Helen Maroulis captured bronze (Photo/Larry Slater)Maroulis shook off a tough semifinal setback and came back to capture a bronze medal at the World Championships on Wednesday night at the Gymnastics Palace.
Maroulis charged out aggressively in rolling to a 10-0 technical fall over Poland's Katarzyna Krawczyk in the bronze-medal match in women's freestyle wrestling at 55 kilos.
"I've been working on my mental game," Maroulis said. "I was really disappointed I lost in the semifinals, but I tried to come back strong in the bronze-medal match. It was important to win that medal and I went after it."
Maroulis won her second career World medal. She captured a World silver medal in 2012. Read full story ...
Team USA Results (Wednesday)
Alyssa Lampe (48 kilos)
Round of 32: Won by pin over Narangel Erdenesukh (Mongolia), 5:50
Round of 16: Won by pin over Hyun-Young Oh (Korea), 3:48
Quarterfinals: Lost by tech. fall to Eri Tosaka (Japan), 14-4
Repechage: Won by pin over Silvia Felice (Italy), 1:15
Bronze-medal match: Lost by dec. to Hyon Gyong Kim (North Korea), 4-4
Helen Maroulis (55 kilos)
Round of 16: Won by pin over Elverine Jimenez (Nicaragua), 2:12
Quarterfinals: Won by pin over Battsetseg Altantsetseg (Mongolia), 2:21
Semifinals: Lost by dec. to Chiho Hamada (Japan), 6-2
Bronze-medal match: Won by tech. fall over Katarzyna Krawczyk, 10-0
Jenna Burkert (60 kilos)
Round of 16: Lost by tech. fall to Katsuki Sakagami (Japan), 10-0
Randi Miller (69 kilos)
Round of 32: Lost by pin to Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus (Poland), 2:27
Medalists (Wednesday)
48 kilos:
Gold: Eri Tosaka (Japan)
Silver: Iwona Matkowska (Poland)
Bronze: Mariya Stadnyk (Azerbaijan)
Bronze: Hyon Gyong Kim (North Korea)
55 kilos:
Gold: Chiho Hamada (Japan)
Silver: Irina Ologonova (Russia)
Bronze: Helen Maroulis (USA)
Bronze: Iryna Khariv (Ukraine)
60 kilos:
Gold: Tserenchimed Sukhee (Mongolia)
Silver: Yuliya Ratkevich (Azerbaijan)
Bronze: Natalia Golts (Russia)
Bronze: Taybe Yusein (Bulgaria)
69 kilos:
Gold: Aline Focken (Germany)
Silver: Sara Dosho (Japan)
Bronze: Laura Skujina (Latvia)
Bronze: Natalia Vorobeva (Russia)
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