI (IRI)
Nursultan TURSYNOV (KAZ)
Shamil L OZHAEV (KAZ)
Seunghwan LEE (KOR)
Norbert SIPKA (SVK)
Ali CENGIZ (TUR)
Payton JACOBSON (USA)

97kg
Fadi ROUABAH (ALG)
Artur OMAROV (CZE)
Mohamed GABR (EGY)
Giorgi MELIA (GEO)
Kevin MEJIA CASTILLO (HON)
Tamas LEVAI (HUN)
Alex SZOKE (HUN)
Mohammadhadi SARAVI (IRI)
Shayan HABIBZARE (IRI)
Seungjun KIM (KOR)
Josef RAU (USA)

130kg
Beka KANDELAKI (AZE)
Yasmani ACOSTA FERNANDEZ (CHI)
Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY)
Heiki NABI (EST)
Iakobi KAJAIA (GEO)
Koppany LASZLO (HUN)
Darius VITEK (HUN)
Fardin HEDAYATI (IRI)
Alimkhan SYZDYKOV (KAZ)
Seungchan LEE (KOR)
Alin ALEXUC CIURARIU (ROU)
Amine GUENNICHI (TUN)
Riza KAYAALP (TUR)
Adam COON (USA)

Helen MAROULIS (USA)Helen MAROULIS (USA) is entered to compete at 57kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Women’s Wrestling

50kg
Nadezhda SOKOLOVA (AIN)
Ibtissem DOUDOU (ALG)
Madison PARKS (CAN)
Yu ZHANG (CHN)
Jiang ZHU (CHN)
Ziqi FENG (CHN)
Alisson CARDOZO REY (COL)
Yusneylis GUZMAN LOPEZ (CUB)
Emma LUTTENAUER (FRA)
VINESH (IND)
Otgonjargal DOLGORJAV (MGL)
Agata WALERZAK (POL)
Anna LUKASIAK (POL)
Evin DEMIRHAN YAVUZ (TUR)
Audrey JIMENEZ (USA)
Aktenge KEUNIMJAEVA (UZB)

53kg
Laura HERIN AVILA (CUB)
Lucia YEPEZ (ECU)
ANTIM (IND)
Katarzyna KRAWCZYK (POL)
Milana DADASHEVA (AIN)
Jonna MALMGREN (SWE)
Zeynep YETGIL (TUR)
Nataliia KLIVCHUTSKA (UKR)
Sakibjamal ESBOSYNOVA (UZB)
Betzabeth ARGUELLO VILLEGAS (VEN)

55kg
Ekaterina VERBINA (AIN)
Tatiana DEBIEN (FRA)
Roza SZENTTAMASI (HUN)
Emma TISSINA (KAZ)
Marina SEDNEVA (KAZ)
Mariana DRAGUTAN (MDA)
Jowita WRZESIEN (POL)
Amanda MARTINEZ (USA)

57kg
Chaimaa AOUISSI (ALG)
Giullia PENALBER (BRA)
Qi ZHANG (CHN)
Kexin HONG (CHN)
Luisa VALVERDE (ECU)
Erika BOGNAR (HUN)
Tamara DOLLAK (HUN)
ANSHU (IND)
Anastasia NICHITA (MDA)
Anhelina LYSAK (POL)
Helen MAROULIS (USA)

59kg
Nikolett SZABO (HUN)
Irina KUZNETSOVA (KAZ)
Diana KAYUMOVA (KAZ)
Magdalena GLODEK (POL)
Alina FILIPOVYCH (UKR)

62kg
Alina KASABIEVA (AIN)
Aleksandra SKIRENKO (AIN)
Lais NUNES (BRA)
Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL)
Ana GODINEZ (CAN)
Luisa NIEMESCH (GER)
Orkhon PUREVDORJ (MGL)
Esther KOLAWOLE (NGR)
Grace BULLEN (NOR)
Natalia KUBATY (POL)
Siwar BOUSETA (TUN)
Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR)
Kayla MIRACLE (USA)

65kg
Dinara KUDAEVA (AIN)
Miki ROWBOTTOM (CAN)
Iris THIEBAUX (FRA)
Eniko ELEKES (HUN)
Irina KAZYULINA (KAZ)
Nesrin BAS (TUR)
Iryna BONDAR (UKR)

68kg
Kseniia BURAKOVA (AIN)
Koumba LARROQUE (FRA)
NISHA (IND)
Delgermaa ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL)
Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR)
Tayla FORD (NZL)
Wiktoria CHOLUJ (POL)
Buse TOSUN (TUR)
Manola SKOBELSKA (UKR)
Firuza ESENBAEVA (UZB)
Soleymi CARABALLO HERNANDEZ (VEN)

72kg
Pauline LECARPENTIER (FRA)
Kendra DACHER (FRA)
Viktoria FELHO (HUN)
Noémi SZABADOS (HUN)
Gulmaral YERKEBAYEVA (KAZ)
Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ)
Fanni NAGY NAD (SRB)
Iryna ZABLOTSKA (UKR)

76kg
Justina DI STASIO (CAN)
Tatiana RENTERIA (COL)
Milaimy MARIN POTRILLE (CUB)
Genesis REASCO VALDEZ (ECU)
REETIKA (IND)
Zaineb SGHAIER (TUN)
Yasemin ADAR (TUR)