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SERBEST STİL
1. Taha AKGUL (TUR) – World No.1 (1) 125kg
3. Yakup GOR (TUR) – World No.2 (2) 70kg
7. Selim YASAR (TUR) – World No.3 (5)
9. Mustafa KAYA (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (13)
14. Muenir Recep AKTAS (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (nr)
GREKOROMEN STİL
2. Riza KAYAALP (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (2)
2. Cenk ILDEM (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (3)
4. Selcuk CEBI (TUR) – World No.3 (4)
4. Yunus OZEL (TUR) – World No.2 (4)
9. Emrah KUS (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (nr)
9. Abdulsamet UGURLU (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (nr)
12. Metehan BASAR (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (nr)
15. Arslan ATEM (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (nr)
15. Kansu ILDEM (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.3 (nr)
16. Fatih BASKOY (TUR) – European U23 No.1 (16)
17. Fatih UCUNCU (TUR) – Nikola Petrov No.3 (nr)
BAYAN
4. Elif Jale YESILIRMAK (TUR) – World No.3 (6)
17. Hafize SAHIN (TUR) – European U23s No.3 (16)
12. Buse TOSUN (TUR) – Dan Kolov No.1 (19)
17. Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR) – European U23s No.3 (20)
125kg – World champion Taha AKGUL (TUR) wrapped up former world and Olympic Games champion Kadshimurad GATSALOV (RUS), 10-0, in the quarterfinals and won his fourth straight Yasar Dogu crown to cement his place atop the super heavyweight rankings.
1. Taha AKGUL (TUR) – World No.1 (1)
2. Komeil GHASEMI (IRI) – World No.2 (2)
3. Aleksander KHOTSIANIVSKI (UKR) – Paris GP No.1 (3)
4. Muradin KUSHKHOV (RUS) – European U23s No.1 (5)
5. Aleksey SHEMAROV (BLR) – World Cup No.1 (7)
6. Alen ZASEEV (UKR) – Medved Prizes No.2 (6)
7. Parviz HADI (IRI) – Takhti Cup No.1 (10)
8. Khadshimourad GATSALOV (RUS) – World No.3 (10)
9. Tervel DLAGNEV (USA) – World No.3 (8)
10. JARGALSAIKHAN Chuluunbat (MGL) – Yargyin GP No.3 (9)
11. Tanji GEMICI (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (nr)
12. Jamalladin MAGOMEDOV (AZE) – Paris GP No.2 (11)
13. David MODZMANASHVILI (GEO) – Medved Prizes No.1 (14)
14. Zachery REY (USA) – Cerro Pelado No.1 (15)
15. Alan KHUGAEV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.2 (12)
16. NATSAGSUREN Zolboo (MGL) – Yarygin GP No.3 (13)
17. Aiaal LAZAREV (KGZ) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (nr)
18. Daulet SHABANBAY (KAZ) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (nr)
19. Robert BARAN (POL) – European U23s No.3 (nr)
20. Soslan GAGLOEV (SVK) – Dan Kolov No.1 (nr)
97kg – London 2012 gold medalist Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE) notched four wins at the World Cup, including a 9-1 triumph over former world champion Reza YAZDANI (IRI), to become the individual winner at the World Cup and climb to No.3 in the rankings.
1. Abdusalam GADISOV (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
2. Khetag GAZUMOV (AZE) – Medved Prizes No.1 (2)
3. Sharif SHARIFOV (AZE) – Medved Prizes No.2 (5)
4. Valeri ANDRIITSEV (UKR) – Medved Prizes No.3 (3)
5. Reza YAZDANI (IRI) – Asian Games No.1 (4)
6. Javier CORTINA LACERRA (CUB) – World Cup No.3 (7)
7. Elizbar ODIKADZE (GEO) – Takhti Cup No.1 (5)
8. Omar GUSOSHIVILI (GEO) – European U23s No.1 (10)
9. Yuri BELONOVSKI (RUS) – World Cup No.2 (13)
10. Pavlo OLEYNIK (UKR) – Paris GP No.3 (11)
11. Magomed MUSAEV (KGZ) – Paris GP No.3 (8)
12. Ibragim SAIDOV (BLR) – Yarygin GP No.1 (12)
13. DORJKHAND Khuderbulga (MGL) – Asian Games No.3 (9)
14. Zainulla KURBANOV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.2 (14)
15. Radoslaw BARAN (POL) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (18)
16. Dato MARSAGISHVILI (GEO) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (15@86)
17. William HARTH (GER) – Dan Kolov No.1 (15)
18. Jakob VARNER (USA) – World Cup No.4 (nr)
19. Nurmagomed GADZHIEV (AZE) – European U23s No.2 (20)
20. Dragomir STOICHEV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (nr)
86kg – Asian Games gold medalist Meisam MOSTAFA JOUKAR (IRI) racked up three technical falls by a combined score of 34-3 at the World Cup to climb to No.2 in the rankings.
Yarygin Grand Prix bronze medalist Dauren KURUGLIEV (RUS) also recorded three wins at the World Cup to leap to No.12 in the rankings as the unofficial individual winner at 86kg by virtue of his victory by fall over Ed RUTH (USA).
1. Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
2. Meisam MOSTAFA JOUKAR (IRI) – Takhti Cup No.1 (4)
3. Reineris SALAS PEREZ (CUB) – Cerro Pelado No.1 (2)
4. Mohammad Hossein MOHAMMADIAN (IRI) – World No.3 (3)
5. Aleksandr HUSHTYN (BLR) – European U23s No.1 (9)
6. Shamil KUDIYAMAGOMEDOV (RUS) – European U23s No.3 (6)
7. Selim YASAR (TUR) – World No.3 (5)
8. Anzor URISHEV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (7)
9. ORGODOL Uitumen (MGL) – Yarygin GP No.2 (8)
10. Radoslaw MARCINKIEWICZ (POL) – Oueslati Memorial No.1 (14)
11. Alireza KARIMIMACHIANI (IRI) – Paris GP No.1 (13)
12. Dauren KURUGLIEV (RUS) – World Cup No.1 (17)
13. Aleksander GOSTIEV (AZE) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (nr)
14. Atsushi MATSUMOTO (JPN) – Buryatia Cup No.1 (20)
15. Clayton FOSTER (USA) – Cerro Pelado No.2 (10)
16. Amarhadshi MAGOMEDOV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.3 (nr)
17. Sebastien JEZIERZANSKI (POL) – Oueslati Memorial No.2 (18)
18. Magomedhadshi KHATIEV (AZE) – European U23s No.2 (19)
19. Georgi SREDKOV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.2 (nr)
20. Zbigniew BARANOWSKI (POL) – Oueslati Memorial No.1 (nr)
74kg – Denis TSARGUSH (RUS) returned to international competition with a 4-2 win over fellow world champion Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS), then capped his march to the Yasar Dogu crown with a 6-4 triumph over European bronze medalist Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR).
