To Our Friends in Wrestling Around the world
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By William May
iJapan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public
Information Committee
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OBATA 5TH IN ASIAN GAMES FREESTYLE
@@ @DOHA (December 13) - Kunihiko Obata notched a pair of easy wins at
74 kg but had his chances for an Asian Games medal done in by a pair of
world medalists on the first day of the menfs freestyle competition in
Doha. Obata wrestled tough against world silver medalist Ali Asghar Bazrighaleh
of Iran in the quarterfinals, but surrendered points late in each period
of a 0-2 loss.
@@@In one of the finals for third place, Obata kept the pressure on Uzbekistanfs
Soslan Tigiev, but could not crack the defense of the world No. 3 at the
Aspire sports complex west of the Qatari capitol.(right) Earlier, Obata opened with a one-sided win over unheralded Alai Niyazmengliev
of Turkmenistan and in the consolation bracket romped over Myagmar Mendaikhan
of Mongolia to earn a berth in a bronze-medal match.
@@@At 60 kg, world bronze medalist Noriyuki Takatsuka scored more technical
points that Asia champion Ri Yong-Chol of DRP Korea, but lost in the set
count 1-2. Ri lost to reigning world champion Seyed Mohammadi Pahnnekalaei
of Iran in the next round, knocking Takatsuka out of the running for the
medals. Japan did not send an entry at 96 kg.
Menfs freestyle
60 kg - TAKATSUKA, Noriyuki (15 entries)
R1 - lost to Ri Yong-Chol (PRK), 1-2 (0-1, 4-1, 0-1)
@@Ri takes advantage of Takatsukafs aggressiveness in the first period
for a takedown. Takatsuka comes back with a 3-point single-leg to take
the second. Neither wrestler could get the advantage in the third period
until Takatsuka appeared to slip on the mat with less than 10 seconds remaining
and Ri capitalized for the win.
Medal matches at 60 kg
F1 - Seyed Mohammadi Pahnekalaei (IRI) df. Song Jae-Myung (KOR), 2-0 (3-0,
3-0)
F3 - Ri Yong-Chol (PRK) df. Gao Feng (CHN), 2-0 (2-0, 2-1)
F3 - Yogeshwar Dutt (IND) df. Baurzhan Orazgaliyev (KAZ), 2-1 (1x-1, 0-1,
4-2)
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74 kg - OBATA, Kunihiko (5th, 14 entries)
R1 - df. Alai Niyazmengliev (TKM), 2-0 (1-0, 8-2)
@@Obata wins the scramble for a go-behind point in the first period. Obata
gives up two points on a takedown counter, but gets on board with a go-behind
and the rolls to an 82 win.
R2 - lost to Ali Asghar Bazrighaleh (IRI), 0-2 (0-3, 0-3)
@@Obata gives up a 3-point takedown in the final 10 seconds of the first
period. Bazrighaleh scores with a force out, then catches Obata on his
back during a takedown scramble.
r1 - df. Myagmar Mendaikhan (MGL), 2-0 (8-1=1:15, 6-3)
@@Obata leaps into a 3-0 lead with an arm throw, then after an exchange
of points, works a leg grapevine for the technical fall. Obata is countered
for three points early, but rallies back with single points and another
grapevine and tilt for the win.
F3 - lost to Soslan Tigiev (UZB), 0-2 (0-2, 0-2)
Obata gave up single points on scrambles for the takedown in the first
period. Then, surrendered takedowns midway through and at the end of the
second period.
Other medal matches at 74 kg
F1 - Ali Asghar Bazrighaleh (IRI) df. Cho Byung-Kwan (KOR), 2-0 (2-1, 1-0)
F3 - Abdulkhakim Shapiev (KAZ) df. Talant Jekshenov (KGZ), 2-1 (0-1, 4-3,
1-0)
96 kg - No Japanese entry (14 entries)
F1 - Ali Reza Heidari (IRI) df. Oleg Kallagov (UZB), 2-0 (2-0=2:07, 2-1)
F3 - Aleksey Krupniakov (KGZ) df. Koo Tae-Hyun (KOR), 2-0 (2-0, 3-0)
F3 - Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ) df. Wang Yuanyuan (CHN), 2-0 (3-1, 3-1)