Thursday's night women's wrestling semifinals set
Thursday, April 20, 2023 - 09:36 By Eric Olanowski
ZAGREB, Croatia (April 20) -- The fourth day of the European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Women's wrestling will start off with 53kg, 57kg, 62kg, 65kg and 72kg wrestlers taking the mat.
FULL EUROPEAN C'SHIP SCHEDULE:
- 11:30 - Qualification rounds
- 16:45 - Semifinals
- 18:00 - Finals
1:20: That's a quick morning session. We wrapped up the early session in just under two hours. We'll be back for tonight's semifinals at 16:45.
1:10: Here are the semifinals matches (as they come in):
53kg
Stalvira ORSHUSH (HUN) vs. Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE)
Emma Jonna Denise MALMGREN (SWE) vs. Turkan NASIROVA (AZE)
57kg
Jowita Maria WRZESIEN (POL) vs. Zhala ALIYEVA (AZE)
Alina HRUSHYNA AKOBIIA (UKR) vs. Evelina Georgieva NIKOLOVA (BUL)
62kg
Grace Jacob BULLEN (NOR) vs. Bilyana Zhivkova DUDOVA (BUL)
Johanna LINDBORG (SWE) vs. Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR)
65kg
Tetiana SOVA RIZHKO (UKR) vs. Irina RINGACI (MDA)
Mimi HRISTOVA (BUL) vs. Kriszta Tunde INCZE (ROU)
72lkg
Dalma CANEVA (ITA) vs. Buse CAVUSOGLU TOSUN (TUR)
Alexandra Nicoleta ANGHEL (ROU) vs. Liudmyla PAVLOVETS TYCHYNA (UKR)
12:58: Malmgren was up 11-6 and then picked up a fall to move into the semifinals against Turkan NASIROVA (AZE).
12:55: Olympic bronze medalist Evelina Georgieva NIKOLOVA (BUL) grabs a 10-0 win and moved into the semifinals. She'll face the winner of Alina HRUSHYNA AKOBIIA (UKR) and Mathilde Hélène RIVIERE (FRA).
If Hrushyna wins, it'd be a rematch of last years European finals, which was won by the Ukrainian.
12:49: Big matchup going on over on Mat C. Emma Jonna Denise MALMGREN (SWE) and Zeynep YETGIL (TUR) are in a 7-4 battle right now as we head into the second period.
12:30: Grace Bullen picked up her second quick 10-0 win. She tech'd Selvi ILYASOGLU (TUR) and Amina Roxana CAPEZAN (ROU) and punched her ticket to the 62kg semifinals.
12:18: There are good and bad parts to having seeded athletes. One of the bad parts is having to wait a few hours before we get to see our superstars compete. Either way, they stars are starting to show up on the match board. Here are a few high-profile athletes coming up soon:
Mat A | Bout 258: Alina HRUSHYNA AKOBIIA (UKR)
Mat B | Bout 275: Grace Jacob BULLEN (NOR)
Mat B | Bout 277: Evelina Georgieva NIKOLOVA (BUL)
Mat C | Bout 289: Irina RINGACI (MDA)
Mat C |Bout 292: Bilyana Zhivkova DUDOVA (BUL)
Mat C |Bout 293 Emma Jonna Denise MALMGREN (SWE)
11:47: Our first qualification match of the morning will take place on Mat A. It'll be Olympic bronze medalist Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR) taking on Mariana CHERDIVARA ESANU (MDA) in the first bout of the day.
11:37: Welcome back to the Arena Zagreb for the second day women's wrestling and the fourth overall day of action at the European Championships.We'll start today with a few repechage bouts for those who fell to eventual finalists.
Gold medalist at 79kg in 2024, Nan CAO (CHN) will be wrestling at 86kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kostadin Andonov) 
Asan ZHANYSHOV (KGZ) is the defending champion at 87kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)
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