1. Denis TSARGUSH (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
2. Jordan BURROUGHS (USA) – World Cup No.1 (2)
3. Livan LOPEZ AZCUY (CUB) – World Cup No.2 (4)
4. Sosuke TAKATANI (JPN) – World No.2 (3)
5. Rashid KURBANOV (UZB) – Paris GP No.1 (4)
6. Akhmed GADZHIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (8)
7. Jumber KVELASHVILI (GEO) – Takhti Cup No.2 (6)
8. Krystian BRZOZOWSKI (POL) – Cerro Pelado No.1 (7)
9. Peyman YARAHMADI (IRI) – Takhti Cup No.1 (12)
10. Morteza REZAEI GALEH (IRI) – World Cup No.3 (nr)
11. Yabrail HASANOV (AZE) – World Cup No.4 (9)
12. Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (nr)
13. Ali SHABANOV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.3 (4@70)
14. Yakob MAKARASHVILI (GEO) – Medved Prizes No.2 (10)
15. PUREVJAV Unurbat (MGL) – Buryatia Cup No.2 (14)
16. Zurab ERBOTSONASHVILI (GEO) – European U23s No.1 (15)
17. Grigor GRIGORYAN (ARM) – European U23s No.2 (16)
18. Tyler CALDWELL (USA) – Pan America No.1 (nr)
19. Luis QUINTANA (CUB) – Pan America No.3 (nr)
20. Georgi IVANOV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.3 (nr)
70kg – Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) won at Yasar Dogu and the Abdelaziz Oueslati Memorial in Tunis to claim No.2 in the rankings ahead of world silver medalist Yakup GOR (TUR), who finished 11th in Istanbul.
Meanwhile, Israil KASUMOV (RUS) and junior world champion Hassan YAZDANI CHARATI (IRI) each rang up four wins at the World Cup to claim No.4 and No.6 in the rankings, respectively.
1. Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
2. Magomedmurad GADZHIEV (POL) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (3)
3. Yakup GOR (TUR) – World No.2 (2)
4. Israil KASUMOV (RUS) – World Cup No.1 (8)
5. Zelimkhan YUSUPOV (TJK) – Buryatia Cup No.1 (5)
6. Hassan YAZDANI CHARATI (IRI) – World Cup No.2 (10)
7. Rasul ARSANALIEV (RUS) – European U23s No.1 (9)
8. Evgheni NEDEALCO (MDA) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (15)
9. Bekzod ABDURAKHMANOV (UZB) – Asian Games No.1 (6)
10. Ruslan DIBIRGADZHIYEV (AZE) – Paris GP No.3 (12)
11. Nicholas MARABLE (USA) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (11)
12. Rasul DZUKAEV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (7)
13. Magomed GADZHIMAGOMEDOV (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.1 (13)
14. Andrey KARPACH (BLR) – European U23s No.3 (14)
15. Dustin SCHLATTER (USA) – Pan America No.1 (17)
16. Saeed DADASHPOUR (IRI) – Yarygin GP No.2 (16)
17. Miroslav KIROV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (nr)
18. Kevin LeVALLEY (USA) – Cerro Pelado No.3 (18)
19. Zhan SAFYAN (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.2 (19)
20. Ivan KUSYAK (UKR) – European U23s No.2 (20)
65kg – World silver medalist Sayed Ahmad MOHAMMADI (IRI) recorded to key wins for team champion Iran at the World Cup and claimed the top spot in the rankings after world champ Soslan RAMONOV (RUS) failed to reach the medals podium for the second time this year.
Brent METCALF (USA) ran the table with four wins at the World Cup to climb to No.5 in the rankings.
1. Sayed Ahmad MOHAMMADI (IRI) – World No.2 (2)
2. Magomed KURBANALIEV (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.2 (3)
3. Soslan RAMONOV (RUS) – World No.1 (1)
4. Magomed MUSLIMOV (AZE) – Paris GP No.1 (4)
5. Brent METCALF (USA) – World Cup No.1 (8)
6. GANZORIG Mandakhnaran (MGL) – World No.3 (6)
7. Azamat NURIKOV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.1 (5)
8. Borislav NOVACHKOV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (nr)
9. Mustafa KAYA (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (13)
10. Frank CHAMIZO (ITA) – Europe U23s No.1 (9)
11. Ilyas BEKBULATOV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (7)
12. Alexandr KONTOEV (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.3 (11)
13. Haji ALIEV (AZE) – Paris Grand Prix No.3 (12)
14. Mihail SAVA (MDA) – World No.3 (10)
15. Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) – World Cup No.3 (nr)
16. Yogeshwar DUTT (IND) – Asian Games No.1 (14)
17. Franklin GOMEZ MATOS (PUR) – CAC Games No.1 (15)
18. Aaron PICO (USA) – Cerro Pelado No.1 (17)
19. Jordan OLIVER (USA) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (nr)
20. Tomotsugu ISHIDA (JPN) – Buryatia Cup No.1 (19)
61kg – Dyamal OTARSULTARNOV (RUS) won of four of five bouts by technical fall to secure the Yasar Dogu crown and No.9 in the rankings in the most recent indication that the London 2012 gold medalist may be seeking a berth on the Russian 2016 Olympic team.
World bronze medalist Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB) edges up to No.3 in the rankings with four convincing wins at 57kg in the World Cup. The London 2012 Olympian, however, remains ranked at 61kg after making only his first appearance as a bantamweight since 2002.
