Yoshida Seeks No.15, Icho No.12 at World Championship

By William May

TASHKENT (September 11) – Saori YOSHIDA (JPN) will seek her 15th straight world and Olympic Games crown and Kaori ICHO (JPN) her 12th on Thursday, September 11, the second day of Female Wrestling at the World Championship.

Yoshida, who has monopolized the 55kg weight category in Japan and abroad since 2002, will be competing at 53kg, while Icho has dropped from 63kg down to 58kg, where she will try to add another title to her eight world championships and three Olympic Games gold medals.

Meanwhile, five-time world champion Stanka ZLATEVA (BUL) is also back in search of a sixth world title when she takes to the mats at the Gymnastics Palace in Tashkent.

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53kg

GOLD: Sofia Magdalena MATTSSON (SWE) v. Saori YOSHIDA (JPN)
BRONZE: Myong Suk JONG (PRK) df. Natalia BUDU (MDA), 9-5
BRONZE: Jillian Alice GALLAYS (CAN) df. Natalia MALYSHEVA (RUS), 6-2

Semifinal: Sofia Magdalena MATTSSON (SWE) df. Natalia BUDU (MDA) by TF, 10-0.  
Semifinal: Saori YOSHIDA (JPN) df. Jillian Alice GALLAYS (CAN) by FALL, 4-0.  

Repechage: Natalia MALYSHEVA (RUS) df. Qianyu PANG (CHN), 4-0.
Repechage: Myong Suk JONG (PRK) df. Whitney CONDER (USA), 8-2.  
Repechage: Myong Suk JONG (PRK) df. Luisa VALVERDE (ECU), 8-0.

Quarterfinal: Natalia BUDU (MDA) df. Alma Jane VALENCIA (MEX) by FALL, 7-5.  
Quarterfinal: Sofia Magdalena MATTSSON (SWE) df. Whitney CONDER (USA) by FALL, 8-0.  
Quarterfinal: Jillian Alice GALLAYS (CAN) df. Yuliya BLAHINYA (UKR), 6-5.  
Quarterfinal: Saori YOSHIDA (JPN) df. Natalia MALYSHEVA (RUS) by TF, 10-0.  

1/8: Alma Jane VALENCIA (MEX) df. Vania Andreia GOMES (POR) by TF, 10-0.  
1/8: Sofia Magdalena MATTSSON (SWE) df. Myong Suk JONG (PRK), 8-0.  
1/8: Natalia MALYSHEVA (RUS) df. Roksana Marta ZASINA (POL), 3-1.  
1/8: Natalia BUDU (MDA) df. Anzhela DOROGAN (AZE), 6-3.  
1/8: Jillian Alice GALLAYS (CAN) df. Shin-Hye LEE (KOR) by FALL, 10-0.  
1/8: Saori YOSHIDA (JPN) df. Qianyu PANG (CHN) by FALL, 4-0.  
1/8: Whitney CONDER (USA) df. Sumiya ERDENECHIMEG (MGL), 4-4.  
1/8: Yuliya BLAHINYA (UKR) df. Laura MERTENS (GER) by TF, 11-1.  

Qualification: Vania Andreia GOMES (POR) df. Karalina TJAPKO (LAT), 10-8.  
Qualification: Natalia BUDU (MDA) df. Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE), 9-5.  
Qualification: Myong Suk JONG (PRK) df. Zukhra MUSTANOVA (UZB) by TF, 10-0.  
Qualification: Shin-Hye LEE (KOR) df. Merve KENGER (TUR) by TF, 11-1.  
Qualification: Alma Jane VALENCIA (MEX) df. Zhuldyz ESHIMOVA (KAZ) by TF, 12-0.  
Qualification: Sumiya ERDENECHIMEG (MGL) df. Nirmala DEVI (IND) by FALL, 4-0.  
Qualification: Sofia Magdalena MATTSSON (SWE) df. Luisa VALVERDE (ECU) by FALL, 7-0.  
Qualification: Laura MERTENS (GER) df. Ana Maria PAVAL (ROU), 4-3.  
Qualification: Anzhela DOROGAN (AZE) df. Isabelle SAMBOU (SEN), 3-2.  
Qualification: Whitney CONDER (USA) df. Tatiana DEBIEN (FRA), 6-0.  
Qualification: Jillian Alice GALLAYS (CAN) df. Nadzeya SHUSHKO (BLR) by TF, 10-0.  
Qualification: Yuliya BLAHINYA (UKR) df. Betzabeth Angelica ARGUELLO (VEN), 4-4. 

58kg

GOLD: Valeria KOBLOVA (RUS) v. Kaori ICHO (JPN)
BRONZE: Lisset ANTES (ECU) v. Elif Jale YESILIRMAK (TUR)
BRONZE: Anastasiya HUCHOK (BLR) v. Allison Mackenzie RAGAN (USA)

Semifinal: Valeria KOBLOVA (RUS) df. Lisset ANTES (ECU), 3-1.  
Semifinal: Kaori ICHO (JPN) df. Anastasiya HUCHOK (BLR) by TF, 11-0.  

