Tervel Dlagnev (Photo/Larry Slater)Fifth at the 2011 and 2013 World Championships, and fifth in the 2012 Olympics, Dlagnev came through to capture a bronze medal at the 2014 World Championships on Monday night at the Gymnastics Palace.
Dlagnev scored a first-period takedown en route to edging 2011 World champion Alexei Shemarov of Belarus 2-1 in the freestyle wrestling bronze bout at 125 kilos.
Dlagnev won his second World bronze medal after placing third at the 2009 Worlds.
"I knew I had to get out quickly, get my points and stay in the fight," Dlagnev said. "I was real fired up to have another shot at a medal. I obviously wanted to win a gold medal and that’s what I trained for, but I’m so pumped to win a bronze medal." Read full story ...
Team USA Results (Monday)
Tony Ramos (57 kilos)
Round of 64: Lost by dec. to Bekhbayar Erdenebat (Mongolia), 7-4
Nick Marable (70 kilos)
Round of 32: Won by dec. over Akzurek Tantarov (Kazakhstan), 2-1
Round of 16: Won by dec. over Grigor Grigoryan (Armenia), 4-2
Quarterfinals: Lost by dec. to Ali Shabanau (Belarus), 5-2
Ed Ruth (86 kilos)
Round of 64: Won by tech. fall over Yusup Melejaev (Turkmenistan), 12-2
Round of 32: Lost by dec. to Mohammadhossein Mohammadian (Iran), 7-4
Tervel Dlagnev (125 kilos)
Round of 32: Won by tech. fall over Aleksandr Romanov (Moldova), 11-1
Round of 16: Won by dec. over Soslan Gagloev (Slovakia), 5-0
Quarterfinals: Lost by dec. to Taha Akgul (Turkey), 4-2
Repechage: Won by dec. over Aslan Dzebisov (Azerbaijan), 3-1
Bronze-medal match: Tervel Dlagnev (USA) dec. Alexei Shemarov (Belarus), 2-1
Medalists (Monday)
57 kilos:
Gold: Kyong-Il Yang (North Korea)
Silver: Vladimir Khinchegashvili (Georgia)
Bronze: Hassan Rahimi (Iran)
Bronze: Vladislav Andreev (Belarus)
70 kilos:
Gold: Khetik Tsabolov (Russia)
Silver: Yakup Gor (Turkey)
Bronze: Bekzod Abdurakhmonov (Uzbekistan)
Bronze: Ali Shabanov (Belarus)
86 kilos:
Gold: Abdul Rashid Sadulaev (Russia)
Silver: Reineris Salas (Cuba)
Bronze: Selim Yasar (Turkey)
Bronze: Askari Mohammadian (Iran)
125 kilos:
Gold: Taha Akgul (Turkey)
Silver: Komeil Ghasemi (Iran)
Bronze: Khadshimourad Gatsalov (Russia
Bronze: Tervel Dlagnev (USA)
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