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U.S. WOMEN PLACE SECOND IN U17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; BOUZAKIS, JAFFE AND ROBINSON ADD BRONZES ON LAST DAY

ISTANBUL, Turkey – The United States, led by six medalists and two individual champions, placed second as a team in women’s freestyle at the 2023 U17 World Championships on Friday.

Group Two completed its competition on Friday, and the USA won three of its four bronze-medal matches in the evening session.

Japan won the team title with 200 points, followed by the United States with 122 points and India with 118 points. The second place team placement was not determined until the medal matches were completed.

Jaclyn Bouzakis of Pennsylvania (40 kg), Haylie Jaffe of Pennsylvania (61 kg) and Jasmine Robinson of Texas (69 kg) won bronze medals on Friday, and Karlee Brooks (53 kg) placed fifth, all scoring key points for the team effort.

Bouzakis poured it on to Nurana Asadli, an Independent Neutral Athlete, taking her down and turning her for enough points for a technical fall, yet finished off the pin in 1:20.

Jaffe scored a takedown in the first period, and added two takedowns in the second period to defeat Byza Nur Akkus of Turkey, 6-3.

Late in her bout, Robinson was losing by criteria in a 1-1 tie against Elif Kurt of Turkey, as both wrestlers had given up a point on the shot clock. With time running out, Robinson hit a four-point blast double leg for four points, the key to her 5-1 victory.

Brooks won a clutch match on Friday morning in repechage, stopping Liliana Kapuvari of Hungary by technical fall, 10-0. In her bronze-medal bout, Brooks fell to Fabiana Rinella of Italy, 7-4. Rinella jumped to a 6-0 lead and held off a Brooks comeback. Brooks hit a headlock for four points, but was not able to finish it.

The other athlete in Group Two, Rianne Murphy of Indiana, who was eliminated on Thursday at 46 kg, placed 10th, gaining the team two team points. … rest of story at … Teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2023/August/04/U17-Women-place-second-in-World

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