WATCH: 10 women's wrestling Pan-Am Championships finals
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 - 05:54 By Vinay Siwach
ACAPULCO, Mexico (May 11) -- The USA women's team were on a mission to defend their team title in Acapulco, Mexico despite missing two World and one Olympic champion from the line-up.
Led by Sarah HILDEBRANDT (USA), the country managed to pull off a series of gold medals to claim the team title ahead of Canada with 190 points. Canada fell short by 25 points to finish second and host Mexico finished third with 120 points.
Here are all the 10 women's wrestling finals from the Pan-Am Championships.
50kg: GOLD - Sarah HILDEBRANDT (USA) vs Madison PARKS (CAN)
53kg: GOLD - Luisa VALVERDE (ECU) vs Dominique PARRISH (USA)
55kg: GOLD - Jacarra WINCHESTER (USA) vs Karla GODINEZ (CAN)
57kg: GOLD - Yaynelis SANZ (CUB) vs. Alma VALENCIA (MEX)
59kg: Round 3 - Ameyalli JESSEL ROJAS (MEX) vs. Laurence BEAUREGARD (CAN)
62kg: GOLD - Kayla MIRACLE (USA) vs. Ana GODINEZ (CAN)
After running through the field, Miracle and Godinez were expected to meet in the final at 62kg but the USA world silver medalist had to pull out of the gold medal bout due to an injury. That gave Godinez, the U23 world champion, her first Pan-Am title.
65kg: Round 3 - Forrest MOLINARI (USA) vs. Miki ROWBOTTOM (CAN)
68kg: GOLD - Hangelen LLANES (CUB) vs. Soleymi CARABALLO (VEN)
72kg: Round 1 - Brenda DOS SANTOS (BRA) vs Skylar GROTE (USA)
76kg: GOLD - Dymond GUILFORD (USA) vs. Genesis REASCO VALDEZ (ECU)
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