To Our Friends in Wrestling Around the world
By William May
(Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public
Information Committee
Kyodo World Services, senior sports writer:wmay52@hotmail.com)
RESULTS AT 1ST GR OLYMPIC QUALIFIER - JAPAN(1st session)
NOVI SAD, Serbia and Montenegro (February
28) - Results of preliminary pool bouts involving
Japanese wrestlers on Saturday at the 1st
greco-roman wrestling Olympic qualifying
tournament at Vojvodina Sports Center:
55 kg (29 entries, 9 pools)
TOYOTA, Masatoshi (Tokyo Metropolitan Police
Department)
Pool A
R1 - df. Elgin Elwais (PAL) by TF, 10-0,
0:58
Elwais came out in a fiesty mood, but
Toyota scored with a waist tackle at 35 seconds.
A high, back-arching reverse bodylock and
throw gave Toyota an eight-point lead. A
quick gut wrench ended the match.
R2 - df. Jansel Ramirez (DOM) by TF, 10-0,
1:47
Toyota broke the ice with an arm drag
to go-behind for one point, then followed
with a quick gut wrench, then lift and throw
for a 7-0 lead. He drove Ramirez to his back
for the technical fall off a feint to a reverse
bodylock.
R3 - bye
Q1 - To be determined
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60 kg (30 entries, 10 pools)
SASAMOTO, Makoto (Sogo Seibi security employee)
Pool J
R1 - bye
R2 - v Aliaksandr Slivinski (BLR)
R3 - v Ali Ashkani Agboloag (IRI)
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66 kg (36 entries, 12 pools)
IMURO, Masaki (Japan Self Defense Forces)
Pool A
R1 - df. Peter-Georg Philippitsch (AUT),
3-0, 6:26
Imuro converted on a passivity call with
a low reverse waistlock for two points in
the first period. He missed with the same
move in the second period, but landed on
top of failed throw by the Austrian for the
decisive third point.
R2 - df. Vladimir Tatarski (SCG), 3-0, 6:12
In a repeat performance of his earlier,
Imuro took advantage of a par terre chance
in the third minute with a chest-high gut
wrench to take a 2-0. Tatarski held Imuro
scoreless through the second period, but
missed with a throw out of the clinch to
start overtime, giving Imuro the win. Imuro
advances to the knock-out tourney, but his
first-round opponent will be determined in
the evening session.
R3 - bye
Q1 - To be determined
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74 kg
Japan has already qualified.
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84 kg (28 entries, 9 pools)
MATSUMOTO, Shingo (Ichimiya Transport, employee)
Pool I
R1 - lost to Alexej Michin (RUS), 6-0
Matsumoto took the fight to the European
champion in the first period, but could not
convert on his par terre chance. Instead,
Michin got his chance at the end of the first
period, receiving a penalty point for a false
start and then flipping Matsumoto over with
a reverse bodylock for a 5-0 lead. Matsumoto
got another chance in par terre in the second
period, but could not convert again.
R2 - v Luiz Mendez (CUB)
R3 - v Filip Soukup (CZE)
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96 kg (33 entries, 11 pools)
KATO, Kenzo (Japan Self Defense Forces)
Pool F
R1 - bye
R2 - v Vinko Kadecka (CRO)
R3 - v Masoud Hashemzadeh (IRI)
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120 kg (26 entries, 8 pools)
SUZUKI, Katsuaki (Tokyo Metropolitan Police
Department)
Pool A
R1 - bye
R2 - v Barzi Sajad (IRI)
R3 - v Miriani Giorgadze (GEO)