And they had plenty to cheer about.
The U.S. team put on an entertaining and action-packed display in rolling past a strong international team 9-2 at the Jack Pinto Cup on Sunday afternoon.
The American Greco-Roman squad battled a combined team with wrestlers from Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Japan and Argentina. The dual was contested on an elevated, spotlighted platform.
"The staff did a great job coordinating this event. It was first-class," U.S. National Coach Matt Lindland said. "All the wrestling people in Colorado Springs came out to support this. We had a great attendance. Our guys came out and had a fantastic performance. I don’t know what it was. They were on fire out there. We started a little slow, lost a couple, then we didn’t lose a single match after that." Read more
Results:
130 kg/286 lbs. – Nurmakhan Tinaliyev (Kazakhstan) won by tech. fall over David Arendt (USA), 8-0
85 kg/187 lbs. – Nursultan Tursunov (Kazakhstan) won by tech. fall over Joe Rau (USA), 8-0
71 kg/156 lbs. – Justin Lester (USA) won by tech. fall over Maksat Yerezhepov (Kazakhstan), 8-0
80 kg/176 lbs. – Ben Provisor (USA) dec. Azamat Kustabaev (Kazakhstan), 3-2
98 kg/216 lbs. – Caylor Williams (USA) pinned Vladislav Metodiev (Bulgaria), 4:24
66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Brian Graham (USA) won by tech. fall over Shogo Uozumi (Japan), 14-6
80 kg/176 lbs. – Cheney Haight (USA) won by tech. fall over Kanta Shiokawa (Japan), 9-0
75 kg/165 lbs. – Geordan Speiller (USA) dec. Ashkat Dilmukhamedov (Kazakhstan), 6-1
98 kg/216 lbs. – Jon Anderson (USA) won by tech. fall over Ivan Burtovoy (Argentina), 11-0
Co-Main Event 59 kg/130 lbs. – Spenser Mango (USA) dec. Ivo Angelov (Bulgaria), 3-2
Main Event 75 kg/165 lbs. – Andy Bisek (USA) won by tech. fall over Naoki Hanayama (Japan), 11-0
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