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

JAPAN 4 CHAMPS, BUT 2ND AS TEAM IN ASIA JR FEMALE MEET




TOKYO (July 6) - Japan crowned four champions in the women’s competition at the Asian junior wrestling championships, but had to settle for second place in the team results, one point behind winner Mongolia with three champions. The Japanese champions were Nodoka Nishi (48 kg, Waseda University), Yoshiko Inoue (63, Chukyo Women’s University), Chiaki Iijima (67, Abe Gakuin high school), and Anna Uno (72, Nippon Sports Science University).

Ai Shimizu (51, Toyo University) took a silver medal while Mika Naganuma (44, Gifu Nishi Kogyo high school) and Kaya Tsuda (59, International Pacific Rim University) bagged bronze medals.
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Results of individual bouts involving Japanese entries:

44 kg - NAGANUMA, Mika (3rd, 7 entries)
R1 - df. Mikhrniso Nurmatova(KGZ), 2-0 (3-0, 2-1)
SF - lost to Nadezna Skrypnik (KAZ) by fall, 2P (1-0, F1-4)
F3 - df. Kim Ye-saem (KOR), 2-0 (7-0, 7-0)

48 kg - NISHI, Nodoka (1st, 7 entries)
R1 - df. Oh Hyun-Young (KOR) by fall, 1P (F4-3)
SF - df. Maria Christina Opabio (PHI) by TF, 2-0 (7-0, 6-0)
F1 - df. Davaasuren Bayarmagnai (MGL) by fall, 1P (F4-0)

51 kg - SHIMIZU, Ai (2nd, 5 wrestlers)
R1 - lost to Otgontsetseg Davaasukh (MGL), 0-2 (1-1, 1-1)
R2 - bye
R3 - df. Zulfiya Yakhyarova (KAZ), 2-1 (3-0, 0-2, 1-0)
R4 - df. Park Hae-Jung (KOR) by fall, 1P (F4-0)
R5 - df. Anju Chaudhary (IND), 2-1 (2-0, 0-1, 2-0)

55 kg - SAIDO, Shoko (4th, 5 entries)
R1 - lost to Aiyim Abdildina (KAZ), 2P (1-3, F3-3)
R2 - lost to Enkhbaya Tsevegmed (MGL), 1-2 (0-4, 2-2, 1-3)
R3 - lost to Gargi Yadav (IND), 0-2 (0-2, 1-2)
R4 - bye
R5 - df. Kim Ye-Jae (KOR), 2-0 (1-0, 5-0)

59 kg - TSUDA, Kaya (3rd, 8 entries)
R1 - df. Salomat Kuchimova (UZB), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)
SF - lost to Geeta (IND), 1-2 (0-2, 5-1, 0-2)
F3 - df. Hou Yi-fang (TPE) by fall, 2P (6-0, F4-0)

63 kg - INOUE, Yoshiko (1st, 6 entries)
R1 - df. Chiang Yuan-chi (TPE), 2-0 (7-0, 6-0)
SF - df. Park Sang-Eun (KOR), 2-0 (1-0, 1-0)
F1 - df. Suman Kundu (IND), 2-0 (1-0, 2-0)

67 kg - IIJIMA, Chiaki (1st, 6 entries)
R1 - df. Nasanburmaa Ochirbat (MGL) by fall, 2P (3-1, F4-0)
SF - df. Olga Kalinina (KAZ) by fall, 2P (1-0, F6-0)
F1 - df. Choi Jin-Suk (KOR) by fall, 1P (F3-0)

72 kg - UNO, Anna (1st, 5 entries)
R1 - df. Munkhtuya Dorjgotor (MGL) by fall, 3P (0-3, 2-0, F3-0)
R2 - df. Kang Han-Bit (KOR), 2-1 (0-1, 3-0, 1-0)
R3 - df. Evgenya Stepovaya (KAZ), 2-1 (0-1, 1-0, 3-1)
R4 - bye
R5 - lost to Anmol (IND), 0-2 (0-4, 0-1)

Team results
1. Mongolia, 73 points; 2. Japan, 72; 3. India, 65; 4. Kazakhstan, 57; 5. Korea, 54; 6. Chinese Taipei, 21