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USA wins Greco-Roman team title with nine medals at #WrestleBuenosAires

TDR Editor’s Notes ; Great to see some good news of wrestling success that is not in North Carolina but a little ‘south of the border’ so to speak in Argentina, South America. Our congratulations to them.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The Greco-Roman competition of the 2019 Pan American Championships wrapped up on Friday with USA winning the team title after collecting nine medals. The USA picked up medals in all three weight classes on Friday night with a gold from Cheney HAIGHT, silver form Kamal BEY and bronze from Patrick MARTINEZ. Haight won his third Pan Am title, besting the competition at 82 kg. In the finals, Haight won a 3-1 bout against 2018 Pan Am bronze medalist Carlos ESPINOZA CASTRO (PER).

Cuba and Venezuela picked up the other gold medals. Yosvanys PENA FLORES (CUB) outlasted 2017 Junior World champion Bey in a 3-1 war at 77 kg to earn Cuba its fourth gold medal of the tournament. At 87 kg, Luis AVENDANO ROJAS (VEN) became only the seventh Greco wrestler in Venezuela’s history to win a Pan Am title, defeating Antonio DURAN ROBLES (CUB) in the finals. Duran scored the first two points, but Avendano put up six unanswered points, two of which came from a caution and two when Duran committed a defensive leg foul in par terre. Shortly after, Duran was penalized for another defensive leg foul, which resulted in a disqualification for the Cuban and a win for Avendano. The Venezuelan led 8-2 at the time of the DQ. Rest of the story at
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/usa-wins-greco-roman-team-title-nine-medals-wrestlebuenosaires?fbclid=IwAR1Q-OK-IxcAOASDMNXk0YIfbMnaSGdAX1LaCjeTggL5-ntZvsFgm5yg7Yg

April 20, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized