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  • Photo: Photo/Martin Gabor

    Photo: Photo/Martin Gabor

    Diakomihalis wins gold at Cadet World Championships

    SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzogovina -- Yianni Diakomihalis of New York won a gold medal at 58 kilos/127.75 pounds at the UWW Cadet World Championships on Saturday.

    Yianni Diakomihalis gets in on a shot against Jintaro Motoyama of Japan in the gold medal match (Photo/Martin Gabor, UWW)
    Diakomihalis, a three-time New York state high school champion, defeated Jintaro Motoyama of Japan in the gold-medal match, 6-3.

    Motoyama opened with a double leg takedown to lead 2-0, but Diakomihalis stormed back with a takedown and a turn late in the first period to take a 4-2 lead into the break. Diakomihalis scored a clutch spin-behind takedown midway through the second period for a 6-2 lead. Officials hit Diakomihalis with a fleeing the hold penalty late in the period to make the final score 6-3.

    Diakomihalis becomes the second U.S. wrestler to win a UWW Cadet World title so far this year, joining women's freestyle star Ronna Heaton of South Dakota, who was the champion at 49 kilos/108 pounds on Thursday.

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    Team USA results (Saturday):

    42 kilos: Malik Heinselman, Castle Rock, Colo. -- DNP/16th
    LOSS Shahin Mukhtarov (Azerbaijan), tech. fall. 0-11

    50 kilos: Gavin Teasdale, Rices Landing, Pa. -- 8th
    WIN Igor Nykyforuk (Ukraine), tech. fall, 14-3
    LOSS Tumentsogt Bold (Mongolia), 3-4

    58 kilos: Yianni Diakomihalis, Rochester, N.Y. -- GOLD
    WIN Maksat Talkambaev (Kyrgyzstan), tech. fall 10-0
    WIN Fazil Hasanov (Azerbaijan), pin
    WIN Dymytro Mykhniuk (Ukraine), tech. fall 10-0
    WIN Soslan Guchakov (Russia), 10-5
    WIN Jintaro Motoyama (Japan), 6-3

    69 kilos: Brady Berge, Mantorville, Minn. -- DNP/13th
    WIN Dawid Piskorz (Poland), 4-0
    LOSS Rachi Sachin (India), 0-6

    85 kilos: Owen Webster, Shakopee, Minn. -- BRONZE
    WIN Yaraslau Slavikouski (Belarus), 8-4
    LOSS Khusanboy Rakhimov (Uzbekistan), 2-4
    WIN Shutaro Yamada (Japan), 9-0
    WIN Rahid Hamidli (Azerbaijan), 1-1

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