1. Aleksander BOGOMOEV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (1)
2. Masoud ESMAILPOUR (IRI) – Paris Grand Prix No.2 (3)
3. Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB) – World Cup No.1 (4)
4. Bekhan GOIGEREEV (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.2 (7)
5. ENKHSAIKHAN Nyam-Ochir (MGL) – World No.3 (5)
6. Bajrang BAJRANG (IND) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (6)
7. Volodya FRANGULYAN (ARM) – Medved Prizes No.1 (7)
8. Iman SADEGHIKOUKANDEH (IRI) – Paris GP No.1 (8)
9. Dyamal OTARSULTANOV (RUS) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (12)
10. Krzysztof BIENKOWSKI (POL) – Paris GP No.2 (10)
11. Daulet NIYAZBEKOV (KAZ) – Medved Prizes No.3 (11)
12. Artas SANAA (KAZ) – Yasar Dogu No.1 (14)
13. Behnam EHSANPOOR (IRI) – World Cup No.1 (18)
14. Muenir Recep AKTAS (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (nr)
15. Egor PONOMAREV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.3 (9)
16. Rustam AMPAR (RUS) – Yasar Dogu No.3 (16)
17. Vladimir DUBOV (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (19)
18. Andrei PERPELITA (MDA) – Medved Prizes No.5 (13)
19. Murshid MUTALIMOV (RUS) – Farrell Memorial No.1 (15)
20. Nomin BATBOLD (MGL) – Buryatia Cup No.2 (13@57)
57kg – Former world champion Hassan RAHIMI (IRI) climbs to No.7 in the rankings with three wins at the World Cup in his first mat appearance of 2015, leading Iran to the team title for a fourth year in a row.
Sezer AKGUL (TUR), a 2013 world bronze medalist behind Rahimi, returns to the rankings at No.12 after a runner-up finish at Yasar Dogu.
1. JONG Hak-Jin (PRK) – Asian Games No.1 (1)
2. YANG Kyong-Il (PRK) – World No.1 (2)
3. Vladimir KHINCHEGASHVILI (GEO) – World No.2 (3)
4. ERDENEBAT Bekhbayar (MGL) – Medved Prizes No.3 (4)
5. Viktor LEBEDEV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (5)
6. Ismail MUSUKAEV (RUS) – European U23s No.1 (6)
7. Hassan RAHIMI (IRI) – World Cup No.2 (8)
8. Vladislav ANDREEV (BLR) – Medved Prize No.1 (7)
9. DAMDINBAZAR Tsogtbaatar (MGL) – Buryatia Cup No.1 (10)
10. Fumitaka MORISHITA (JPN) – Buryatia Cup No.2 (17)
11. Samat NADYRBEK UULU (KGZ) – Medved Prizes No.2 (14)
12. Sezer AKGUL (TUR) – Yasar Dogu No.2 (not ranked)
13. Anthony RAMOS (USA) – World Cup No.4 (19)
14. Nyurgun SKRYABIN (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.3 (11)
15. Artyom GEBEKOV (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.5 (9)
16. Rasul KALIEV (KAZ) – Asia Games No.2 (12)
17. Akhmednabi GVARZATILOV (AZE) – GGP Final No.2 (15)
18. Younes SARMASTIDZAJI (IRI) – Takhti Cup No.1 (16)
19. John PINEDA (CAN) – Cerro Pelado No.1 (20)
20. Levan METREVELI (ESP) – Mediterranean C’ships No.1 (nr)
CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (May 6) – World champion Soslan RAMONOV (RUS) stumbled in the semifinals of the Yasar Dogu wrestling tourney and fell from the top of the ladder at 65kg in the United World Wrestling rankings for men’s freestyle.
World silver medalist and Takhti Cup winner Sayed Ahmad MOHAMMADI (IRI) took over the top spot at 65kg with a pair of wins in the men’s freestyle World Cup, including a 14-10 triumph over London 2012 Olympic Games gold medalist Togrul ASGAROV (AZE).
Ramonov, who had finished in seventh place at 70kg at the Medved Prizes in early March, slipped to No.3 in the rankings behind Mohammadi and 2014 European champion Magomed KURBANALIEV (RUS).
European bronze medalist Borislav NOVACHKOV (BUL), who pinned Ramonov in the Istanbul semifinals, made the biggest leap in this month’s rankings, going from unranked to eighth at 65kg.
Meanwhile, as Ramonov stumbled, three world champions – Denis TSARGUSH (RUS), Abdusalam GADISOV (RUS) and Taha AKGUL (TUR) — made triumphant returns to international competition in Istanbul to further cement their position on top of their respective weight categories.
Khetik TSABOLOV (RUS), world champion at the non-Olympic category of 70kg, tested the waters at 74kg but lost to Tsargush in his opening bout and had to settle for a bronze medal.
GREKOROMEN STİL
59kg – Three-time Granma Cup winner Maikel ANACHE LAMOTH (CUB) rolled up three wins by technical fall with a combined score of 26-0 and stopped last year’s Pan Am bronze medalist Spenser MANGO (USA), 3-1, for his first Pan American championship crown since 2011.
1. Mingiyan SEMENOV (RUS) – World No.2 (2)
2. Ivo ANGELOV (BUL) – Nikola Petrov No.1 (5)
3. Hamid SORYAN (IRI) – World No.1 (1)
4. Elmurat TASMURADOV (UZB) – World No.3 (3)
5. Stig Andre BERGE (NOR) – Hungarian GP No.3 (4)
6. Aleksandar KOSTADINOV (BUL) – Nikola Petrov No.2 (6)
7. Shinobu OTA (JPN) – Hungarian GP No.1 (7)
8. Maikel ANACHE LAMOTH (CUB) – Pan America No.1 (20)
9. Victor CIOBANU (MDA) – European U23s No.1 (10)
10. Spenser MANGO (USA) – Pan America No.2 (12)
11. Ismael BORRERO MOLINA (CUB) – Granma Cup No.3 (11)
12. Kohei HASEGAWA (JPN) – Asian Games No.1 (8)
13. YUN Won-Chol (PRK) – Asian Games No.2 (9)
14. Almat KEBISPAYEV (KAZ) – Hungarian GP No.3 (13)
15. Elman MUKHTAROV (AZE) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (not ranked)
16. Arsen ERALIEV (KGZ) – Vehbi Emre No.2 (nr)
17. Fatih UCUNCU (TUR) – Nikola Petrov No.3 (nr)
18. Taleh MAMMADOV (AZE) – Takhti Cup No.1 (14)
19. Virgil MUNTEANU (ROU) – Nikola Petrov No.3 (nr)
20. Tarik BELMADANI (FRA) – Paris GP No.1 (15)
66kg – Abdusalmet UGURLU (TUR), last seen at the 2013 World University Games, returned to international competition in April with a triumph at the Vehbi Emre in Istanbul and a bronze medal at Nikola Petrov in Sofia to debut in the rankings at No.9.
