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2002-06-24 FISU Women's Wrestling Championship - Final Results
FISU Women's Wrestling Championship
(Jun 24) EDMONTON - Canada, China and Japan made a big impression Sunday as women's freestyle competition made
its debut at the world university wrestling championships.
Canadians collected one gold, two silver and three bronze medals, as well as the team championship, with 56 points
at the University of Alberta's main gym.
China was second in the team standings with 54 points. The Chinese secured one gold, four silver and one bronze
medal.
Japan won four gold medals and one bronze in seven divisions. The Japanese were third with 53 points.
Hamilton's Pam Wilson closed out the competition with Canada's lone gold, in the 72-kilogram division. She defeated
Samantha Branka of the U.S. on a fall at 1:41 of the first period.
Shannon Samler of North Vancouver and Viola Yanik of Saskatoon secured silvers for Canada, at 67 and 63 kg, respectively.
Lindsay Belisle of Hazelton, B.C., Emily Richardson of North Vancouver and Tonya Verbeek of Beamsville, Ont., added
bronze for Canada, at 51-, 55- and 59-kg, respectively.
Yang Yangli won China's gold when she defeated Samler 7-4.
Three-time world champion Seiko Yamomoto was among Japan's gold medallists. She won at 55 kg, beating Verbeek 10-0
in her final match in a round-robin.
Mika Noguchi, Chiharu Icho and Saori Yoshida were Japan's other gold medallists, at 48, 51 and 59 kg, respectively.
Yamomoto won four matches without allowing a point. She opened with a win on a fall over Sarah Tolin of the U.S.,
beat Saira Martinez Zaldana of El Salvador by superiority, 11-0, then defeated China's Sun Dongmei 5-0 before her
match against Verbeek.
Noguchi allowed one point in four consecutive wins. She won on falls in her first two matches, beat Belinda Chou
of Chinese Taipei 5-1 in one semi-final and won on a fall over Zhong Xiue of China at 2:25 of the first period
in the final.
Noguchi also had the distinction of beating Elizabeth Short of the U.S. on a fall, at 1:18 of the first period,
in the first women's match in the fifth world championships.
Yoshida permitted two points in four straight wins. She had falls in her first two matches, won by superiority,
12-0, and defeated Su Huihua of China 8-2 in her gold-medal showdown.
Icho also won four consecutive matches and allowed just three points. She won her first two matches by superiority,
11-0 in each instance.
Malgorzata Bassa of Poland won the remaining gold medal, at 63 kg. She beat Yanik on a fall at 2:25 of the first
period.
There were 42 competitors representing 12 countries. There were also 31 falls in 72 matches.
The competition will conclude with men's Greco Roman on Monday and Tuesday.
Following are Sundays womens freestyle results from the fifth world university wrestling championships in Edmonton:
48 kg
Gold-medal match
Mika Noguchi, Japan defeated Zhong Xieu, China by fall
Bonze-medal match
Belinda Chou, Chinese Taipei def. Lauriane Mary, France by fall
Semi-finals
Noguchi defeated Chou 5-1
Xieu def. Mary 7-4
Remaining final placements
5th Maria Barraza Sanchez, Mexico;
6th Ingrid Medrano Cuellar, El Salvador;
7th Julie Harris, Canada (Edmonton);
8th Elizabeth Short, U.S.;
9th Yu-Jin Kim, Korea.
