Senior World Championships
12 Sep 2011
Mon 12th
Greco-Roman
66kg Myroslav Dykun
‘v’ Lithuania: Lost: 2-1; 2-3; 0-1 (link)
It was a very close match with Myroslav taking the lead over Edgaras Venckaitis of Lithuania in the first round. The second round was no pushover by Venckaitis as Myroslav was winning 1-0 when he made an error which meant that the Lithuanian could take the advantage and score 3 points. The third round was also close, with Venckaitis achieving the vital point.
Fri 16th
Female Wrestling
67kg Sarah Jones 12/14
‘v’ Japan: Lost: 0-2; 0-2 (link)
Sarah was drawn against a tough Japanese opponent in her first round match. Sarah fought hard to penetrate the defences of her opponent but unfortunately was unable to do so and evetually lost the match to Yoshiko Inoue by 2-0 and 2-0.
Fri 16th
Freestyle
55kg Craig McKenna 24/45
‘v’ Namibia: Lost: 3-7; 2-3 (link)
Craig came up against a strong Namibian opponent in his first round match but wrestled well scoring in both rounds but eventually lost his match to Naatele Shilmele by 7 -3 and 3-2. Craig will gain a great deal from this experience and exposure to these World Championships.
Sat 17th
FS-60kg Oleksandr Madyarchyk 18/47
‘v’ Chad: Won: 6-0; 2-0 (link)
‘v’ Belarus: Lost: 2-4; 1:4
Sat 17th
FS-84kg Nathaniel Akerman 36/45
‘v’ Latvia: Lost: 0-1; 0-1 (link)
Sat 17th
FS-96kg Leon Rattigan 25/41
‘v’ India: Lost: 0-1; 1-0; 0-1 (link)
Sun 18th
Freestyle
74kg Philip Roberts 45/45
‘v’ Germany: Lost 0-6; 0-7 (link)
Congratulations to the following who were selected to wrestle for GBR at the 2011 Senior World Championships, Istanbul, Turkey by The Major Events Selection Panel at its 9th August 2011 meeting.
Greco-Roman
66kg Myroslav Dykun
Freestyle
55kg Craig McKenna
60kg Oleksandr Madyarchyk
74kg Philip Roberts
84kg Nathaniel Akerman
96kg Leon Rattigan
Female Wrestling
67kg Sarah Jones
The 2011 World Championships is the first Olympic Qualification Event and the top 6 in each weight category qualify
- Event Title: Senior World Championships
- Start Date: 12 Sep 2011
- End Date: 18 Sep 2011
- Venue:
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