1. Davor STEFANEK (SRB) – World No.1 (1)
2. Omid NOROOZI (IRI) – World No.2 (2)
3. Tamas LORINCZ (HUN) – World No.3 (3)
4. RYU Han-Soo (KOR) – Asia Games No.1 (4)
5. Hasan ALIYEV (AZE) – World No.5 (7)
6. Mateusz BERNATEK (POL) – Hungarian GP No.3 (12)
7. Dominik ETLINGER (CRO) – Hungarian GP No.2 (15)
8. Revaz LASHKHI (GEO) – Hungarian GP No.3 (9)
9. Abdulsamet UGURLU (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (nr)
10. Konstantin STAS (BUL) – Nikola Petrov No.1 (nr)
11. Artem SURKOV (RUS) – European U23s No.1 (12)
12. Aibek YENSEKHANOV (KAZ) – Vehbi Emre No.2 (nr)
13. Edgaras VENCKAITIS (LTU) – World No.3 (10)
14. Ryutaro MATSUMOTO (JPN) – Asian Games No.2 (9)
15. Mohammadali GERAEI (IRI) – Hungarian GP No.5 (13)
16. Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (14)
17. Enes BASAR (TUR) – European U23s No.3 (nr)
18. Artak MARGARYAN (FRA) – Zagreb Open No.3 (16)
19. Shmagi BOLKVADZE (GEO) – Vehbi Emre No.3 (nr)
20. Mikhail SEMENOV (BLR) – Zagreb Open No.2 (nr)
1kg – Sachino DAVITAIA (GEO) won a bronze medal at the European under-23s at the end of March and followed up with another bronze medal at Vehbi Emre two weeks later to join the rankings at No.11.
In the Vehbi Emre final, European champion Tamas LORINCZ (HUN), third-ranked at 66kg, edged world silver medalist Yunus OZEL (TUR), 5-4, for his first tourney title since the Golden Grand Prix Final in Baku last July.
1. Rasul CHUNAYEV (AZE) – World Cup No.1 (1)
2. Chingiz LABAZANOV (RUS) – World No.1 (2)
3. Afshin BYABANGARD (IRI) – World No.3 (3)
4. Yunus OZEL (TUR) – World No.2 (4)
5. Balint KORPASI (HUN) – Hungarian GP No.1 (7)
6. Ramin TAHERISARTANG (IRI) – Takhti Cup No.1 (8)
7. Yuri DENISOV (RUS) – Herman Kare No.1 (9)
8. JUNG Ji-Hyun (KOR) – Asian Games No.1 (5)
9. Saeid Mourad ABDVALI (IRI) – Asia Games No.3 (6)
10. Mathias MAASCH (GER) – World Cup No.2 (10)
11. Sachino DAVITAIA (GEO) – Vehbi Emre No.3 (nr)
12. Rafael ALEKSANYAN (ARM) – Nikola Petrov No.2 (nr)
13. Ruslan TSAREV (KGZ) – Vehbi Emre No.2 (nr)
14. Daniel CATARAGA (MDA) – European U23s No.1 (15)
15. Zoltan LEVAI (HUN) – Zagreb Open No.1 (16)
16. Varsham BORANYAN (ARM) – World No.5 (12)
17. Aleksander DZEMYANOVICH (BLR) – World No.5 (11)
18. Dilshod TURDIEV (UZB) – Asian Games No.2 (13)
19. Shermet PERMANOV (TKM) – Asian Games No.3 (10)
20. Zackarias TALLROTH (SWE) – Paris GP No.1 (17)
75kg – Emrah KUS (TUR) defended his Vehbi Emre crown in Istanbul for only his second international win since taking a bronze medal at the 2013 world championships. Kus joins the rankings at No. 9 with a 1-1 criteria win over three-time former world silver medalist Mark MADSEN (DEN).
1. KIM Hyeon-Woo (KOR) – Asia Games No.1 (1)
2. Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARM) – World No.1 (2)
3. Neven ZUGAJ (CRO) – World No.2 (3)
4. Roman VLASOV (RUS) – World Cup No.2 (4)
5. Elvin MURSALIYEV (AZE) – World No.3 (5)
6. Viktor NEMES (SRB) – Hungarian GP No.1 (6)
7. Karapet CHALYAN (ARM) – European U23 No.3 (8)
8. Payam BOUYERI PAYANI (IRI) – Hungarian GP No.3 (7)
9. Emrah KUS (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (nr)
10. Mark MADSEN (DEN) – Vehbi Emre No.2 (nr)
11. Zurabi DATUNASHVILI (GEO) – Vehbi Emre No.3 (9)
12. Laszlo SZABO (HUN) – Hungarian GP No.2 (14)
13. Yavor YANAKIEV (BUL) – Nikola Petrov No.3 (nr)
14. Andrew BISEK (USA) – World No.3 (10)
15. Kazbek KILOV (BLR) – European U23 No.2 (15)
16. Doszhan KARTIKOV (KAZ) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (11)
17. Aleksander CHEKHIRKIN (RUS) – Europe No.1 (12)
18. Dmitri PYSHKOV (UKR) – Takhti Cup No.1 (16)
19. Takehiro KANAKUBO (JPN) – Asian Games No.2 (13)
20. Ilian GEORGIEV (BUL) – Nikola Petrov No.2 (nr)
80kg – Asian Games gold medalist Habibollah AKHLAGHI (IRI) climbed to No.5 with a win at 85kg in Sofia, while Daniel ALEKSANDROV (BUL) capped his best-ever month in wrestling with a silver medal at Vehbi Emre and the 80kg title at Nikola Petrov to break into the rankings at No.14.
