CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (June 1) – Valeria KOBLOVA (RUS) returned to international competition in May with a triumph in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games qualifier in Istanbul to vault to No.6 at 58kg in the United World Wrestling rankings for women’s wrestling.
Koblova was the winner of bronze and silver medals in the world championships in 2013 and 2014 before having to sit out the 2015 world meet with a knee injury.
Her return to action, however, was punctuated by a pair of technical falls, including a 10-0 triumph over European under-23 champion Tatyana KIT (UKR) in the Istanbul semifinals.
Also, at the women’s welterweight, PUREVDORJ Orkhon (MGL) romped through the field in the Sassari International for her second tournament title of 2016 in an effort to convince the Mongolian coaching staff that she deserves the right to wrestle in Rio.
Purevdorj, who stunned reigning world and Olympic Games champion Kaori ICHO (JPN) in the final of the Yarygin Grand Prix in January, saddled 2014 world champ and teammate SUKHEE Tserenchimed (MGL) with a 12-2 technical fall in the Sassari semifinals and edges up to No.8.
Meanwhile, 2014 world champion Aline FOCKEN (GER) and Erica WIEBE (CAN) claimed the German Grand Prix titles at 69kg and 75kg, respectively, to climb to No.2 in the light heavyweight and heavyweight categories.
Focken defeated 2012 world champ Jenny FRANSSON (SWE) to move ahead of reigning world champ Natalia VOROBIEVA (RUS), while Wiebe followed with a 5-1 victory over Vasilisa MARZULIUK (BLR) to slip past the 2015 world bronze medalist.
At 48kg, Patricia BERMUDEZ (ARG) avenged a technical fall loss to Valentina ISLAMOVA (RUS) in Dormagen with an 11-8 win in Sassari to bound from 14th to No.9.
World bronze medalist Jessica BLASZKA (NED) broke out of her midwinter blues with second place behind Islamova in Dormagen to rebound from 18th to No.10.
Wrestlers in the rankings are listed by name, country code, most notable or most recent result over the last 12 months, and their position in the previous rankings.
48kg – Asian bronze medalist Vinesh VINESH (IND) defeated European under-23 champion Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR) by technical fall in the Istanbul semifinals to secure a ticket to Rio 2016 and join the 48kg rankings at No.12.
1. Mariya STADNYK (AZE) – World No.2 (1)
2. SUN Yanan (CHN) – Asia No.1 (2)
3. Eri TOSAKA (JPN) – Asia No.3 (3)
4. Elitsa YANKOVA (BUL) – European OG Qualifier No.1 (4)
5. Alina VUC (ROU) – European OG Qualifier No.2 (5)
6. Jyldyz ESHIMOVA (KAZ) – Asian OG Qualifier No.1 (6)
7. Valentina ISLAMOVA (RUS) – German GP No.1 (7)
8. Jasmine MIAN (CAN) – Klippan Open No.2 (8)
9. Patricia BERMUDEZ (ARG) – Pan Am OG Qualifier No.2 (14)
10. Jessica BLASZKA (NED) – German GP No.2 (18)
11. KIM Hyon-Gyong (PRK) – Ulaanbaatar OG Qualifier No.1 (12)
12. Vinesh VINESH (IND) – Istanbul OG Qualifier No.1 (Not Ranked)
13. Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR) – European U23 No.1 (10)
14. Carolina CASTILLO HIDALGO (COL) – Pan Am OG Qualifier No.1 (13)
15. Haley AUGELLO (USA) – Ulaanbaatar OG Qualifier No.2 (15)
16. Maryna MARKEVICH (BLR) – Europe No.3 (9)
17. Victoria ANTHONY (USA) – Klippan Open No.1 (16)
18. VU Thi Hang (VIE) – Asia OG Qualifier No.2 (17)
19. Li Hui (CHN) – World No.5 (11)
20. Rebecca MUAMBO (CMR) – Africa-Oceania OG Qualifier No.2 (20)
53kg – European bronze medal winner Yulia KHAVALDZHY (UKR) and European under-23 bronze medalist Bediha GUN (TUR) each notched falls in the semifinals of the “last chance” qualifier to book their tickets for Rio 2016. Khavaldzhy edged up to No.8 in the rankings while Gun moved over from 55kg to No.12.
