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By William May
（Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public Information Committee
：wmay52@hotmail.com）

JAPAN FS HELD TO LONE SILVER, BRONZE AT ASIA JR C’SHIPS




TOKYO (July 6) - Yuto Aizawa took a silver medal and and Kotaro Tanaka bagged a bronze in freestyle at the Asian junior wrestling championships in Doha, Qatar, but Japan goes home without a gold medal in the men’s events for the first time since 2004. Japan finished in a tie with Iraq for seventh place with 36 points.
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Results of individual bouts involving Japanese entries on the final day of competition:

50 kg - IRIE, Shinji (7th, 8 entries)
R1 - lost to Assanali Khojayev (KAZ), 0-2 (1-1, 2-3)

55 kg - WAKABAYASHI, Kenta (8th, 11 entries)
R1 - lost to Feruz Nusratov (UZB), 0-2 (0-7, 0-4)

60 kg - TANAKA, Kotaro (3rd, 9 entries)
R1 - bye
R2 - df. Dauren Zhumagazyyev (KAZ), 2-1 (1-1, 1-4, 5-4)
SF - lost to Hardeep Singh (IND), 1-2 (1-2, 1-0, 1-1)
F3 - df. Erdenebayar Enkhbat (MGL), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)

66 kg - NABATAME, Tatsuya (7th, 9 entries)
R1 - bye
R2 - lost to Azat Donbeaev (KGZ), 1-2 (0-1, 3-0, 0-1)

74 kg - ETO, Kimihiro (7th, 9 entries)
R1 - lost to Batmunkh Myagmarsuren (MGL), 0-2 (4-7, 4-4)

84 kg - EITA, Yuki (8th, 9 entries)
R1 - bye
R2 - lost to Ali Rajabzadeh (IRI) , 0-2 (0-2, 1-3)

96 kg - TOKINOBU, Koichi (10th, 10 entries)
R1 - bye
R2 - lost to Mohammad Suhail (IRQ), 0-2 (0-1, 0-1)

120 kg - AIZAWA, Yuto (2nd, 7 entris)
R1 - df. Mussa Mamedov (KAZ) by fall, 1P (F4-0)
SF - df. Nam Koung-Jin (KOR) by fall, 2P (0-7, F4-0)
F1 - lost to Amir Ghaseminonjazi(IRI), 0-2 (0-3, 0-3)

Team standings
1. Iran, 78 points; 2. Mongolia, 53; 3. India, 50; 4. Kazakstan, 47; 5. Uzbekistan, 43; 6. Korea, 42; 7 (tie). Japan, Iraq, 36.