1. Rafik HUSEYNOV (AZE) – World Cup No.1 (1)
2. Evgeni SALEEV (RUS) – World No.2 (2)
3. Peter BACSI (HUN) – Hungarian GP No.1 (3)
4. Selcuk CEBI (TUR) – World No.3 (4)
5. Habibollah AKHLAGHI (IRI) – Nikola Petrov No.1 (9)
6. Jim PETTERSSON (SWE) – World No.3 (5)
7. Aleksandr KAZAKEVIC (LTU) – Paris GP No.1 (6)
8. Tadeusz MICHALIK (POL) – Paris GP No.3 (7)
9. Bozo STARCEVIC (CRO) – Zagreb Open No.1 (8)
10. Joe Rau (USA) – Pan America No.1 (12)
11. Giorgi TSIREKIDZE (GEO) – Hungarian GP No.2 (13)
12. Lasha GOBADZE (GEO) – European U23 No.1 (11)
13. Viktor SASUNOVSKI (BLR) – Zagreb Open No.2 (10)
14. Daniel ALEKSANDROV (BUL) – Nikola Petrov No.1 (nr)
15. Arslan ATEM (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (nr)
16. Ashkat DILMUKHAMEDOV (KAZ) – Vehbi Emre No.3 (16))
17. Sargis KOCHARYAN (ARM) – European U23 No.2 (17)
18. Yousef GHADERIAN (IRI) – Vehbi Emre No.3 (nr)
19. Tarek ABDELSALAM (EGY) – Nikola Petrov No.2 (nr)
20. Aleksander SHYSHMAN (UKR) – World Military No.2 (15)
85kg – University world champion Metehan BASAR (TUR) collected the second gold medal of his international career with a 2-2 triumph on criteria over two-time world bronze medal winner Viktor LORINCZ (HUN).
Basar closed out the month of April with his third bronze medal from the Nikola Petrov tourney to claim No.12 in the rankings.
1. Melonin NOUMONVI (FRA) – World No.1 (1)
2. Hassan Saman TAHMASEBI (AZE) – World No.2 (2)
3. Zhan BELENYUK (UKR) – Takhti Cup No.1 (3)
4. Viktor LORINCZ (HUN) – Vehbi Emre No.2 (4)
5. Javid HAMZATOV (BLR) – Zagreb Open No.1 (5)
6. Islam ABBASOV (AZE) – European U23 No.3 (6)
7. Damian JANIKOWSKI (POL) – Paris GP No.2 (7)
8. Denis KUDLA (GER) – European U23 No.1 (8)
9. Davod ABEDINADEH (IRI) – Takhti Cup No.2 (9)
10. Maksim MANUKYAN (ARM) – World Military No.3 (10)
11. Jordan HOLM (USA) – Hungarian GP No.1 (12)
12. Metehan BASAR (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (nr)
13. Gilberto PIQUET HERRERA (CUB) – Pan America No.1 (17)
14. Kristoffer JOHANSSON (SWE) – Hungarian GP No.2 (13)
15. Kansu ILDEM (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.3 (nr)
16. Rustam ASSAKALOV (UZB) – Asian Games No.1 (16)
17. Vladimir STANKIC (SRB) – European U23 No.2 (16)
18. Pablo SHOREY HERNANDEZ (CUB) – Granma Cup No.2 (18)
19. Robert KOBLIASHVILI (GEO) – Takhti Cup No.3 (19)
20. Nursultan TURSYNOV (KAZ) – Hungarian GP No.5 (20)
98kg – Daigoro TIMONCINI (ITA) edged Takhti Cup winner Seyedmostafa SALEHIZDEH on criteria in the Nikola Petrov semifinals to grab his second silver medal of 2015 and a No.10 in the rankings. Salehizadeh came back for a bronze medal to join the rankings at No.11.
1. Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) – World No.1 (1)
2. Cenk ILDEM (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (3)
3. Oliver HASSLER (GER) – World No.2 (2)
4. Aleksander HRABOVIK (BLR) – Vehbi Emre No.2 (5)
5. Ghasem REZAEI (IRI) – World No.3 (4)
6. Ardo ARUSAAR (EST) – Paris GP No.1 (6)
7. Mahdi ALIYARI FEYZABADI (IRI) – World Cup No.1 (7)
8. Balasz KISS (HUN) – Hungarian GP No.1 (8)
9. Alin ALEX-CIURARIU (ROU) – Nikola Petrov No.1 (9)
10. Daigoro TIMONCINI (ITA) – Nikola Petrov No.2 (15)
11. Seyedmostafa SALEHIZADEH (IRI) – Takhti Cup No.1 (nr)
12. Yerulan ISKAKOV (KAZ) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (10)
13. XIAO Di (CHN) – Takhti Cup No.3 (11)
14. Nikita MELNIKOV (RUS) – World Cup No.2 (13)
15. Yasmany LUGO CABRERA (CUB) – Granma Cup No.1 (15)
16. Fatih BASKOY (TUR) – European U23 No.1 (16)
17. Tuomas LAHTI (FIN) – European U23 No.2 (17)
18. Vladislav METODIEV (BUL) – Schultz Memorial No.3 (18)
19. Timofej DEYNICHENKO (BLR) – Hungarian GP No.3 (nr)
20. Davi Jose ALBINO (BRA) – Pan America No.2 (nr)
130kg – Asia champion Behnam MEHDIZADEH (IRI) edged Hungarian Grand Prix bronze medalist Kiril GRISHCHENKO (BLR) for a bronze medal at the Vehbi Emre tourney and promotion to No.9 in the rankings ahead of teammate and Takhti Cup winner Bashir Asgiri BABAJANZADEH (IRI).
1. Mijain LOPEZ NUNEZ (CUB) – World No.1 (1)
2. Riza KAYAALP (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (2)
3. Heiki NABI (EST) – World No.3 (3)
4. Johan Magnus EUREN (SWE) – World Cup No.2 (4)
5. Nurmakhan TINALIEV (KAZ) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (5)
6. Beylal MAKHOV (RUS) – World No.3 (6)
7. Sergey SEMENOV (RUS) – European U23s No.1 (7)
8. Behnam MEHDIZADEH (IRI) – Vehbi Emre No.3 (12)
9. Bashir Asgiri BABAJANZADEH – Takhti Cup No.1 (10)
10. Miloslav METODIEV (BUL) – Nikola Petrov No.3 (nr)
11. Ali Nail ARSLAN (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.2 (nr)
12. MENG Qiang (CHN) – Takhti Cup No.3 (11)
13. Lyubomir DIMITROV (BUL) – World No.5 (7)
14. Eduard POPP (GER) – World No.5 (8)
15. Kiril GRISHCHENKO (BLR) – Hungarian GP No.3 (17)
16. Balint LAM (HUN) – Hungarian GP No.2 (13)
17. Felix BALDAUF (NOR) – European U23 No.3 (18)
18. Iosif CHUGOSHVILI (BLR) – Zagreb Open No.1 (18)
19. Robert SMITH (USA) – Pan America No.1 (nr)
20. Ramon Antonio GARCIA (DOM) – Pan America No.2 (nr)
CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (May 7) – A disgruntled Hamid SORYAN (IRI) walked away from a match-up of world champions at the Nikola Petrov tourney in Sofia and surrendered his No.1 position in this month’s United World Wrestling rankings for Greco-Roman.