1. Saori YOSHIDA (JPN) – World No.1 (1)
2. Sofia MATTSSON (SWE) – Europe No.1 (2)
3. Odunayo ADEKUOROYE (NGR) – World No.3 (3)
4. ZHONG Xuechun (CHN) – Rio Test Event No.1 (4)
5. JONG Myong-Suk (PRK) – World No.3 (5)
6. Katarzyna KRAWCZYK (POL) – European OG Qualifier No.1 (6)
7. Irina KURACHKINA (BLR) – Europe No.2 (7)
8. Yulia KHAVALDZHY (UKR) – Istanbul OG Qualifier No.1 (9)
9. Nina HEMMER (GER) – European OG Qualifier No.2 (8)
10. Natalya MALYSHEVA (RUS) – European U23 No.1 (10)
11. Liliya HORISHNA (UKR) – European U23 No.2 (11)
12. Bediha GUN (TUR) – Istanbul OG Qualifier No.2 (11@55)
13. Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE) – Ulaanbaatar OG Qualifier No.2 (15)
14. Nadeshda SHUSHKO (BLR) – Klippan Open No.1 (12)
15. Betzabeth ARGUELLO (VEN) – Pan Am OG Qualifier No.2 (16)
16. Jillian GALLAYS (CAN) – Pan Am OG Qualifier No.1 (18)
17. Angela DOROGAN (AZE) – Ukraine Int’l No.3 (14)
18. Isabelle SAMBOU (SEN) – Africa No.1 (19)
19. NGUYEN Thi Lua (VIE) – Asian OG Qualifier No.2 (20)
20. Alma VALENCIA ESCOTO (MEX) – Istanbul OG Qualifier No.3 (nr)
55kg – Yarygin Grand Prix titlist Nadeshda TRETYAKOVA (RUS) took a bronze medal at the German Grand Prix while Pan American champion Samantha STEWART (CAN) rolled to the 53kg crown in Sassari as both wrestlers earned slight bumps at this non-Olympic weight category.
1. Helen MAROULIS (USA) – World No.1 (1)
2. Irina OLOGONOVA (RUS) – Europe No.1 (2)
3. Tatyana KIT (UKR) – Europe No.2 (3)
4. Zalina SIDAKOVA (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.1 (5)
5. Olena KREMZER (UKR) – European U23 No.1 (6)
6. Katsiaryna HANCHAR (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.2 (7)
7. Aleksandra ANDREEVA (RUS) – European U23 No.2 (8)
8. Nadeshda TRETYAKOVA (RUS) – Yarygin No.1 (10)
9. PANG Qianyu (CHN) – Asia No.1 (4)
10. Samantha STEWART (CAN) – Pan America No.1 (12)
11. Ramona GALAMBOS (HUN) – Europe No.3 (9)
12. Sarah HILDEBRANDT (USA) – Klippan Open No.2 (13)
13. Roksana ZASINA (POL) – Europe No.3 (14)
14. DAVAASUKH Otgontsetseg (MGL) – Asia No.1 (15)
15. Giulia OLIVEIRA (BRA) – Pan America No.2 (16)
16. Alyona KOLESNIK (AZE) – European U23 No.2 (17)
17. Evelina NIKOLOVA (BUL) – World No.3 (18)
18. Joseph ESSOMBE TAIKO (CMR) – Africa-Oceania OG Qualifier No.2 (19)
19. Rim AYARI (TUN) – Africa No.2 (20)
20. ERKHEMBAYAR Davaanchimeg (MGL) – Mongolia Open No.1 (nr)
58kg – Yarygin Grand Prix winner PUREVDORJ Orkhon (MGL) notched three falls and wrapped up 2014 world champion and teammate SUKHEE Tserenchimed (MGL) in the quarterfinals, 12-2, to climb to No.8 in the rankings.
