U20 Day 5 thru Day 8...

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@ 11am... Audrey Jimenez will wrestle Japan's  Rinka Ogawa for the U20 50Kg crown.

53kg and 72kg where Abbi Cooper and Jasmine Robinson will wrestle for bronze.

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Some excitement in the bronze medal bout between GR - 60 kg    Final 3-5    649    (TUR) Omer ALTAS (23)    (GEO) Vakhtang LOLUA (19)

Altas , behind all throughout the match, was constantly putting his edge of his hand across Lolua's throat.

Cautioned twice before... and behind 7-0, he did it a THIRD time.

Both combatants went at it while the women ref blocked and push each away... the coaches entered in the fray as well.

W/ a min. + left in the bout, Lolua won the bronze(9-0 w/ 3 cautions on Altas AND the loss)... the ref forced Altas to make nice w/ Lolua.

One "I Love You, Man!" hug later and that was it. 

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Edited yesterday at 03:26 PM by D3 for LU

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50 Kg Gold Medal Match... Adrey gets 2 TD

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TD Ogawa... plus exposure...

up 4-2

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Audrey got out but is down 4-2 at the break.

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Exposure Ogawa off an Jimenez shot.

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Ogawa takes the gold at 8-3... Audrey Jimenez going the "Fix" route again, for the silver.

USA challenge is moot... making the final score 9-3.

(1st points given up by Ogawa in this tournament.)

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Bronze medal match on Mat A...

WW - 53 kg    Final 3-5    647    (UWW) Kseniya KOSTSENICH (4)    (USA) Abigale Rose COOPER (8)

Up next.

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Looks like Robinson will not be wrestling in the 3-5 match...

WW - 72 kg    Final 3-5    648    (KGZ) Kaiyrkul SHARSHEBAEVA (7)    (USA) Jasmine Dolores ROBINSON (4) - INJURED

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Arm spin for a TD by Cooper...

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Pus a 2pt exposure to make it 4-0 Cooper.

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Another arm spin for a TD by Cooper... 6-0

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4 point exposure Cooper to 2points exposure for  KOSTSENICH... 10-2 Cooper

 

We're at the break.

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4 pointer for Kostsenich makes it 10-6... pucker factor time.

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4 pointer AGAIN for Kostsenich... 11-10 to the Russian

... and that's a final.

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Edited yesterday at 04:31 PM by D3 for LU

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What a crying shame.

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IF Robinson is out for her 3-5 bout... then the USA U 20 women only gets 2 medals in this tournament.

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Edited yesterday at 04:37 PM by D3 for LU

[denger]

12 minutes ago, D3 for LU said:

4 point exposure Cooper to 2points exposure for  KOSTSENICH... 10-2 Cooper

 

We're at the break.

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I'm sure this question is dumb, but didn't Cooper's 4 points put her up 10-0 before Kostsenich scored?

 

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2 minutes ago, denger said:

I'm sure this question is dumb, but didn't Cooper's 4 points put her up 10-0 before Kostsenich scored?

 

Not a dumb question... as that it may have been a 2 Cooper 2 Kostsenich 2 Cooper sequence instead.

It happened quickly and I tic-a-tapped as a 4 by mistake. I do not know if UWW site shows a score sheet.

I was wondering about that later on.

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5 hours ago, D3 for LU said:

Not a dumb question... as that it may have been a 2 Cooper 2 Kostsenich 2 Cooper sequence instead.

It happened quickly and I tic-a-tapped as a 4 by mistake. I do not know if UWW site shows a score sheet.

I was wondering about that later on.

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It makes more sense that it was 2-2-2. If it were 4, then I think Kostsenich would have only been able to score 1 on a reversal. I'm an old folk style guy, so I can't say I understand the scoring. 

Thanks. 

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5 hours ago, denger said:

I'm sure this question is dumb, but didn't Cooper's 4 points put her up 10-0 before Kostsenich scored?

 

Even if it was 10-0, the complete scoring sequence has to be finished before the match is stopped.

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14 hours ago, denger said:

It makes more sense that it was 2-2-2. If it were 4, then I think Kostsenich would have only been able to score 1 on a reversal. I'm an old folk style guy, so I can't say I understand the scoring. 

Thanks. 

Like those late-nite Infomercials would say as they tell you the price of their products: But WAIT! there's MORE...

I just finished reading the InterMat article on the home page: 

This section gives an explanation of the sequence that happened; Cooper DID score that 4 point exposure, but...

Cooper and Belarus’ Kseniya Kostsenich squared off for a bronze medal at 53 kg. The American got the scoring started with an arm spin for four points. After the next restart, Cooper went back to the arm spin and earned a takedown and a commanding 6-0 lead.

Cooper nearly ended the bout at the end of the first period as she countered a Kostsenich attack with a throw for four points. The Belarusian wrestler was awarded two points in the sequence, which made the score 10-2 at the break.

Kostsenich started a second-period rally with a double leg where she finished high and got behind Cooper. She would toss Cooper for four points, which got her back in the match at 10-6. Kostsenich continued to apply pressure and ended up with a stunning 11-10 victory.

I'm not making this up. I, too, would of thought that Cooper received the 4 FIRST would've ended the bout. The fact that the 2 out of 3 officials scored Kostsenich a 2pt exposure in the same sequence , apparently put the kibosh on that potential match ending TF.

The rest, is now history.

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Edited 6 hours ago by D3 for LU

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14 hours ago, cowcards said:

Even if it was 10-0, the complete scoring sequence has to be finished before the match is stopped.

AND cowcards explained it as well, above.

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Meamwhile... US GR wrestlers results:

63Kg Drury lost 8-0 TF in 3:31 to the Armenian... who's now made it to the semifinals.

77Kg Bowling (The 4th) def the Bulgarian in the 1/8 finals 3-1 but lost in the QF to the Georgian by TF 9-0 in 2:56.

87Kg Nosler lost to the Japanese wrestler in the 1/8 final by TF 8-0 in 1:48... then that wrestler lost in the QF

Nosler is one & dun.

130Kg Jones lost to the Hungarian 8-1 in the 1/8 final... then the Hungarian lost in the QF.

Jones is one & dun.

Drury & Bowling IV, are waiting the results of semis to see IF they will live to wrestle another match in repechage rounds.

If not... the USA U20 GR team goes home w/o a medal.

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Edited 5 hours ago by D3 for LU

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On the humorous sides of things...

Flashing back to when most foreign wrestlers react upon learning that their 1st opponent in the FS brackets of the upcoming U20 tournament... will be an AMERICAN:

"BUT, I'll have a chance for a possible bronze medal!"

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