Soryan, who won his sixth world title last September in Tashkent, had been ranked No.1 at 59kg since July 2014, but walked off the mats in Sofia midway through his quarterfinal bout with 2013 world champion Ivo ANGELOV (BUL).
The London 2012 Olympic Games gold medalist was apparently unhappy with the officiating after a takedown that would have given Soryan a 3-2 lead was not allowed. The bout ended with 1:39 remaining to wrestle and Angelov leading 3-1.
With the loss, Soryan slipped to No.3 in the rankings behind world silver medalist Mingiyan SEMENOV (RUS) and Angelov, who climbed from No.5 to second in the rankings.
Along with Angelov, Bulgarian teammates Konstantine STAS (66kg) and Daniel ALEKSANDROV (80kg) went from unranked to No.10 and No.14 in their respective weight categories for the tournament hosts.
Meanwhile, Armenian world champions Arsen JULFALAKYAN (75kg) and Artur ALEKSANYAN (98kg) flexed their muscles for convincing wins in Sofia. Julfalakyan is currently ranked second behind 2013 world and London 2012 Olympic champion KIM Hyeon-Woo (KOR), while Aleksanyan sits alone atop the 98kg heap.
Earlier in the month, 2011 world champion Riza KAYAALP (130kg) and world bronze medalist Cenk ILDEM (98kg) led the charge for the locals as Turkish wrestlers won six of the eight titles on offer at the Vehbi Emre tourney in Istanbul.
Kayaalp firmed up his No.2 position behind five-time world champion Mijain LOPEZ NUNEZ (CUB) at 130kg, while Ildem’s victory lifted him to No.2 at 98kg behind Aleksanyan.
Also for Turkey, 2013 world bronze medalist Emrah KUS (75kg) and former world student bronze medal winner Abdulsamet UGURLU (66kg), who added a bronze medal in Sofia, both went from unranked to No.9 in their respective polls.
Wrestlers in the rankings are listed by name, country code, most recent or most notable result over the last 12 months, and their position in the previous rankings.
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48kg – Former world champion Jessica MacDONALD (CAN) held on for an 8-4 win over European silver medalist Natalya PULKOVSKA (UKR) in the Dan Kolov final as both wrestlers join the rankings at No.14 and No.15 for the first time this year.
1. Eri TOSAKA (JPN) – World No.1 (1)
2. Mariya STADNYK (AZE) – World Cup No.1 (2)
3. SUN Yanan (CHN) – Paris GP No.1 (3)
4. Valentina ISLAMOVA (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (4)
5. Yu MIYAHARA (JPN) – World Cup No.2 (5)
6. Iwona MATKOWSKA (POL) – Paris GP No.2 (6)
7. Nadezhda FEDOROVA (RUS) – European U23s No.1 (9)
8. Genevieve MORRISON (CAN) – Pan America No.1 (11)
9. Tatyana AMANZHOL (KAZ) – Asian Games No.3 (13)
10. Alyssa LAMPE (USA) – Farrell Memorial No.1 (12)
11. KIM Hyon-Gyong (PRK) – World No.3 (7)
12. Victoria ANTHONY (USA) – Cerro Pelado No.1 (8)
13. Alina VUC (ROU) – European U23s No.2 (15)
14. Jessica MacDONALD (CAN) – Dan Kolov No.1 (not ranked)
15. Natalya PULKOVSKA (UKR) – Dan Kolov No. 2 (nr)
16. BYAMBAZAYA Tsogtbaatar (MGL) – Yarygin GP No.3 (16)
17. Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR) – European U23s No.3 (20)
18. ERDENESUKH Narangerel (MGL) – World Cup No.3 (14)
19. Vanesa KALADZINSKAYA (BLR) – European U23s No.3 (20)
20. Liliana SANTOS (POR) – Mediterranean C’ships No.1 (nr)
53kg – Medved Prizes runner-up Sayury CANON (COL) returned to Santiago where she won the Pan American junior crown in 2013 to claim the senior title and No.13 in the rankings.
Isabelle SAMBOU (SEN), eight times Africa champion over the last decade, notched a pair of wins to advance to Dan Kolov final before falling to world silver medalist Sofia MATTSSON (SWE). Sambou returns to the rankings at No.20.
1. Saori YOSHIDA (JPN) – World No.1 (1)
2. Sofia MATTSSON (SWE) – Dan Kolov No.1 (2)
3. ZHONG Xuechun (CHN) – Paris GP No.1 (3)
4. Olga KHOROSHAVSTEVA (RUS) – European U23s No.3 (5)
5. Nadeshda SHUSHKO (BLR) – Yarygin GP No.3 (8)
6. JONG Myong-Suk (PRK) – World No.3 (4)
7. Whitney CONDER (USA) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (6)
8. SUMIYA Erdennechimeg (MGL) – World Cup No.3 (7)
9. Mayu MUKAIDA (JPN) – Klippan Open No.1 (9)
10. PANG Qianyu (CHN) – Klippan Open No.2 (10)
11. Iryna KURACHKINA (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.1 (11)
12. Liliya HORISHNA (UKR) – European U23s No.1 (12)
13. Sayury CANON (COL) – Pan America No.1 (nr)
14. Katarzyna KRAWCZYK (POL) – Klippan Open No.3 (15)
15. Roksana ZASINA (POL) – Paris GP No.2 (13)
16. Ekaterina KRASNOVA (RUS) – Klippan Open No.3 (16)
17. Iulia LEORDA (MDA) – Medved Prizes No.3 (17)
18. Katherine FULP-ALLEN (USA) – Klippan Open No.5 (nr)
19. Betzabeth ARGUELLO (VEN) – Pan America No.3 (nr)
20. Isabelle SAMBOU (SEN) – Dan Kolov No.2 (nr)
55kg – Schultz Memorial runner-up Sarah HILDEBRANDT (USA) won all four bouts in a five-wrestler round-robin to snare her second Pan American championships title and No.14 in the rankings.
Former junior world bronze medalist Luisa VALVERDE MELENDRES (ECU) took the silver medal with three wins against a 4-8 loss to Hildebrandt to climb into the rankings at No.17.