Preliminary matches
Noguchi def. Short by fall
Xiue def. Julie Harris 8-3
Mary def. Kim 7-2
Barraza Sanchez def. Short by fall
Chou def. Harris by fall
Mary def. Medrano Cuellar by fall
Noguchi def. Barraza Shanchez by fall
Chou def. Xiue by fall
Medrano Cuellar def. Kim by fall
Xieu def. Barraza by superiority, 10-0
Barrazo def. Medrano Cuellar by fall
Xieu def. Medrano Cuellar by superiority, 11-1
51 kg
Round-robin results
Chiharu Icho, Japan def. Kera Pemberton, U.S. by superiority, 11-0
Gao Yanzhi, China def. Lindsay Belisle, Canada (Hazelton, B.C.) 9-4
Icho def. Liliana Rosales Alcantar, Mexico by superiority, 11-0
Belisle def. Pemberton by superiority, 11-0
Icho def. Yanzhi 5-1
Pemberton def. Rosales Alcantar 7-6
Icho def. Belisle 6-2
Yanzhi def. Rosales Alcantar by superiority, 11-0
Yanzhi def. Pemberton by fall
Belisle def. Rosales Alcantar by fall
Gold medallist Chiharu Icho, Japan;
Silver medallist Gao Yanzhi, China;
Bronze medallist Lindsay Belisle, Canada;
4th Kera Pemberton, USA;
5th Rosales Alcantar, Mexico
55 kg
Round-robin results
Tonya Verbeek, Canada (Beamsville, Ont.) def. Saira Martinez Zaldana, El Salvador
by superiority, 11-0
Seiko Yamomoto, Japan def. Sarah Tolin, U.S. by fall
Sun Dongmei, China def. Martinez Zaldana by fall
Verbeek def. Tolin by superiority, 11-0
Yamamoto def. Martinez Zaldana by superiority, 11-0
Dongmei def. Verbeek by fall
Martinez Zaldana def. Tolin by fall
Yamomoto def. Dongmei 5-0
Dongmei def. Tolin by injury forfeit
Gold medallist Seiko Yamomoto, Japan;
Silver medallist Sun Dongmei, China;
Bronze medallist Tonya Verbeek, Canada;
4th Martinez Zoldana El Salvador;
5th Sarah Tolin, USA
59 kg
Gold-medal match
Saori Yoshida, Japan def. Su Huihua, China 8-2
Bronze-medal match
Emily Richardson, Canada (North Vancouver) def. Meryem Selloum, France by fall
Remaining final placements
5th Nan-Ha Cho, Korea;
6th Filomena Curatella, Italy;
7th Zonia Molina Barcenas, El Salvador;
8th Erica Vargas, Mexico
Preliminary matches
Richardson def. Curatella by fall
Yoshida def. Vargas by fall
Huihua def. Molina Barcenas by superiority, 10-0
Selloum def. Cho by fall
Richardson def. Vargas by fall
Yoshida def. Curatella by fall
Cho def. Molina Barcenas 4-0
Huihua def. Selloum by superiority, 12-2
Yoshida def. Richardson by superiority, 12-0
Curatella def. Vargas 5-0
Selloum def. Molina Barcenas by fall
Huihua def. Cho by fall
63 kg
Gold-medal match
Malgorzata Bassa, Poland def. Viola Yanik, Canada (Saskatoon) by fall
Bronze-medal match
Xu Haiyan, China def. Stephanie Gross, Germany 4-0
Semi-finals
Bassa def. Haiyan 7-6 in overtime after a video replay
Yanik def. Gross 3-2 in overtime
Remaining final placements
5th Nadia Moussaoui, France;
6th Ayako Suga, Japan;
7th Lil Azucena Canales, El Salvador;
8th Liliana Hernandez, Mexico;
9th Jin-Young Han, Korea
Preliminary matches
Suga def. Hang by injury forfeit
Haiyan def. Canales by fall
Moussaoui def. Hernandez by fall
Bassa def. Suga by fall
Haiyan def. Yanik 4-3
Gross def. Moussaoui 6-1
Bassa def. Hang by injury forfeit
Yanik def. Canales by superiority, 12-1
Gross def. Hernandez by fall
Yanik def. Suga 6-0
Moussaoui def. Suga 3-0
Yanik def. Moussaoui by superiority, 12-0
67 kg
Gold-medal match
Yang Yangli, China def. Shannon Samler, Canada (North Vancouver) 7-4
Preliminary round
Samler def. Nan-Ha Kim, Korea by forfeit
(Kim wins bronze medal)
72 kg
Gold-medal match
Pam Wilson, Canada (Hamilton) def. Samantha Branka, U.S. by fall
Preliminary round
Wilson def. Ayako Murashima, Japan by superiority, 10-0
5TH WORLD UNIVERSITY WRESTLING CHAMPIOHSHIPS WOMENS FREESTYLE TEAM STANDINGS
COUNTRY - POINTS
1. CANADA - 56
2. CHINA - 54
3. JAPAN - 53
4. UNITED STATES - 25
5. FRANCE - 20
6. EL SALVADOR - 19
7. MEXICO - 19
8. KOREA - 18
9. POLAND - 10
10. CHINESE TAIPEI - 8
11. GERMANY - 7
12. ITALY - 5
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