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）
FUJIKAWA SILVER, ITO BRONZE FOR WOMEN AT JR WORLD C’SHIPS
ANKARA (August 6) - Chiaki Fujikawa won four straight matches on her way
to the silver medal and Yurika Ito claimed a bronze medal on the first
day of women’s competition at the junior world wrestling championships.
Fujikawa, who finished 14th a year ago, knocked off last year’s bronze
medal winner from India and this year’s European junior runner-up from
Russia before falling to American Victoria Anthony in the 44kg final.
At 59kg, Asia senior champion Ito lost to last year’s junior world champ at 63kg, Ekaterina Melnikova (RUS), but rebounded for the bronze medal with a win over Celeste Rodrigues (CAN).
Meanwhile, Chiaki Iijima opened with a pair of pins at 67kg, but was then tripped up in the semifinals and consolation finals, and had to settle for fifth place.
Former Asia cadet champion Ai Shimizu lost her opening bout at 51kg and did not get a chance at the repechage matches, settling for 15th place overall.
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44kg - FUJIKAWA, Chiaki (2nd, 20 entries)
R1 - df. Monika Kedrak (POL), 2-0 (2-0, 4-0)
R2 - df. Ileana Dobrescu (ROU), 2-0 (2-0, 2-0)
R3 - df. Priyanka Singh (IND), 2-1 (1x-1, 0-1, 4-2)
SF - df. Anastasia Tabaeva (RUS), 2-0 (2-0, 2-1)
F1 - lost to Victoria Anthony (USA), 0-2 (0-1, 0-1)
51kg - SHIMIZU, Ai (15th, 24 entries)
R1 - lost to Diana Ford (CAN), 1-2 (1-0, 0-1, 0-1)
59kg - ITO, Yurika (3rd, 16 entries)
R1 - df. Tatyana Zakharova (KAZ) by fall, 2P (2-0, F6-0)
R2 - df. Schuyler Brown (USA), 2-1 (1-1x, 1-0, 4-0)
SF - lost to Ekaterina Melnikova (RUS), 0-2 (1-5, 0-6)
F3 - df. Celeste Rodrigues (CAN), 2-0 (3-0, 5-0)
67kg - IIJIMA, Chiaki (5th, 14 entries)
R1 - df. Ralitsa Ivanova (BUL) by fall, 2P (0-1, F5-0)
R2 - df. Lisa McKibben (CAN) by fall, 2P (2-0, F6-0)
SF - lost to Yulia Alborova (RUS), 0-2 (0-1, 0-3)
F3 - lost to Sandra Makela (SWE), 0-2 (0-4, 0-5)