1. Chiho HAMADA (JPN) – World No.1 (1)
2. Helen MAROULIS (USA) – World Cup No.1 (2)
3. DONG Jiahui (CHN) – Paris GP No.1 (3)
4. PUREVDORJ Orkhon (MGL) – Flatz Open No.1 (4)
5. Karima SANCHEZ RAMIS (ESP) – Mediterranean C’ships No.1 (5)
6. Alyona KOLESNIK (AZE) – European U23s No.1 (6)
7. Zalina SIDAKOVA (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.1 (7)
8. Evelina NIKOLOVA (BUL) – European U23s No.2 (8)
9. Aiym ABDILDINA (KAZ) – Yarygin GP No.3 (10)
10. Katsiaryna HANCHAR (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.2 (11)
11. Hikari SUGAWARA (JPN) – World Cup No.3 (13)
12. ALTANTSETSEG Battsetseg (MGL) – Yarygin GP No.2 (12)
13. Irina OLOGONOVA (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (9)
14. Sarah HILDEBRANDT (USA) – Pan American No.1 (nr)
15. Veronika CHUMIKOVA (RUS) – Klippan Open No.1 (15)
16. Larisa SKOBLIUK (UKR) – Medved Prizes No.3 (16)
17. Luisa VALVERDE MELENDRES (ECU) – Pan America No.2 (nr)
18. Laura MERTENS (GER) – Dan Kolov No.3 (nr)
19. Becka LEATHERS (USA) – Klippan Open No.3 (17)
20. Aishan ISMAGULOVA (KAZ) – Medved Prizes No.3 (18)
58kg – Veteran Joice SILVA (BRA) edged 2012 champion Sandra ROA VELANDI (COL), 7-6, in the semifinals of the Pan American championships and went on to claim her first continental crown and No.11 in the rankings.
Elif Jale YESILIRMAK (TUR) won the battle of world bronze medalists, 6-5, over Taybe YUSEIN (BUL) in the first round of the Dan Kolov tournament and returned to international competition with a victory at 60kg for No.4 in the rankings
1. Kaori ICHO (JPN) – World No.1 (1)
2. Risako KAWAI (JPN) – World Cup No.1 (2)
3. Valeria KOBLOVA (RUS) – European U23s No.1 (3)
4. Elif Jale YESILIRMAK (TUR) – World No.3 (6)
5. Anastassia HUCHOK (BLR) – Yarygin GP No.1 (4)
6. ZHOU Zhangting (CHN) – Klippan Open No.1 (5)
7. SUNDEV Byambatseren (MGL) – Russian Open No.1 (7)
8. Emese BARKA (HUN) – Dan Kolov No.1 (15)
9. Mimi HRISTOVA (BUL) – European U23s No.2 (16)
10. Tatyana OMELCHENKO (UKR) – Dan Kolov No.3 (10)
11. Joice SILVA (BRA) – Pan America No.1 (14)
12. Lissette ANTES CASTILLO (ECU) – Cerro Pelado No.2 (9)
13. Allison RAGAN (USA) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (8
14. BAATARJAV Shoovdor (MGL) – Yarygin GP No.1 (15)
15. Marianna SASTIN (HUN) – Medved Prizes No.1 (18)
16. Irina NETREBA (AZE) – Paris GP No.3 (11)
17. Viktoria BOBEVA (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.2 (nr)
18. Ramona GALAMBOS (HUN) – European U23s No.3 (17)
19. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ) – Yarygin GP No.2 (13)
20. Jazmyne BARKER (CAN) – Pan America No.2 (nr)
60kg – Three-time former European champion for Ukraine Natalya SINISHIN (AZE) edged European under-23 winner Alyona KOLESNIK (AZE), 5-1, in the 55kg final for her first tourney title for Azerbaijan and No.11 in the rankings at 60kg.
1. Petra OLLI (FIN) – European U23s No.1 (1)
2. Nataya GOLTS (RUS) – Russian Open No.1 (2)
3. SUKHEE Tserenchimed (MGL) – World No.1 (3)
4. Oksana HERHEL (UKR) – World Cup No.1 (4)
5. Yulia RATKEVICH (AZE) – World No.2 (5)
6. Michelle FAZZARI (CAN) – Klippan No.2 (6)
7. Johanna MATTSSON (SWE) – Paris GP No.3 (7)
8. Taybe YUSEIN (BUL) – Klippan Open No.3 (8)
9. Svetlana LIPATOVA (RUS) – European U23s No.2 (9)
10. Natalya FEDOSEEVA (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.2 (10)
11. Natalya SINISHIN (AZE) – Dan Kolov No.1 (14)
12. Zhargalma TSYRENOVA (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.3 (11)
13. LUO Xiaojuan (CHN) – Klippan Open No.2 (12)
14. Jennifer PAGE (USA) – Pan America No.1 (nr)
15. Kanako MURATA (JPN) – World Cup No.2 (15)
16. Haruka SATO (JPN) – Yarygin GP No.5 (13)
17. Hafize SAHIN (TUR) – European U23s No.3 (16)
18. Victoria BOBEVA (BUL) – European U23s No.3 (17)
19. Giedre BLEKAITYTE (LTU) – Medved Prizes No.3 (18)
20. Rim AYARI (TUN) – Klippan Open No.3 (nr)
63kg – 2011 Pan American Games gold medalist Katherine VIDIAUX LOPEZ (CUB) rolled up four technical falls with a combined score of 42-2 to claim her first Pan American Championships crown. The victory gave Vidiaux Lopez a complete set of continental medals – gold, silver, bronze – over the last three years.
1. Yulia TKACH (UKR) – World No.1 (1)
2. SORONZONBOLD Battsetseg (MGL) – Yarygin GP No.1 (3)
3. Anastasija GRIGORJEVA (LAT) – Klippan Open No.2 (4)
4. Jackeline RENTARIA CASTILLO (COL) – Medved Prizes No.1 (5)
5. Maria MAMASHUK (BLR) – European U23s No.1 (6)
6. Valeria LAZINSKAYA (RUS) – Klippan No.3 (8)
7. XILUO Zhuoma (CHN) – Paris GP No.3 (9)
8. WANG Xiaoqian (CHN) – Paris GP No.1 (10)
9. Ekaterina LARIONOVA (KAZ) – Medved Prizes No.2 (11)
10. Irina TRAZHUKOVA (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.2 (7)
11. Monica MICHALIK (POL) – World Cup No.2 (14)
12. Buse TOSUN (TUR) – Dan Kolov No.1 (19)
13. Dalma CANEVA (ITA) – Dan Kolov No.3 (15@69)
14. Katherine VIDIAUX LOPEZ (CUB) – Pan America No.1 (16)
15. Henna JOHANSSON (SWE) – World No.5 (12)
16. Stacie ANAKA (CAN) – Klippan Open No.5 (13)
17. Erin CLODGO (USA) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (nr)
18. Breanne GRAHAM (CAN) – Pan America No.2 (nr)
19. Gabriella SLEISZ (HUN) – Medved Prizes No.3 (18)
20. Elina VASEVA (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.2 (nr)
69kg – World champion and previously top-ranked Aline FOCKEN (GER) struggled through her second tournament of 2015 for fifth place at the Dan Kolov tourney and slipped to No.4 in the rankings.