Repechage: Elif Jale YESILIRMAK (TUR) df. Munkhtuya TUNGALAG (MGL), 8-1. 
Repechage: Allison Mackenzie RAGAN (USA) df. Asem SEYDAMETOVA (UZB) by TF, 10-0.
Repechage: Munkhtuya TUNGALAG (MGL) df. Carola RAINERO (ITA) by TF, 14-4.

Quarterfinal: Valeria KOBLOVA (RUS) df. Elif Jale YESILIRMAK (TUR), 9-0.  
Quarterfinal: Lisset ANTES (ECU) df. Mimi Nikolova HRISTOVA (BUL) by FALL, 8-8.  
Quarterfinal: Kaori ICHO (JPN) df. Allison Mackenzie RAGAN (USA) by TF, 10-0.  
Quarterfinal: Anastasiya HUCHOK (BLR) df. Zhangting ZHOU (CHN), 12-3.  

1/8: Lisset ANTES (ECU) df. Irina NETREBA (AZE), 14-6.  
1/8: Allison Mackenzie RAGAN (USA) df. Aisylyy TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ), 7-6.  
1/8: Elif Jale YESILIRMAK (TUR) df. Emese BARKA (HUN), 4-0.  
1/8: Mimi Nikolova HRISTOVA (BUL) df. Hyesun PARK (KOR) by FALL, 10-4.  
1/8: Zhangting ZHOU (CHN) df. Ganna VASYLENKO (UKR), 8-2.  
1/8: Valeria KOBLOVA (RUS) df. Munkhtuya TUNGALAG (MGL) by TF, 10-0.  
1/8: Kaori ICHO (JPN) df. Asem SEYDAMETOVA (UZB) by FALL, 10-0.  
1/8: Anastasiya HUCHOK (BLR) df. Anna Teresa ZWIRYDOWSKA (POL), 3-0.  

Qualification: Elif Jale YESILIRMAK (TUR) df. Aizhan ISMAGULOVA (KAZ) by TF, 10-0.  
Qualification: Irina NETREBA (AZE) df. Alejandro Romero BONILLA (MEX), 4-1.  
Qualification: Munkhtuya TUNGALAG (MGL) df. Joice SOUZA (BRA), 6-4.  
Qualification: Lisset ANTES (ECU) df. Sarita SARITA (IND) by FALL, 6-2.  
Qualification: Emese BARKA (HUN) df. Sandra Viviana ROA (COL), 9-6.  
Qualification: Valeria KOBLOVA (RUS) df. Carola RAINERO (ITA) by TF, 10-2.  
Qualification: Mimi Nikolova HRISTOVA (BUL) df. Justine BOUCHARD (CAN), 6-1.  

75kg

GOLD: Adeline Maria GRAY (USA) v. Aline DA (BRA)
BRONZE: Epp MAE (EST) v. Qian ZHOU (CHN)
BRONZE:  Burmaa OCHIRBAT (MGL) v. Andrea Carolina OLAYA (COL)

Semifinal: Adeline Maria GRAY (USA) df. Epp MAE (EST), 5-1. 
Semifinal: Aline DA (BRA) df. Burmaa OCHIRBAT (MGL), 5-2.

Repechage: Qian ZHOU (CHN) df. Hiroe SUZUKI (JPN) by TF, 11-0. 
Repechage: Andrea Carolina OLAYA (COL) df. Gulmira ISMATOVA (UZB) by TF, 11-0. 
Repechage: Qian ZHOU (CHN) df. Yasemin ADAR (TUR) by TF, 18-6.

Quarterfinal: Adeline Maria GRAY (USA) df. Hiroe SUZUKI (JPN), 2-1.  
Quarterfinal: Epp MAE (EST) df. Erica Elizabeth WIEBE (CAN) by FALL, 7-2.  
Quarterfinal: Burmaa OCHIRBAT (MGL) df. Stanka ZLATEVA (BUL), 6-3.  
Quarterfinal: Aline DA (BRA) df. Andrea Carolina OLAYA (COL), 7-0.  

1/8: Hiroe SUZUKI (JPN) df. Maria SELMAIER (GER), 7-0.  
1/8: Burmaa OCHIRBAT (MGL) df. Kateryna BURMISTROVA (UKR), 5-0.  
1/8: Andrea Carolina OLAYA (COL) df. Nadia Ahmed ANTAR (EGY) by FALL, 10-12.  
1/8: Erica Elizabeth WIEBE (CAN) df. Gulmaral ERKEBAYEVA (KAZ), 8-0.  
1/8: Stanka ZLATEVA (BUL) df. Anshu TOMAR (IND) by FALL, 2-0.  
1/8: Adeline Maria GRAY (USA) df. Yasemin ADAR (TUR) by FALL, 13-6.  
1/8: Epp MAE (EST) df. Zsanett NEMETH (HUN), 5-0.  
1/8: Aline DA (BRA) df. Gulmira ISMATOVA (UZB) by FALL, 6-0.  

Qualification: Yasemin ADAR (TUR) df. Ekaterina BUKINA (RUS) by TF, 10-0.  
Qualification: Hiroe SUZUKI (JPN) df. Vasilisa MARZALIUK (BLR), 3-1.  
Qualification: Adeline Maria GRAY (USA) df. Qian ZHOU (CHN) by TF, 11-10.