1. Kaori ICHO (JPN) – World No.1 (1)
2. Johanna MATTSSON (SWE) – German GP No.1 (2)
3. Elif Jale YESILIRMAK (TUR) – World No.3 (3)
4. Jackeline RENTERIA CASTILLO (COL) – Pan America No.1 (4)
5. Yulia RATKEVICH (AZE) – Europe No.3 (5)
6. Valeria KOBLOVA-ZHOLOBOVA (RUS) – Istanbul OG Qualifier No.1 (nr)
7. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) – Asia No.1 (6)
8. PUREVDORJ Orkhon (MGL) – Sassari Int’l No.1 (10)
9. Natalya SINISHIN (AZE) – Europe No.1 (7)
10. Mimi HRISTOVA (BUL) – European OG Qualifier No.1 (8)
11. Lyubov OVCHAROVA (RUS) – Klippan Open No.2 (12)
12. Michelle FAZZARI (CAN) – Pan Am OG Qualifier No.1 (14)
13. Grace BULLEN (NOR) – Europe No.2 (9)
14. Mariana CHERDIVARA-ESANU (MDA) – European OG Qualifier No.3 (19)
15. Anna VASILENKO (UKR) – Europe No.3 (13)
16. Joice SILVA (BRA) – Pan Am OG Qualifier No.2 (15)
17. Lissette ANTES CASTILLO (ECU) – Ulaanbaatar OG Qualifier No.1 (16)
18. Luisa NIEMESCH (GER) – Ulaanbaatar OG Qualifier No.2 (17)
19. Marwa AMRI (TUN) – Africa No.1 (18)
20. BAATARJAV Shoovdor (MGL) – Sassari Int’l No.1@60 (nr)
60kg – Junior world bronze medalist Therese PERSSON (SWE) advanced to the finals of the German Grand Prix to climb to No.6 at the non-Olympic weight category, but could not get past Petra OLLI (FIN) who won her sixth title in a row at 60kg.
1. Petra OLLI (FIN) – Europe No.1 (1)
2. Yulia PRONTSEVICH (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.1 (3)
3. Tatyana OMELCHENKO (AZE) – European U23 No.1 (5)
4. Anzhelina LYSAK (UKR) – European U23 No.2 (6)
5. SUKHEE Tserenchimed (MGL) – Mongolia Open No.1 (4)
6. Therese PERSSON (SWE) – German GP No.2 (19)
7. Gabriella SLEISZ (HUN) – Ukraine Int’l No.2 (7)
8. Veronika IVANOVA (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.1 (9)
9. Anastassia HUCHOK (BLR) – Klippan Open No.2 (10)
10. Ayaulaylm KASYMOVA (KAZ) – Medved Prizes No.2 (12)
11. Dzhanan MANOLOVA (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (8)
12. Leigh JAYNES (USA) – Pan America No.3 (11)
13. HAN Yingyan (CHN) – Asia No.1 (13)
14. Ayaka Ito (JPN) – Asia No.2 (14)
15. LUO Xiaojuan (CHN) – GGP Final No.1 (15)
16. Hela RIABI (TUN) – Africa No.1 (16)
17. Irina NETREBA (AZE) – Ukraine Int’l No.5 (17)
18. Janet SOVERO NINO (PER) – Pan America No.2 (18)
19. Svetlana LIPATOVA (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.3 (20)
20. Natalya FEDOSEEVA (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.3 (nr)
63kg – Danielle LAPPAGE (CAN), the Rio 2016 Test Event winner in January, knocked off Yarygin Grand Prix titlist Inna TRAZUKOVA (RUS) and European Games gold medalist Valerie LAZINSKAYA (RUS) to claim the German Grand Prix crown and climb two places to No.6.
1. SORONZONBOLD Battsetseg (MGL) – World No.1 (1)
2. Risako KAWAI (JPN) – Asia No.1 (2)
3. Anastasija GRIGORJEVA (LAT) – Europe No.1 (3)
4. Yulia TKACH (UKR) – Europe No.2 (4)
5. Maria MAMASHUK (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.1 (5)
6. Danielle LAPPAGE (CAN) – German GP No.1 (8)
7. Marianna SASTIN (HUN) – Europe No.3 (6)
8. WANG Xiaoqian (CHN) – Asia OG Qualifier No.1 (7)
9. Hafize SAHIN (TUR) – Ulaanbaatar OG Qualifier No.1 (11)
10. Inna TRAZHUKOVA (RUS) – Europe No.3 (11)
11. Ekaterina LARIONOVA (KAZ) – German GP No.3 (13)
12. Taybe YUSEIN (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.2 (12)
13. Katherine VIDIAUX LOPEZ (CUB) - Pan America No.3 (10)
14. Valeria LAZINSKAYA (RUS) – German GP No.2 (nr)
15. Monica MICHALIK (POL) – Istanbul OG Qualifier No.1 (15)
16. Koumba LARROQUE (FRA) – Ulaanbaatar OG Qualifier No.3 (16)
17. Lais OLIVEIRA (BRA) – Pan America No.1 (14)
18. Anastasia BRATCHIKOVA (RUS) – Sassari Int’l No.1 (20)
19. Henna JOHANSSON (SWE) – Istabul OG Qualifier No.2 (nr)
20. Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR) – All-Africa Games No.1 (18)
69kg – Klippan Open runner-up Aline FOCKEN (GER) edged fellow former world champion Jenny FRANSSON (SWE) in the final of the German Grand Prix to climb to No.2 in the rankings over world champion and last year’s winner in Dormagen, Natalia VOROBIEVA (RUS).