Yarygin Grand Prix winner Natalia VOROBIEVA (RUS) took over the No.1 ranking, followed by world bronze medalist Laura SKUJINA (LAT) and world silver medalist at 63kg Elena PIROZHKOVA (USA).
1. Natalia VOROBIEVA (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.1 (3)
2. Laura SKUJINA (LAT) – Medved Prizes No.3 (4)
3. Elena PIROZHKOVA (USA) – Schultz Memorial No.1 (2@63)
4. Aline FOCKEN (GER) – Dan Kolov No.5 (1)
5. OCHIRBAT Nasanburmaa (MGL) – Yarygin GP No.2 (6)
6. Jenny FRANSSON (SWE) – Dan Kolov No.1 (10)
7. Alina MAKHINYA (UKR) – Medved Prizes No.2 (7)
8. Sara DOSHO (JPN) – World No.2 (4)
9. Luz Clara VAZQUEZ (ARG) – Klippan Open No.2 (9
10. Dorothy YEATS (CAN) – Yarygin GP No.3 (5)
11. HONG Yan (CHN) – Klippan Open No.3 (7)
12. Darima SANZHEEVA (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.1 (11)
13. Alla CHERKASOVA (UKR) – Klippan Open No.3 (12)
14. Martina KUENZ (AUT) – Paris GP No.1 (13)
15. Nadeshda MUSHKA (AZE) – Dan Kolov No.2 (nr)
16. Yudaris RODRIGUEZ (CUB) – Pan America No.1 (nr)
17. Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ) – Mongolia Open No.1 (nr)
18. Randi MILLER (USA) – Schultz Memorial No.2 (17)
19. Agnieszka WIESZCZEK-KORDUS (POL) – Paris GP No.5 (18)
20. BADRAKH Odonchimeg (MGL) – Yarygin GP No.7 (16)
75kg – Five-time world champion Stanka ZLATEVA (BUL), who won her fifth European crown in 2014, rebounded from an early exit at the Klippan Open in February for three one-sided wins, her sixth title at Dan Kolov and No.12 in the rankings.
1. Adeline GRAY (USA) – World No.1 (1)
2. ZHOU Feng (CHN) – Asia Games No.1 (2)
3. Erica WIEBE (CAN) – Klippan Open No.1 (3)
4. ZHOU Qian (CHN) – Paris GP No.1 (4)
5. Epp MAE (EST) – Paris GP No.2 (5)
6. Aline FERREIRA (BRA) – Copa Brasil No.1 (6)
7. ZHANG Fengliu (CHN) – Klippan Open No.2 (7)
8. Ekaterina BUKINA (RUS) – World Cup No.2 (8)
9. Vasilisa MARZALIUK (BLR) – Medved Prizes No.1 (9)
10. Alena STARODUBTSEVA (RUS) – Yarygin GP No.2 (10)
11. Hiroe SUZUKI (JPN) – GGP Final No.1 (12)
12. Stanka ZLATEVA (BUL) – Dan Kolov No.1 (nr)
13. Anzhela KATAEVA (RUS) – Medved Prizes No.3 (15)
14. Gouzel MANYUROVA (KAZ) – Asia Games No.2 (13)
15. OCHIRBAT Burmaa (MGL) – World No.3 (11)
16. Justina DISTACIO (CAN) – Pan America No.1 (19)
17. Andrea OLAYA GUTEIERREZ (COL) – Pan America No.3 (14)
18. QIANDEGEN Chagan (CHN) – Klippan Open No.3 (17)
19. Lisset HECHEVARRIA (CUB) –Cerro Pelado No.2 (15)
20. Jackie CATALINE (USA) – Farrell Memorial No.1 (20)
CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (May 6) – Reigning world champion Aline FOCKEN (GER) was tripped up by a pair of former world champs at the Dan Kolov tourney in Sofia, opening the door for Natalia VOROBIEVA (RUS) to regain the top spot in the United World Wrestling rankings for women.
Focken, Germany’s first wrestling world champion in more than a decade, fell to 2012 world champ Jenny FRANSSON (SWE), 0-5, in the Dan Kolov quarterfinals at 69kg and again to 2013 world No.1 Alina MAKHYNIA (UKR) in the bronze medal final.
In February, Focken lost to a third world champion, Elena PIROZHKOVA (USA) in the final of the Cerro Pelado International in Havana and slipped to No.4.
Pirozhkova, 2012 world champ at 63kg and world silver medalist last September, has been wrestling at 69kg this spring and joins the category rankings at No.3 after spending the first four months of 2015 second-ranked at 63kg.
London 2012 Olympic Games gold medalist Vorobieva finished with a bronze medal at the world championships last September but regains the No.1 ranking by virtue of her triumph at the Yarygin Grand Prix in January and the top individual performance at 69kg at the World Cup in March.
Fransson, meanwhile, went on to win the Dan Kolov crown after defeating Makhynia in the semifinals as both wrestlers climbed in the rankings to No.6 and No.5, respectively.
Along with Fransson, 2013 world champion Jessica MacDONALD (CAN) returned from a nine-month hiatus to win the 48kg title and five-time world champ Stanka ZLATEVA (BUL) won her sixth Dan Kolov title overall in front of the hometown fans at 75kg. MacDonald returns to the rankings at No.14 with Zlateva at No.12.
Meanwhile, 2013 world champ Marianna SASTIN (HUN), fresh from her triumph at the Medved Prizes in March, was upended, 3-4, by teammate Emese BARKA (HUN) and had to settle for a bronze medal at 58kg. Barka won the 58kg title to bound from 15th to No.8 in the rankings.
Wrestlers in the rankings are listed by name, country code, most recent or most notable result over the last 12 months, and their position in the previous rankings.
