Marina Doi won gold at 38 kilosDoi, a California native, becomes the second U.S. wrestler to win a Cadet World title this year, joining Zain Retherford, who claimed a gold medal on Wednesday in men's freestyle at 63 kilos.
Doi, a Pan American Cadet gold medalist, was dominant through the tournament. She won her first match 4-0, 2-1 over Maria Marinska of Bulgaria. She followed that up with a pin over Sahilia Alakbarova of Azerbaijan. She then shut out Ankicheva in the gold-medal match.
Another U.S. wrestler, Kayla Miracle, reached the gold-medal match at 56 kilos on Thursday before falling to Japan's Ai Kuradate 3-5, 0-6. Miracle's road to the gold-medal match included a victory over 2011 Cadet World bronze medalist Ekaterina Myagkova of Russia in the semifinals.
Alyssa LaFrancis (65 kilos) placed fifth after losing in the bronze-medal match to Ragretta Ourbanzade of Azerbaijan 0-3, 0-5.
Julia Long (43 kilos) and Cadence Lee (49 kilos) also competed on Thursday for the U.S., but both failed to win a match.
Five more U.S. women's freestyle wrestlers will take to the mats on Friday, including Marina Doi's twin sister Regina at 40 kilos.
Watch Marina Doi's gold-medal match ...
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