1. ZHOU Feng (CHN) – Rio Test Event No.1 (1)
2. Aline FOCKEN (GER) – Paris GP No.1 (3)
3. Natalia VOROBIEVA (RUS) – Rio Test Event No.3 (2)
4. Sara DOSHO (JPN) – Asia No.1 (5)
5. Ilana KRATYSH (ISR) – Ulaanbaatar OG Qualifier No.1 (5)
6. Buse TOSUN (TUR) – European U23 No.1 (6)
7. Agnieszka WIESZCZEK-KORDUS (POL) – European OG Qualifier No.1 (7)
8. Alina MAKHINYA (UKR) – Europe No.3 (8)
9. Dorothy YEATS (CAN) – Rio Test Event No.2 (9)
10. Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ) – Asia No.2 (10)
11. Jenny FRANSSON (SWE) – GGP Final No.2 (11)
12. Elena PIROZHKOVA (USA) – Pan America No.1 (12)
13. Masako FURUICHI (JPN) – Klippan Open No.1 (13)
14. Tatyana KOLESNIKOVA-MOROZOVA (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.1 (15)
15. Maria ACOSTA (VEN) – Ulaanbaatar OG Qualifier No.2 (14)
16. Signe Marie STORE (NOR) – Istanbul OG Qualifier No.2 (nr)
17. Victoria BOBEVA (BUL) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (18)
18. Tamyra MENSAH (USA) – Ulaanbaatar OG Qualifier No.3 (19)
19. OCHIRBAT Nasanburmaa (MGL) – Mongolian Open No.3 (16)
20. Laura SKUJINA (LAT) – Nordic C’ships No.1 (nr)
75kg – Erica WIEBE (CAN) handed Vasilisa MARZALIUK (BLR) a 5-1 defeat in the final of the German Grand Prix to move ahead of the Medved Prizes winner to No.2 in the rankings.
1. Adeline GRAY (USA) – World No.1 (1)
2. Erica WIEBE (CAN) – Pan Am OG Qualifier No.1 (3)
3. Vasilisa MARZALIUK (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.1 (2)
4. Aline FERREIRA (BRA) – Pan America No.3 (4)
5. Yasemin ADAR (TUR) – Europe No.1 (5)
6. Ekaterina BUKINA (RUS) – Klippan Open No.1 (6)
7. Epp MAE (EST) – Klippan Open No.3 (7)
8. Andrea OLAYA GUITIERREZ (COL) – Pan America No.2 (8)
9. ZHOU Qian (CHN) – World No.2 (9)
10. Alla CHERKASOVA (UKR) – European OG Qualifier No.2 (10)
11. Cynthia VESCAN (FRA) – Ulaanbaatar OG Qualifier No.1 (11)
12. Zsanett NEMETH (HUN) – Ulaanbaatar OG Qualifier No.2 (12)
13. Anna SCHELL (GER) – European U23 No.2 (13)
14. Guzel MANYUROVA (KAZ) – Medved Prizes No.2 (14)
15. Svetlana SAENKO (MDA) – Dan Kolov No.1 (15)
16. Justina DISTACIO (CAN) – Pan America No.1 (16)
17. Rio WATARI (JPN) – Asia OG Qualifier No.1 (17)
18. Maria SELMAIER (GER) – Istanbul OG Qualifier No.2 (nr)
19. OCHIRBAT Burmaa (MGL) – Asia No.1 (18)
20. Gulmaral YERKEBAYEVA (KAZ) – German GP No.3 (nr)
