Elena Pirozhkova won silver (Photo/Larry Slater)Pirozhkova turned in a strong performance on the day to finish with a silver medal. She dropped a 4-2 decision to Ukraine's Yulia Tkach in the gold-medal match in women's freestyle wrestling at 63 kilos.
Bisek, who delivered a stunning second-round upset victory over Olympic and World champion Roman Vlasov of Russia, rolled past Japan's Hiroyuki Shimzu by an 8-0 technical fall in the Greco-Roman bronze bout at 75 kilos.
Bisek's win gave the U.S. its first World medal in Greco since 2009. Read full story ...
Team USA Results (Friday)
Andy Bisek (75 kilos)
Round of 32: Won by dec. over Petros Maoulidis (Greece), 5-0
Round of 16: Won by dec. over Ramon Vlasov (Russia), 6-6
Quarterfinals: Lost by dec. to Neven Zugaj (Croatia), 1-0
Repechage: Won by dec. over Veli-Karri Suominen (Finland), 6-5
Bronze-medal match: Won by tech. fall over Hiroyuki Shimizu (Japan), 8-0
Jordan Holm (85 kilos)
Round of 64: Lost by dec. to Rustam Assakalov (Uzbekistan), 5-0
Day 5 (Friday): Women's freestyle
Elena Pirozhkova (63 kilos)
Round of 32: Won by dec. over Anastasia Grigorjeva (Latvia), 5-4
Round of 16: Won by dec. over Battsetseg Soronzonbold (Mongolia), 6-4
Quarterfinals: Won by dec. over Danielle Lappage (Canada), 2-1
Semifinals: Won by dec. over Monika Michalik (Poland), 3-0
Gold-medal match: Lost by dec. to Yulia Tkach (Ukraine), 4-2
Medalists (Day 5)
75 kilos:
Gold: Arsen Julfalakyan (Armenia)
Silver: Neven Zugaj (Croatia)
Bronze: Andy Bisek (USA)
Bronze: Elvin Mursaliyev (Azerbaijan)
85 kilos:
Gold: Melonin Noumonvi (France)
Silver: Saman Tahmasebi (Azerbaijan)
Bronze: Zhan Beleniuk (Ukraine)
Bronze: Viktor Lorincz (Hungary)
63 kilos:
Gold: Yulia Tkach (Ukraine)
Silver: Elena Pirozhkova (USA)
Bronze: Valeria Lazinskaya (Russia)
Bronze: Anastasia Grigorjeva (Latvia)
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